Over the last three decades Jeff Mendelsohn has been an entrepreneur, advisor, and investor in at the evolutionary edge of social enterprise.Jeff is Founder of LocalCode, a regenerative development platform working in urban communities that have long been subjected to profound structural inequity. LocalCode creates the conditions for a new economic reality to emerge, building structural equity. The organization helps local leaders take on the largest mixed use real estate developments in their communities, with local ownership built into the business model, so the developments build long term community wealth and wellbeing. Prior to LocalCode, Jeff co-founded Green Valley Farm + Mill, a 172 acre land stewardship project in Sonoma County, with regenerative farming, forestry, and riparian zone management, integrated with a residential community and event center. For the first fifteen years of Jeff's career, he led a shift toward sustainability in the paper industry as Founder & CEO of New Leaf Paper. New Leaf received national recognition for creating the first 100% recycled papers across many product categories. When the Canadian Harry Potter books were printed on New Leaf EcoBook100, the company's impact went global.Jeff helped the B Lab founders launch the B Corporation movement, signing the B Corporation Declaration of Interdependence and making New Leaf Paper a Founding B Corporation.Jeff is a Henry Crown Fellow of The Aspen Institute, a Forbes Top 30 Social Entrepreneur, and a Mentor for the Unreasonable Institute.