George P. Surgeon is President and CEO of GSJ Advisors, Ltd. (GSJ). GSJ advises mission-driven social enterprises addressing a wide range of complex challenges from small business lending to capital raising to restructuring. GSJ also assists impact investors in evaluating investments in social enterprises. Prior to founding GSJ, Mr. Surgeon held executive positions in several community development banks including President and CEO of Southern Bancorp, Inc. and The ShoreBank Corporation. Mr. Surgeon is a trustee of the National Community Investment Fund, a member of the investment committee of Opportunity Finance Network, and a member of the strategic advisory board of TRP Lending. Mr. Surgeon has been a director of IFF, the Belarusian Bank for Small Business in Belarus, and SOA Kredit in Azerbaijan and has served as a member of the Advisory Board of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, the Federal Reserve Board’s Consumer Advisory Council, and the audit and finance committee of Calvert Impact Capital. Mr. Surgeon graduated from Wesleyan University and has a master’s degree from the University of Chicago.