John Firestone

John graduated with a BA in Business Administration from the Organization and Innovation Management program. From New Jersey, John’s transfer from a community college to Colorado State marked his change in career direction. Discovering his love for community involvement, John quickly immersed himself supervising an after-school program for low income families and volunteering as the lead student organizer for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. Through his innovation-centric courses, John worked on projects for a local, socially conscious small business, Zero Hero, and an international NGO, Outreach Uganda. It was during this time that John realized his passion for work in developing countries: improving access to education, developing income generating activities to strengthen communities and encouraging a healthier lifestyle through innovation and shared responsibility. In 2012 John worked as a marketing intern for the Ah Haa School for the Arts and then moved to Ghana to volunteer and work as a project manager for Cheerful Hearts Foundation’s End Child Labour & Trafficking Project. He is excited to move back to Ghana and experience how the private sector can help achieve the regions development goals.