CIBER Focus: Jay Hein, President, Sagamore Institute

Jay is the president of Sagamore Institute, a think tank he co-founded in 2004 with U.S. Senator Dan Coats. As part of his Sagamore duties, Jay also serves as managing director of an impact investing vehicle called Commonwealth.

Previously, Jay served as Deputy Assistant to President George W. Bush and Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based Initiatives.  In this capacity, he advised the President and oversaw the implementation of a “determined attack on need” with staff at a dozen cabinet agencies.  He formerly directed Civil Society Programs at Hudson Institute and served as a welfare policy advisor to then-Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson.

Jay is also the author of The Quiet Revolution: An Active Faith That Transforms Lives and Communities, which was commissioned by Amazon to help launch its new faith-based division. He received an undergraduate degree at Eureka College and an honorary Doctor of Laws from Indiana Wesleyan University.