He is also finance chair of Midlands Arts Conservatory and serves on the finance committee of Women’s Rights & Empowerment Network and as director of South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development. He earned an MBA at the University of Ulster in the United Kingdom, graduating with distinction. He graduated Summa cum Laude and as a Donaghey Scholar with a B.S. in management from the University of Arkansas Little Rock. His wife Georgia is a nationally recognized leader and director of South Carolina First Steps, an agency focused on delivering high-quality early childhood education services to all children in South Carolina. They live in Columbia SC with their three children.  They strive to live their personal and professional lives according to their family’s mission statement “to ensure that all people have a fair chance to live productive lives.”

More recently, it has instituted living wage programs and a unique employee income advance program, nation-wide recycling programs, improved employee benefits, ecological footprint reduction through a combination of better practices and the purchase of carbon offsets and continued its reinvestment back into its resorts to improve guest experience and satisfaction. This past year, it became the first multi-state resort hospitality company to achieve B Corp certification and it will be carbon neutral starting in 2020.  Salt Palm began as a hobby after Jared and his wife built a vacation home on the West Coast of Florida.  After a positive experience with a local builder, he decided to develop real estate in the area.  Salt Palm began with single-family homes and grew to include townhomes and condominiums.  Partly influenced by the responsible practices, passion, and purpose that were common in St. Petersburg-based businesses, Salt Palm decided to invest at least 50% of its profits into the betterment of St. Petersburg and Florida.  Salt Palm became the 1st real estate development Certified B Corp in Florida and it has been utilizing its profits to create the business responsibility movements of Florida For Good and For Good Movement.  He firmly believes that (i) resources and capabilities exist to solve most of humanity’s problems and to achieve a prosperous future for all, (ii) to accomplish this, businesses must measure their impact, be transparent, and drive the responsibility revolution; and consumers must prioritize their spending and habits in alignment with these businesses, and (iii) profit is good when a business does good.
The goal of the ‘For Good’ movement is to utilize business as a positive force and to foster collaboration between Conscious Capitalism, the B Corp Movement, and other responsible organizations.  For the past 20 years, Jared has worked and owned companies in the hospitality industry.  These operations spanned most of the United States and have involved a variety of disciplines including development, management, hospitality, and financial services.  Jared has previously served as a board member and trustee of the American Resort Development Association, the University of Central Florida’s Rosen College of Hospitality Management, Conscious Capitalism Florida, and various local NGOs, and now serves as Co-Chair of B Local Florida, a Global Economic and Environmental Opportunity Fellow at the University of Central Florida, and as a Founding Steward of the B Economy.   He enjoys sports, being an involved dad, and actively traveling with his wife of 18 years, Kristi, and their two children.  They live in Orlando, Florida.  Jared graduated from the University of Florida in 1998 Summa Cum Laude with a BSBA double majoring in Finance and Management.