Gregg Bishop

Bishop has made a name for himself investing in low to moderate-income communities, growing the capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises, and building resilient technology infrastructure for media companies.

He is currently the Executive Director of the Social Justice Fund, an initiative funded by The Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation. The Social Justice Fund centers its work around economic mobility in Brooklyn.

Bishop has over 13 years of government experience, serving under Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Bill de Blasio. From 2015-2020, he served as the Commissioner of the NYC Department of Small Business Services. During his tenure, he connected small businesses to over $200 million in capital, certified a record 9,000 Minority and Women business enterprises, and invested over $10 million in capacity-building programs across the five boroughs. He also developed and launched several initiatives aimed at structural barriers minorities face, including Black Entrepreneurs NYC (BE NYC) and Women Entrepreneurs NYC (WE NYC).

Born in Grenada and raised in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, Bishop received a master’s degree in Integrated Marketing and Management Communication from Florida State University and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.S. in Business Administration from Florida A&M University. He also is a graduate of Harvard Kennedy School's Senior Executives in State and Local Government program, and Coro Leadership New York.

Bishop is an adjunct professor at Baruch College's School of Public Affairs and serves on several boards including Red Hook Initiative, Grenada Investment Development Corporation, Pursuit, The Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, and The Association for a Better New York (ABNY). He also serves on the Hebrew Free Loan Society Microenterprise Committee, Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Local Advisory Committee and is the Immediate Past President of the Alpha Gamma Lambda chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.