Systems Entrepreneur. Author. Business & Next-Generation Strategist. TIME100 Philanthropy.

Greg Weatherford II builds systems to solve complex problems.

His career has spanned entrepreneurship, business, philanthropy, higher education, research, workforce development, media, sports, service, and community. Across those environments, his approach has remained consistent: understand the problem, develop the strategy, align the right people and institutions, and mobilize resources to build systems that produce long-term value.

Greg currently serves as Managing Director of The Allstate Foundation and Social Impact, where he leads strategy across a portfolio exceeding $55 million in annual investments. His responsibilities span investment strategy, research, institutional partnerships, organizational leadership, and enterprise initiatives.

Across his broader career, Greg has built and operated entrepreneurial ventures, developed cross-sector partnerships, designed and led initiatives supporting more than 110 colleges and universities and nearly 5,000 community-based projects, co-authored nationally representative research with Gallup, executive produced award-winning media reaching more than one million viewers, and directed more than $150 million in strategic investments.

His work is grounded in a simple belief: important ideas do not become meaningful outcomes through vision alone. They require strategy, evidence, relationships, capital, disciplined execution, and systems designed to endure.

In recognition of his lifelong career in impact, Greg was named to TIME100 Philanthropy as one of the 100 most influential philanthropists in the world.

Greg is also the author of The Intentional Navigator, a practical operating system for approaching life and leadership with greater clarity, purpose, and intentionality.