Mr. Henry Bloch and Shane Spencer

Jewell graduate Shane Spencer ’09 was honored as the 2011 Student Entrepreneur of the Year by the Institute of Entrepreneurship and The Kauffman Foundation.  Shane is a current graduate student at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Henry Bloch School of Management and is a graduate of the inaugural class of the UMKC Entrepreneurship Scholars Program. Shane is the founder of Green REIT, a real estate investment trust with assets based in renewable energy and green technology. He says the main function of Green REIT will be to acquire or develop utility grade renewable energy assets and cash flow those assets on behalf of investors.