Jon Mertz is the founder of Santa Fe Innovates, a social entrepreneur accelerator program and community. He also completed his interdisciplinary leadership doctorate (EdD) at Creighton University with research focused on social enterprise leadership and moral courage. Jon’s background includes marketing and business development executive and leadership roles for entrepreneurial and enterprise companies – Corepoint Health, QuickArrow, Deloitte, IBM, and BMC – along with serving in Washington, DC, in various political appointments. 

Jon obtained his MBA from The University of Texas at Austin and his BA in Government & International Affairs from Augustana University.