Gary Drews
Gary is an accomplished C-Level executive recognized for a proven ability to lead catalytic growth, build effective partnerships, leverage resources, and align vision, strategy, execution, and culture to generate worthy social returns on investment. He’s acknowledged for leading with authenticity, curiosity, creativity, and the passion to achieve intended results in the health, philanthropic, non-profit, education and media fields.
Gary is Founder and CEO of theworldwewant.today, an innovative strategy and capacity development advising firm working with forward-looking leaders to guide their mission-driven organizations toward high-impact opportunities and outcomes.
Prior to initiating theworldwewant.today, Gary was CEO for Connect for Heath Colorado, the State's ACA health insurance marketplace, and CEO for 365Health, a preventive health non-profit bringing innovative market solutions to underserved communities statewide.
Previously, Gary was the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Finance, Investments & Graduate Medical Education for the Colorado Health Foundation, a $2.3b health foundation. Gary co-led the company's 700% growth while working as its CFO, hospital system asset manager, M&A strategist, HR & organizational development lead, Graduate Medical Education academic affairs VP, mission investor, facility developer, and occasional strategy provocateur.
Gary holds additional experience as Regis University's Chief Operating Officer of the most successful values-based, adult-focused undergrad and graduate higher education college in the world; Chief Financial Officer of the leadership education provider, the Colorado Outward Bound School; and over a dozen years as an operations executive at Disney Television and Producer on numerous groundbreaking network television productions.
It's this very diversity of strategic experience, education and operational cultural exposure that is his basis for creating the most optimal environments and results by aligning an organization, building capacity, and leveraging its resources.
Other Interests:
Technology innovation, singer-songwriter-guitar, brief fiction writing, and fine art photography - check out
Gary is an accomplished C-Level executive recognized for a proven ability to lead catalytic growth, build effective partnerships, leverage resources, and align vision, strategy, execution, and culture to generate worthy social returns on investment. He’s acknowledged for leading with authenticity, curiosity, creativity, and the passion to achieve intended results in the health, philanthropic, non-profit, education and media fields.
Gary is Founder and CEO of theworldwewant.today, an innovative strategy and capacity development advising firm working with forward-looking leaders to guide their mission-driven organizations toward high-impact opportunities and outcomes.
Prior to initiating theworldwewant.today, Gary was CEO for Connect for Heath Colorado, the State's ACA health insurance marketplace, and CEO for 365Health, a preventive health non-profit bringing innovative market solutions to underserved communities statewide.
Previously, Gary was the Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Finance, Investments & Graduate Medical Education for the Colorado Health Foundation, a $2.3b health foundation. Gary co-led the company's 700% growth while working as its CFO, hospital system asset manager, M&A strategist, HR & organizational development lead, Graduate Medical Education academic affairs VP, mission investor, facility developer, and occasional strategy provocateur.
Gary holds additional experience as Regis University's Chief Operating Officer of the most successful values-based, adult-focused undergrad and graduate higher education college in the world; Chief Financial Officer of the leadership education provider, the Colorado Outward Bound School; and over a dozen years as an operations executive at Disney Television and Producer on numerous groundbreaking network television productions.
It's this very diversity of strategic experience, education and operational cultural exposure that is his basis for creating the most optimal environments and results by aligning an organization, building capacity, and leveraging its resources.
Other Interests:
Technology innovation, singer-songwriter-guitar, brief fiction writing, and fine art photography - check out
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