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Stephen Greene is the CEO of the international pro-social media company
In 2003, Stephen co-founded RockCorps with Grady Lee, commercial film and television director Chris Robinson, Haley Moffett, Toby Garrett, Paul Hunter and Noel Eisenberg. RockCorps produces pop, rock and hip-hop concerts, distributing tickets exclusively to volunteers who perform 4 hours of service at a RockCorps-organized volunteer project for the benefit of a local non-profit group or charity. Tickets to shows cannot be purchased, they must be earned. RockCorps' first concert took place in New York City in 2005. Since then RockCorps has produced over 50 celebratory concerts in the United States, Great Britain, France, Israel, Mexico, Venezuela, South Africa, Colombia and Australia. Shows have featured major international artists including Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Maroon 5, Busta Rhymes, Diddy, Smashing Pumpkins and Primal Scream.
Over the past seventeen years RockCorps has leveraged the power of music to inspire young people to give back over half a million hours of volunteer work to their communities. RockCorps has worked with over 2,500 partners in the non-profit sector, engaged directly with more than 180,000 volunteers on four continents and compiled a worldwide membership of over 1,000,000 people.
In 2021, along with Lord Blunkett, Greene established UK Year of Service – a paid year long domestic service corps similar to Americorps in the USA.
Greene was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the
Rockcorps
RockCorps is a pro-social marketing and entertainment company that uses music to inspire people to take action by volunteering and getting involved in their community. RockCorps' principal idea is "Give, Get Given”. They do this by producing c ...
. As head of RockCorps, he has overseen the production of over 50 volunteer-exclusive concerts worldwide, featuring music artists such as Lady Gaga, P Diddy, Maroon 5 and Rihanna. In 2012 the British Prime Minister, David Cameron
David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is a British former politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2005 to 2016. He previously served as Leader o ...
, appointed Greene as Executive Chairman of the independent management body of the National Citizen Service
The National Citizen Service (NCS) is a voluntary personal and social development programmer for 15–17 year olds in England and Northern Ireland, funded largely by money from the UK Government. It was formally announced in 2010 by Prime Minister ...
. The appointment was emblematic of the Prime Minister’s "Big Society
The Big Society was a sociopolitical concept of the first 15 years of the 21st century, that was developed by the populist Steve Hilton, that sought to integrate free market economics with a conservative paternalist conception of the social con ...
" policy efforts, helping provide teens with social and technical skills through their involvement in community work. Born in Portland, Oregon, USA, Greene currently resides in London, UK.
RockCorps
In 2003, Stephen co-founded RockCorps with Grady Lee, commercial film and television director Chris Robinson, Haley Moffett, Toby Garrett, Paul Hunter and Noel Eisenberg. RockCorps produces pop, rock and hip-hop concerts, distributing tickets exclusively to volunteers who perform 4 hours of service at a RockCorps-organized volunteer project for the benefit of a local non-profit group or charity. Tickets to shows cannot be purchased, they must be earned. RockCorps' first concert took place in New York City in 2005. Since then RockCorps has produced over 50 celebratory concerts in the United States, Great Britain, France, Israel, Mexico, Venezuela, South Africa, Colombia and Australia. Shows have featured major international artists including Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Maroon 5, Busta Rhymes, Diddy, Smashing Pumpkins and Primal Scream.
Over the past seventeen years RockCorps has leveraged the power of music to inspire young people to give back over half a million hours of volunteer work to their communities. RockCorps has worked with over 2,500 partners in the non-profit sector, engaged directly with more than 180,000 volunteers on four continents and compiled a worldwide membership of over 1,000,000 people.
In 2021, along with Lord Blunkett, Greene established UK Year of Service – a paid year long domestic service corps similar to Americorps in the USA.
Greene was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours
The 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The Birthday Honours are awarded as ...
for services to young people.
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*http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/governance/news/content/13870/chairman_for_independent_organisation_to_run_ncs_appointed *http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/Policy_and_Politics/article/1161114/National-Citizen-Service-names-chair-its-new-management-body/ *http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/news/840137 *http://www.facebook.com/ncs?fref=ts *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EpnWPZHs0E *http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/201808 *http://www.guardian.co.uk/megas/interview-stephen-greene *http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2009/sep/16/compulsory-youth-volunteering-community-work {{DEFAULTSORT:Greene, Stephen Businesspeople from Portland, Oregon Living people American emigrants to England Year of birth missing (living people) Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom