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L. Brian Jenkins, MA
Brian Jenkins is President and Founder of Entrenuity, a not-for-profit organization that provides entrepreneurship training to urban youth.
Under Brian’s leadership, Entrenuity trained student businesses have generated $125,000 in gross sales since 1999.For more than 17 years, Brian has led entrepreneurship training workshops for teachers and youth workers nationally and internationally. He is directly responsible for training thousands of urban young people in the fundamentals of entrepreneurship and financial literacy, in addition to teaching the biblical foundation behind creating and managing financial wealth. Brian has also directed on-site program management for schools, youth programs, and community-based organizations.
Brian and his students have been featured in the Chicago Tribune , Chicagoland Television, Gospel Today Magazine, Oak Leaves Newspaper, New Expressions Youth Magazine, Prism Magazine, Chicago Defender , Wheaton College Alumni Magazine , and on CNN's Court TV " You Need to Know ." He is the author of, "StartingUp Now: 24 Steps to Launch Your Own Business".
Brian served as a theology instructor at Moody Bible Institute and as adjunct faculty at both Illinois State University’s College of Business and The Urban Ministry Institute in Wichita, KS where his focus was entrepreneurship education.
He is a graduate of the University of Iowa with dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in English and Religion; additionally, he earned his Masters of Arts in Theology from Wheaton College Graduate School.
Brian can be reached at