Darin Petersen

Darin brings people together to do what cannot be done alone and/or should not be done alone. Darin is the founder of Common Change which is eliminating personal economic isolation by pooling money together with people you know to share with people you care about. As a social entrepreneur, he leads his life and organizations with a deep desire to explore the unknown and to do the unthinkable - to live with imagination, not to fear failure, and to always have fun in the process.

His work and organizations have been featured in countless books and articles. He is the founder of Conspire Magazine and producer of two video series, Economy of Love: Creating a Community of Enough and Jesus, Bombs, and Ice Cream: Building a More Peaceful World. Darin is the former Executive Director of The Simple Way, a faith community in Philadelphia that has helped birth and connect faith communities around the world. He lives with his wife and two sons in Oakland, CA.