…the Acton School of Business. Sandefer, founder of the successful oil and gas company Sandefer Offshore and energy investment firm Sandefer Capital Partners, grew up in Abilene, Texas, and learned…
As students of all ages return to school this fall, Philanthropy Roundtable is recognizing the incredible work of education reformers Jeff and Laura Sandefer, co-founders of Acton Academy, a network…
…month, Philanthropy Roundtable is revisiting a conversation between President and CEO Elise Westhoff and entrepreneur, teacher and philanthropist Jeff Sandefer during a recent episode of the Roundtable’s interview series “Doers…
“I was working in the oilfield, earning minimum wage, watching my co-workers give minimal effort,” recalls Jeff Sandefer. It was 1977, and the summer heat in west Texas was brutal….
…causes, including mental health, cancer research and faith-based education institutions, among others. https://youtu.be/aNr330DrHxg Jeff Sandefer Elise Westhoff sits down with Jeff Sandefer, founder of Sandefer Capital Partners. Watch this interview…
…100,000 realizes it, these star-laden, carefully crafted, politically colored films (and lots more like them) all have a single progenitor: philanthropist Jeff Skoll. Since 2004, when he formed Participant Productions…
…mental health challenges affecting children amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Education Jeff Sandefer, founder of Sandefer Capital Partners, has a deep involvement in helping children realize their aspirations. Sandefer is co-founder…
…to strengthen communities, solve difficult societal challenges and provide pathways to opportunity. Earlier this year, I visited a member of our Roundtable family, Jeff Sandefer, to learn about the Acton…
…a life of meaning; in the words of Acton co-founder and Laura’s husband Jeff Sandefer, “curiosity, competence, and character trump IQ,” and learning to learn, learning to be, and learning…
…Phoenix.) “By nature, he’s incredibly generous, not just with his money, but with his time and talent.” Fellow donor and friend Jeff Sandefer concurs: “David tells the truth in a…
…Acton Academies, a unique school model with outposts across the globe, founded by educator and entrepreneur Jeff Sandefer and his wife, Laura Sandefer Design39Campus, a California-based public school that cultivates…
…faculty. What they get, explains AEI research fellow Andrew Kelly, is the entire curriculum of many of the world’s best universities, at their fingertips, free of charge. Jeff Sandefer is on…