Gil Bonwitt

Co-Founder of SImpact

For more than 30 years, Gil Bonwitt has navigated the entrepreneurial world, launching, scaling and leading a diverse group of for-profit and for-good organizations.

 

Today, he’s committed to sharing the many lessons he’s learned along the way to help nonprofits and social sector- businesses achieve more.

 

In 2015, Gil and his wife Elise launched SImpact, then known as Gazelles Social Initiatives, to impart business best practices to organizations in the social sector. They regularly conduct workshops, facilitate Mastermind groups and work one-on-one with clients seeking to broaden their impact.

 

In the past three decades, he has started and led several companies, including TechLaunch and FVI School of Nursing and Technology, and transformed several nonprofit boards using organizational health tools. Gil is also a principal in the Scheck Group, an independent private equity and real estate firm.

 

In addition to his business endeavors, Gil is the Tiger21 Chair for Miami/Fort Lauderdale.  He served as treasurer of Philanthropic Miami, and sits on the board of many organizations. A member of YPO since 2008, Gil served as Miami Chapter Chair in 2014-2015. He’s sat on numerous boards, including  Philanthropy Miami, Jewish Community Services of Miami, Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, AIPAC-Miami, Shalom Learning and the Memorial Hospital/Joe DiMaggio Hospital Foundation.

 

Gil earned his bachelor’s degree from the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania and his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.
His main passion is his family.  He is married to Elise, and together they have five children.