| Key | Value |
| 1 (Best) | Halftime Institute events |
| Age | ~75+ (left corporate at age 51; has been doing B2R for 20+ years since ~2004) |
| Alignment | VERY HIGH (93/100) — Dale Dawson's entire post-corporate life is a faith response. He left Wall Street because "God had an adventure for him." He partners with bishops. He serves on the boards of Half |
| Attio | https://app.attio.com/day-7-public-benefit-corporation/person/72fa395e-d690-49e3-b11a-b50761f9c7e6 |
| Board Roles | Trustee, Halftime Institute; Investment Committee, Diamond State Ventures; Board, Urwego Opportunity Bank of Rwanda; Board, Edify; Presidential Advisory Council, Rwanda President Paul Kagame |
| Born | ~1952–1954 (age 51 when career shift ~2004; partner at KPMG at 30 → ~1982 entry → born ~1952) |
| Bridge2Rwanda | bridge2rwanda.org; based in Little Rock, AR and Kigali, Rwanda |
| Career arc | KPMG Partner (age 30) → KPMG National Director (age 32) → Head of Investment Banking, Stephens Inc. (1985–1992) → Chair/CEO TruckPro (1992–1998, grew and sold to AutoZone) → Stephens Inc. EVP (1999–20 |
| Children | Daughter and son (grown, with spouses and four grandchildren) |
| Command center | Genesis Outreach Intelligence — Session 1290 |
| Company | Halftime Institute — Trustee; Bridge2Rwanda — Founder |
| Composite Score | 82.0/100 |
| Coverage | 20 → DEEPENED \ | Sources Count: 6 |
| Current Roles | Founder/Chairman/CEO, Bridge2Rwanda; Founder, ISOKO Institute; Presidential Advisory Council, Rwanda |
| Current Titles | Founder, Chairman & CEO, Bridge2Rwanda (B2R); Founder, ISOKO Institute for Entrepreneurship and Strong Societies |
| Data Status | RICH (50,173 bytes across sources) |
| Day 7: ...e exact "Halftime" model that Day 7 celebrates. Key quote | "You have to live on the edge of uncertainty to see miracles." — person... |
| Diamond State Ventures | Investment committee (Little Rock area) |
| Direct? | No |
| Dossier | planning/wave3-dossiers/dale-dawson.md |
| Ducere Business School | Listed faculty member |
| Education | University of Texas at Austin — bachelor's and master's degrees; Honorary Doctorate from Hendrix College |
| Email | ddawson@bridge2rwanda.org |
| Faith | Christian (evangelical). His entire second-half career is explicitly faith-driven. Favorite book: Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis and Halftime by Bob Buford. Self-describes: "How dependent we are |
| Faith register | BOLD BELIEVER — sacrificed lucrative banking career for Kingdom work; lives on "edge of uncertainty" by faith |
| Fallback 1 | Direct LinkedIn outreach — Dale's career was built on relationships and Kingdom partnerships; a respectful, story-driven DM could land. |
| Fallback 2 | Diamond State Ventures — Dale sits on the investment committee; a formal deal-flow submission positions Genesis as an evaluated opportunity. |
| Fallback 3 | Religious Freedom & Business Foundation — Dale is a listed speaker; shared events. |
| Family | Married to Judi Dawson; one daughter, one son, their spouses, four grandchildren. Judi and Dale are both US and Rwandan citizens. |
| For | Dale Dawson |
| Full Name | Dale Dawson |
| Generated | 2026-06-02 \ | Session 1290 |
| Halftime Institute | halftimeinstitute.org; events |
| Harvest | planning/harvest/genesis-outreach-dale-dawson.md |
| Hub | planning/command-center/47-dale-dawson.md |
| Implication | Potential warm path via shared Day 7 connection |
| Key quote | "You have to live on the edge of uncertainty to see miracles." — personal motto |
| Key quote 2 | "How dependent we are on the power of His Spirit." — "Something most people don't know about me" |
| Key relationships | - President Paul Kagame (Rwanda — advisory council) |
| LinkedIn | https://www.linkedin.com/in/dale-dawson-4123989 |
| Location | Splits time between Albuquerque, New Mexico and Kigali, Rwanda |
| Mined by | C3 window, S1334 LAST RUN |
| Net Worth | $100M+ |
