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Wayne Elsey
Born (1965-02-10) February 10, 1965 (age 59)
Arlington, Virginia
Known forSoles4Souls, Funds2Orgs, Elsey Enterprises

Wayne Elsey (born February 10, 1965) is the Founder and former CEO of Soles4Souls, a Nashville-based nonprofit organization that collects shoes from footwear companies and shoe drives to distribute them to needy people in over 129 countries. After leaving Soles4Souls, hr established Elsey Enterprises, a branding and marketing firm. From this parent company, he has founded 501(c)(3) University (later relaunched as SocialGoodU), an online education tool for nonprofits, and Funds2Orgs, a social enterprise for helping nonprofit organizations raise funds.

Career

Elsey started working in the footwear industry at the age of 15, as a stock boy for GallenKamp Shoes in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where he worked full-time before graduating from Stafford Senior High School in 1983. At the age of 20, he began employment at Stride Rite Corporation, and became a regional vice president at the age of 25.

From 1999 to 2004, Elsey worked for FSI as president-CEO and an equity partner. Later, he managed growth and development in the occupational footwear market with Nautilus, Skidbuster, Third Watch, and Avenger. He also worked at EJ Footwear, LLC (formerly known as the Endicott Johnson Corporation), Iron Age and Lake of the Woods. In 2000, Elsey was promoted to CEO/president of Nautilus Footwear. On March 9, 2005, Elsey was named President of Kodiak-Terra USA Inc.

Philanthropy

In 2004, Elsey started Soles4Souls, a nonprofit organization that sends shoes to recovering communities struck by natural calamities. His organization was named among one of the fastest growing charities. In 2010, Elsey expanded Soles4Souls to Clothes4Souls and in 2011, he added Hope4Souls.

He left Kodiak-Terrra on April 16, 2007 to work on Soles4Souls Inc. In 2008, Elsey completed his book Almost Isn’t Good Enough, which relates his experience with nonprofit organizations. In the same year, he left Soles4Souls and started Elsey Enterprises, a branding and marketing company. During his tenure at Soles4Souls, he was accused of misusing charity funds for personal needs, which was later refuted. In 2016, Elsey Enterprises acquired Shoes With Heart, Southern California's leading shoe drive fundraising business.

He also founded SocialGoodU, an online education portal for the nonprofit community. In April 2013, Elsey founded Funds2Orgs, a social enterprise that helps nonprofits, schools, churches, and civic groups raise funds.

Bibliography

  • Wayne Elsey (2010). Almost Isn't Good Enough. Changing the World. ISBN 145074124X.
  • Wayne Elsey (2015). The Rise and Fail of Charities in the 21st Century: How the Nonprofit World is Changing and What You Can Do To Be Ready. WEE Publishing. ISBN 057815921X.
  • Wayne Elsey (2015). Be Bold, Dominate and Succeed in Marketing For Today's Digital World On A Limited Budget (Not Your Father's Charity Book Series 2). ASIN B013TN3M40.
  • Wayne Elsey (2016) Dominate your School Fundraising May 2016

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