Ryan Dewey Smith, Founding Executive Chairman and CEO of Inperium
Ryan Dewey Smith is a nonprofit executive and innovator known for building durable, mission-driven organizations at scale. Over more than 30 years, he has led complex growth, organizational turnarounds, and structural transformation across the human services sector. In 2016, he founded Inperium, a national nonprofit parent holding company that now generates nearly $1 billion in annual revenue across 24 states. He is the author of the book, Sustaining the Mission.
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