TrusteeJohn Templeton Foundation
L. Gregory Jones is President of Belmont University, a position he has held since June 1, 2021, and a Trustee and Member of the John Templeton Foundation. Greg is known as a leader and strategist whose creative engagement has helped institutions across the world and in local communities to create transformational resource models. Greg’s global imagination has guided business, education, and religious leaders on multiple continents. Greg has a particular gift for incubating talent, ideas, and networks across disciplines and sectors. He is passionate about re-shaping cultures within and across organizations and coined the term 'traditioned innovation' to capture how he re-frames complex challenges to seize significant opportunities. He is known for an entrepreneurial mindset as well as emphases on character and purpose in higher education. He has also served in leadership positions at Duke and Baylor. He is the author of several books on forgiveness and social innovation.