Jason Schulist

President Generative Local Community Institute

Jason Schulist is President of the Generative Local Community Institute (genlocal.org) whose mission is to connect communities so that they can improve their problem-solving capability and accelerate community impact. He is also the Executive Director of the Fox Valley Data Exchange, a non-profit that shares publicly available data to support health care, public health, and foundation efforts. Jason Schulist most recently was the Boldt Company’s Vice President of Operational Excellence. Jason has spent his 30+ year professional career in the construction, automotive, utility, and paper industries. He has shepherded three corporate lean transformations sustainably saving over $1B (year over year hard savings). Jason received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Marquette University and two Masters’ degrees in Electrical Engineering and Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) and Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt. Jason supports Imagine Fox Cities (https://imaginefoxcities.com/) and he co-founded CI-Squared (www.cisquared.org) – the largest continuous improvement volunteer corps in the nation. He has a passion for addressing thorny community problems and helping each person flourish into their unique potential.