Wayne Elsey is the founder and former CEO of Soles4Souls, a Nashville-based nonprofit organization that has collected over 19 million pairs of shoes from footwear companies and shoe drives, distributing them to people in need in over 129 countries. After leaving Soles4Souls, Elsey established Elsey Enterprises, a branding and marketing firm. From this parent company, he has since founded 501(c)(3) University, an online education tool for nonprofits, and Funds2Orgs, a social enterprise geared towards helping nonprofit organizations raise funds while impacting the environment and micro-enterprises in developing countries. Elsey has won numerous awards stemming from his philanthropic work.