“What’s Possible?”
By Kern Communications
From cancer survivor to thriving cause-conscious CEO, Scott Petinga’s “what’s possible?” attitude makes him one of the top skyrocketing socialpreneurs to watch. Petinga has whole-heartedly adopted a socially conscious business model for his various business endeavors, living up to his philosophy — born during his time in the Marines — that “nobody ever drowned in sweat!”
This Petinga is proving with his insatiable drive to not just create societal change, but to BE that change, while concurrently succeeding in business. Like the late Steve Jobs, the status quo has never been good enough for Petinga. What Jobs has done with music and the phone, Petinga intends to do in the philanthropic space starting with three non-profits of his own.
In addition to serving as Chairman and CEO of The Scott Petinga Group, which encompasses multiple business endeavors, Scott Petinga also founded the TH!NK DIFFERENT Foundation — A humanitarian organization that provides grants and other program support designed to spark innovative ideas in underserved areas of housing and healthcare within the United States. Petinga also founded the Fairy Foundation, which is a non-profit organization dedicated to forging lasting memories for adults with life-threatening medical conditions. In addition, Petinga has founded Heels That Heal—a retail store that sells donated shoes to raise funds to support other top-rated, local charities.
In addition, relating to his own battle with testicular cancer, Petinga is now collaborating on and funding several clinical trials with USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center — one of which is to better understand testicular cancer’s impact on male testosterone levels and fertility after surgery.
After serving in the military and in roles as varied as Vice President of Segmentation Management at Santander Bank and Adjunct Professor at several regional colleges, Petinga put his brilliant marketing skills to work. He served in several senior executive roles at advertising agencies, before leaving Madison Avenue in 2007 to launch his flagship company, the data-driven communications agency AKQURACY. Founded on the strength of a single client relationship, Petinga has since grown the company into a multi-million dollar marketing endeavor. Now as Chairman and CEO of The Scott Petinga Group, Petinga is a pioneer in developing businesses with lasting impact in the fields of communications, sustainable real estate, a business accelerator, and philanthropy. Visit www.ScottPetinga.com. HBM
