Samuel D. Rima

Sam has dedicated the last 25 years to passionately promoting the need for both holistic leadership and spiritual capital. Believing the two are inextricably linked, Dr. Rima's focus is currently on spiritual and leadership formation, working with indigenous and international leaders throughout Southeast Asia and India. He has written books in both the fields of leadership and spiritual capital and taught or spoken on six continents. His most recent book, Spiritual Capital: A Moral Core for Social and Economic Justice, is based on his most recent research. He has worked in national politics (U.S.), the church and academia. Additionally, Sam has worked with the Sekem Group in Cairo, Egypt, helping to launch the Social Innovation Research Center at Heliopolis University and currently serves as a board member and research associate with the TRANS4M Center for Integral Development in Geneva, Switzerland and as Associate with the Spiritual Capital and Moral Leadership Institute (SCMLi) based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Sam has earned two doctoral degrees; a Doctor of Ministry in Leadership (Talbot School of Theology) and a Ph.D. in socioeconomics (University of Buckingham, UK) as well as a Master of Divinity and a Bachelors degree in political science and government (Eastern Washington University). Sam currently serves as the Director of Leadership Formation for DeoWorks, which is based in Silicon Valley. Born and raised in northeast Washington State in the U.S., Sam is of Native American heritage (Inland Salish). With his wife, Sue, Sam has four children and 12 grandchildren. Sam enjoys playing tennis, working out at his local gym, conducting retreats with a focus on spiritual formation and leadership, writing, reading good biographies, and international travel.