Pearce, Nicholas: - A scholar, speaker, entrepreneur, and pastor, Nicholas Pearce is an award-winning management and organizations professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, founder and CEO of The Vocati Group, a global executive advisory firm, and assistant pastor at Chicago's historic Apostolic Church of God. He has served as a trusted adviser, executive coach, and keynote speaker for leading corporations, communities of faith, and social impact organizations on six continents. He and his work have been featured in Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Christianity Today, Forbes, Fortune, Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and on ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, and NPR. A native of Chicago's South Side, he lives in his hometown with his family.