Greg Alcorn is the CEO of Global Contact Services (GCS). GCS, which Alcorn founded in 2001, has served retail, insurance, financial, and government clients for more than 15 years. It provides clients with outsourced staffing and management, consulting and training of contact centers.
A visionary and the consummate entrepreneur, Greg owned and operated several other high-performing businesses in the insurance and direct marketing industries prior to founding GCS. As the former President of one of the country’s largest teleservices companies, he was instrumental in establishing key client relationships that resulted in the growth of that organization from two to 2,000 associates over a 10-year period.
Greg has lived in Salisbury, North Carolina since he was eight years old. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Catawba before earning his MBA from UNC Charlotte.
Greg lives a life of service:
- He and wife, Missie, are the founders of ApSeed™, a 501(c) pilot program that provides at risk children with tablets to help them become kindergarten-ready.
- Served on the Catawba College Board of Trustees, Catawba’s Chiefs Club board, its Green Revolving Fund committee, and a presidential search committee.
- Received the Catawba College Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2010, the Church-College Award in 2015, and the Shuford Award in 2016.
- Currently serves on the United Church Homes and Services, Families First, the First UCC Foundation, and Waterworks Visual Arts Center.
- Is active with The First Tee of Salisbury, Boy Scouts, and his church, First United Church of Christ in Salisbury. He is a member of the World Presidents’ Organization.
Greg and Missie have been married for twenty-five years and are parents of wonderful adult children, Clark and Eleanor. On a personal note, Greg is a lifelong learner and is ready to learn the drums, much to the dismay of Missie.