| Net Worth Estimate | $100M+ (Stephens Inc. investment banking partner; KPMG partner; TruckPro CEO with AutoZone exit) |
| Net Worth Sources | Stephens Inc. partnership earnings (one of America's largest non-Wall-Street investment banks); KPMG national director compensation; TruckPro equity (sold to AutoZone); investment portfolio |
| Note | Recent LinkedIn post (2025) indicates he "concluded an incredible 10-year journey with Bridge2Rwanda" — may be transitioning to new chapter (ISOKO Institute?) |
| One-Line Read | $100M+ investment banker turned Rwanda nation-builder; "business as mission" at national scale; looking for his next Kingdom chapter |
| Packet | planning/excavation-packets/047-dale-dawson_PACKET.md |
| Personalized site | https://dale-dawson.myday7.com |
| Previous Roles | Head of Investment Banking, Stephens Inc.; Partner & National Director, KPMG; Chairman & CEO, TruckPro (sold to AutoZone) |
| Primary | Halftime Institute events — Dale is a Trustee; these gatherings bring together UHNW businesspeople in life transitions. Carter's "success to significance" story fits perfectly in this context. |
| Rank | 381 \ | Tier: Top-300 \ | Domain: Finance / Investment Banking / Christian Development / Rwanda / Social Enterprise |
| Rationale | Dale Dawson is a former Head of Investment Banking at Stephens Inc., former KPMG Partner, and former CEO of TruckPro (sold to AutoZone). He left corporate at age 51 after hearing God's call and founde |
| Reachability | HIGH — Dawson is public-facing, speaks at conferences (RFBF), serves on multiple boards, and actively seeks partnerships for Rwanda. His entire model depends on building bridges with aligned Americans |
| Religious Freedom & Business Foundation | Listed speaker — religiousfreedomandbusiness.org |
| Religious identity | Evangelical Christian. Explicit faith motivation for his second-half career. Connected to Anglican/evangelical networks through Bishop John Rucyahana. |
| Residence | Split between Albuquerque, NM and Kigali, Rwanda (dual U.S./Rwanda citizen) |
| Search terms used | Dale Dawson |
| Secondary | Through Halftime Institute events — Dale is a trustee; events gather UHNW businesspeople in "success to significance" transitions |
| Session | 1290 \ | Prepared: June 2, 2026 \ | Status: Ready to send |
| Slug | dale-dawson |
| Source | git-deleted planning/excavation-packets/047-dale-dawson_PACKET.md (commit caea9ab79bdb) |
| Source Links | Dossier · Top300 · Packet |
| Spouse | Judi Dawson |
| Template | Operator |
| Tertiary | Through Religious Freedom & Business Foundation (Dale is a listed speaker) |
| The Arc — how he was prepared | Dale's "first half" was elite American finance: Partner and National Director at KPMG → Head of Investment Banking at Stephens Inc. (one of the largest private investment firms in America, based in Li |
| The Hook | "God prepared you for Rwanda. I believe He prepared me for AI. Same principle — enterprise, not dependency. Sovereign technology that serves nations rather than extracts from them." |
| Their personalized site | https://dale-dawson.myday7.com |
| Tier | UHNW Investor / Advisory Board Candidate |
| Timestamp | 2026-06-16T16:47Z |
| Top-300 Dossier | planning/top300/dossiers/dale-dawson.md |
| Warm Path | Via Kaestner/FDE network (FDE community) or Halftime Institute. 2-hop. |
| Warm paths to Carter | - Through Halftime Institute network (marketplace-to-ministry leaders) |
| Warmest path | Through Halftime Institute events or Stephens Inc. connections |
| Warmth | KNOWN |
| Warmth Score | known-via-path |
| Why | Deep excavation research packet — multi-source investigation. |
| Why Genesis for Dale Dawson | 1. Same thesis, different medium — business (not aid) transforms nations; sovereign AI (not Big Tech dependency) empowers nations |
| Why for Genesis | Dawson's value is as a model and network node rather than a capital source. He demonstrates what faith-driven "second half" leadership looks like at scale. His Halftime Institute board seat connects h |