A scholar, speaker, entrepreneur, and pastor, Dr. Nicholas Pearce is an award-winning Clinical Professor of Management and Organizations at the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, the founder and chief executive officer of The Vocati Group, a boutique global management consulting firm, and the Associate Pastor of Chicago’s historic Apostolic Faith Church. He is the author of the bestselling book The Purpose Path: A Guide to Pursuing Your Authentic Life’s Work.
Dr. Pearce is an internationally-recognized expert on values-driven leadership, DEI, and organizational culture, Dr. Pearce has served as a trusted adviser, executive coach, and sought-after speaker for over 200 leading corporations, social impact organizations, communities of faith, educational institutions, and government organizations on six continents. Among his speaking and consulting clients are Abbott Laboratories, Allstate Foundation, Archdiocese of Chicago, Aspen Institute, BP, Bush Brothers, Capital Group, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Urban League, Cigna, Echo, Eurasia Group, Facebook, FMC, Google, Greater Chicago Food Depository, Hearst, Hyatt, JPMorgan Chase, KIPP, Knight Foundation, KPMG, Laird Norton, McDonald’s, Morningstar, NASA, Nike, Northern Trust, PepsiCo, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Surge Institute, Teach for America, Tearfund, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Olympic Committee, Whirlpool, and Willow Creek. He and his work have been featured in respected global media outlets including ABC News, The Atlantic, Bloomberg Businessweek, CBS Evening News, Christianity Today, CNN, Crain’s Chicago Business, Forbes, Fortune, Harvard Business Review, NBC News, New York Times, NPR, Univision, UrbanFaith.com, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post.
Celebrated for his leadership and scholarship, Dr. Pearce has been honored with The Aspen Institute’s Ideas Worth Teaching Award and has been a Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow since 2015. He has also been named Kellogg’s MSMS Professor of the Year, a Galbraith Scholar by Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, a Public Voices Fellow by The OpEd Project, a Harvey Fellow by the Mustard Seed Foundation, a Fitzhugh Fellow by the National Black MBA Association, one of Chicago’s 40 Game Changers (under 40) by WVON/Ariel Investments, and one of Today’s Joshuas by The Christian Outlook.
Committed to community impact, Dr. Pearce serves as a trustee of the Chicago Children’s Museum, the Field Foundation, Fuller Theological Seminary, and McCormick Theological Seminary. Previously, he served as a board member of Access Community Health Network, the Chicago Community Trust African American Legacy Fund, the Harvey Fellows Advisory Board, and the Seminary Co-Op Bookstores.
Dr. Pearce holds the Ph.D. and M.S. in Management & Organizations from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, the M.A. in Theology from Fuller Theological Seminary, and the S.B. in Chemical Engineering & Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with a concentration in Religious Studies earned in conjunction with Harvard Divinity School.
Learn more about Dr. Pearce and his work at www.nicholaspearce.org and connect with him on social media @napphd.