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Jamie Bearse

President & Chief Executive Officer
ZERO: The End of Prostate Cancer

It’s in my DNA. I love bringing together remarkable people to see if they can become something more.
As a dad, husband, and a nonprofit executive for the past 20 years, I learned there isn’t a better feeling than being surrounded by people who make you want to be a better person. When we’re inspiring each other, there’s nothing we can’t accomplish or overcome.
With a vision to change the way nonprofits think, act, and operate, I love working with leaders and organizations to help transform company culture and build better nonprofits that create empowering communities and improve our lives.
During my 21-plus years as a nonprofit executive, we’ve proven success. During the last 10 years, ZERO has grown its fundraising, reserve fund, and program staff size by 500 percent while consistently earning four-out-of-four stars from Charity Navigator and earning the NonProfit Times' Top “Best Places to Work For” eight times in nine years.
As ZERO’s CEO, I’ve led many of the organization’s strategic endeavors. They include the ZERO Prostate Cancer Run/Walk -- which has become the nation’s largest men’s health event series, a $300M co-pay relief program, legislation to improve access to care and a $30M increase in federal funding for research, and a vibrant centralized national chapter program.
Following the recent acquisition of Us TOO, the second largest prostate cancer patient advocacy organization in the U.S., we have rapidly built the organization’s champion (top-tier volunteers) initiative to encourage patients and their families to take on highly active roles in the cause and ZERO's health equity efforts.
As a passionate and experienced leader in the nonprofit community, I believe in you and I have your back.
I’m a nonprofit nerd and a pop culture geek to my core. I live outside of Boston with my wife and family. One of my favorite things to do is mentor in leadership, teamwork, culture, fundraising, board-building, advocacy, and strategic planning. If you’re ready to build a better nonprofit, need to tackle a problem, or just want to workshop an idea, I am here for you.

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