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Bio Picture of Sam RosenSam Rosen currently holds the position of Chief Executive Officer of Verticality Group, LLC. In 2002, after completing his freshman year at the University of Rochester, Sam served with City Year Boston, an AmeriCorps organization. For his service, Sam was recognized with both national and local awards. He then was selected as a Fellow for the United Leaders’ Institute for Political Service, where he wrote state legislation and developed training programs for B.E.L.L. (Building Educated Leaders for Life). Following United Leaders, Sam worked as National Field and Media Director for the Save AmeriCorps Coalition. In this position, he was charged with mobilizing thousands of organizations and media outlets across America for a nationally televised event in Washington, DC.

In 2004, Sam enrolled as a full-time student at the University of Pennsylvania. During his first semester, he became a Senior Partner in The Locus Group, a small business consulting firm he started with students from the Wharton Business School that raised over $250,000 in capital for small businesses in West Philadelphia. After the Locus Consulting Group, Sam became a partner in an online startup that grew to over $1 million in sales, advised another startup that now has a multi-million dollar valuation, significant venture-capital backing, and national media recognition, helped turn around and rebrand a leading e-commerce software company, and collaborated with many of today's leading internet marketers. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with Distinction in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania in Spring 2007.

At the heart of Sam's purpose and passion in life is his relationship with spiritual teacher and cultural visionary Andrew Cohen and his global network of students and practitioners. Cohen's teachings of Evolutionary Enlightenment provide an authentic and transformational path for creating an enlightened culture in the 21st century.