Speaker Introductions

Short Introduction

Jeremy C. Park helps individuals and organizations power the GOOD. He is the CEO of cityCURRENT and a managing director and shareholder with Higginbotham, an author of two books, contributor to Forbes, producer and host of four television and two radio shows and the ChangeMakers podcast, and a sought after speaker inspiring audiences around the nation with stories, lessons and strategies from his second book, Giving for Growth, which helps you achieve higher levels of success in a way that benefits the community.

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Longer Introduction

Jeremy Park is a corporate executive and philanthropist, an author of two books, a contributor to Forbes, producer and host of multiple television and radio shows and a podcast, and a sought-after speaker for transforming organizations and individuals into catalysts for their community.

Park is CEO of cityCURRENT, an organization that connects business with community with a mission to power the GOOD. The organization is based in Memphis, Tennessee with teams working in Memphis and Nashville, and philanthropic efforts that span coast to coast. There are more than 100 businesses that have joined forces and funds as partners in cityCURRENT, including some of the world’s largest employers, like FedEx, AutoZone, Kroger, and Smith+Nephew. The organization hosts over 300 events each year, produces an array of positive-oriented media, and financially and physically gives back to support nonprofits.

Park has received numerous awards and recognitions, like Top 40 Under 40, and has been featured in bestselling books and publications, like Forbes, Fortune, Entrepreneur, Yahoo! News, The Huffington Post, and Leader’s Edge.

Both of Park’s books, Giving Back with Purpose and Giving for Growth, focus on achieving success in career and life while helping others and benefiting the community; and proceeds from both benefit youth literacy programs.

He produces and hosts two radio shows that air across nine radio stations on the Cumulus Media Memphis and Nashville networks, produces and hosts the ChangeMakers podcast; and produces and hosts four television shows, including The SPARK and The SPARK Awards, which airs across the PBS network in Tennessee, and the cityCURRENT show on MeTV in Nashville. He also hosts the television show “A Conversation With,” which profiles figures like NASA astronauts and Shark Tank investors.

He’s been the head tennis professional at Beverly Hills Country Club, worked in national media, and been mentored by entertainment icons, like Merv Griffin. He serves on many boards and is also a member of The Business Journals Leadership Trust, so we’re in for a treat. 

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