Brin d'Amor, a tranquil and inspiring setting in Costa Rica, is where Andrew Hewitt (BMgt '05) will fulfil his vision of empowering a critical mass of exceptional young leaders who will play a significant role in the future of business.
"This is where I hope the world's most brilliant minds will collaborate on solutions for creating a socially just, spiritually fulfilling and environmentally sustainable planet," he says.
Recognized as one of Canada's Top Young Entrepreneurs by the Canadian Youth Business Foundation in 2007, Hewitt is a professional speaker, author of The Power of Focus for College Students, co-creator of the Trump Audio Course Start Right! - How to Launch a Great Career, and co-creator of Brin d'Amor, an upstart development conference centre in Costa Rica.
Hewitt credits much of his success to his University of Lethbridge education, with its innovative programs, experiential learning and activities like student clubs, conferences and competitions. While at the U of L, he took part in the Co-op Program, the Malaysia Work-Study, an exchange semester to the Netherlands, Applied Consulting and the Mentors program. These experiences helped him launch his first business before graduating, along with a book publishing deal and an endorsement from Donald Trump.
Over the last six years, Hewitt's work with university students has helped him realize that many young people today want to make a difference but are unaware of where to find purpose-driven organizations that are hiring. He set out to solve this problem by creating the GameChangers 100 – a list, like the Fortune 500, that ranks organizations based on their social impact rather than their yearly revenue.
"My vision is to find the top young leaders and help them launch careers at GameChanger organizations – the organizations using business as a force for good and creating happy employees in the process."
Through his latest venture, Brin d'Amor, Hewitt says he plans to "host select groups of socially conscious young leaders for weeklong training sessions called Ignite, for young leaders who have the destiny and drive to do something epic in this world."
In addition to hosting these leaders at Brin d'Amor, Hewitt's future plans involve facilitating meetings for small groups of GameChanger CEOs and making this exotic facility in Costa Rica the location where people with GameChanger "DNA" – young or old – unite.
Hewitt is extremely passionate about his vision and is dedicated to the personal growth and development of those to whom he reaches out.
"Throughout history, it is a small group of innovators, mavericks and GameChangers that pushes the human race forward," says Hewitt. "They keep the world alive by identifying what makes them come alive and pursuing that passion relentlessly."