Jonathan D. Strum is a Washington, DC, legal professional with over 30 years of experience in areas of general corporate and commercial practice law. In addition to his professional activities, Jonathan Strum has engaged with several community organizations and programs, including time as a judge of the Genesis Generation Challenge.
The Genesis Generation Challenge, hosted by the Genesis Prize Foundation, was launched in 2014 with a goal of facilitating strategic competition among young adult social entrepreneurs from around the world. More than 100 international teams competed in the name of inaugural laureate Michael R. Bloomberg, who judged the competition with the help of an evaluation panel comprised of 52 judges.
In the spring of 2015, the Genesis Prize Foundation announced nine winners. Each winner received a $100,000 prize and was subsequently partnered with a mentor tasked with helping winners develop an effective business plan for their product or service. Winning teams presented project concepts addressing an array of modern-day issues, including public health, education, poverty alleviation, and cross-cultural exchange of information. Winners included Building Up, a Canadian not for profit that provides residential buildings with updated water and energy efficiency technology, and Sanergy, a group dedicated to bringing an overhauled sanitation model to Nairobi, Kenya, particularly the Mathare region.
