ORANGEBURG, SC, June 04, 2026 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, one of America's most prestigious biographical registries since 1899, has recognized WarChief Dragon Canoe, formerly John B. Gethers, for distinguished leadership in business consulting, capital strategy, and economic development.

The recognition arrives at an inflection point. After nearly two decades building enterprises, deploying capital, and developing the next generation of business leaders across South Carolina and the Southeast, WarChief Dragon Canoe is launching Epiphany Global Institute (EGI), a sovereign think tank and consulting authority designed to convert complexity into clarity for clients operating at the highest levels of infrastructure, capital, technology, economic development, and healthcare.

"We are building the firm others pretend to be. Every engagement is built to provide tailored solutions to problems other firms describe but never resolve."
WARCHIEF DRAGON CANOE

A RECORD MEASURED IN CAPITAL, COMPANIES, AND COMMUNITIES
Over nearly two decades, WarChief Dragon Canoe has built a quietly formidable record across capital access, small business development, and enterprise transformation. He has raised more than one hundred million dollars in cumulative capital for businesses across his career, founding and leading multiple finance firms including Nile River Capital, Contractor Growth Capital, and Diamond Standard Capital.

Since 2022, he has served as Regional Director for the South Carolina Small Business Development Center (SC SBDC) at South Carolina State University. He was awarded the State Star in 2023, the SBDC system's recognition of outstanding economic development impact across the state.

His signature Construction Accelerator Program has produced measurable outcomes for the contractors who complete it, with multiple participants crossing the one-million-dollar revenue threshold within three years of enrollment. As CEO of Epiphany Management Consulting (EMC), he has guided entrepreneurs through the most difficult transition in business: the passage from founder-dependent operation to professionally managed enterprise. EMC's work spans fractional CFO and COO services, business transformation, capital access strategy, and workforce development.

He holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute and a degree in Organizational Management from Claflin University.

THE NEXT CHAPTER: EPIPHANY GLOBAL INSTITUTE
EMC remains active as the firm's South Carolina-incorporated consulting subsidiary. However, they don't provide consulting services in-state. Its expansion, Epiphany Global Institute, was launched to address what WarChief Dragon Canoe identified as a structural gap in the advisory market: the absence of a marquis authority capable of working across the disciplines that determine whether an enterprise scales or stalls.

EGI operates across five practice pillars: infrastructure and construction, technology and systems intelligence, finance and capital, economic development, and healthcare systems. The Institute's flagship offering, the Construction Accelerator Program, is now available in four formats: twenty-person group cohorts, five-person intensive cohorts, one-on-one consulting engagements, and corporate trainings.

The Institute's operating principle is captured in a single phrase: Transforming Complexity Into Clarity. Every engagement is constructed to deliver a comprehensive, step-by-step solution that a client can act on.

ON LEADERSHIP, IDENTITY, AND MISSION
WarChief Dragon Canoe is the elected Principle of the Erati Tsaragi Cusabo Nation, the coastal and lowland Pyramid (Mound) builders whose ancestral territory spans Fairfield County to Colleton County in South Carolina. The Nation is committed to providing housing and community support, at no cost, to veterans, first responders, indigenous people, and their families who meet its criteria.

Beyond the Nation's housing program, WarChief Dragon Canoe sustains a long-standing philanthropic commitment to survivors of childhood sexual abuse and deeply rooted trauma. The work supports advocacy, restoration of services, and the long arc of healing for those whose protection failed them earliest. It is a commitment carried out intently because the shame, fear, and quiet suffering these survivors endure is the first thing that must break.

AN INVITATION TO ENGAGE
Epiphany Global Institute and Epiphany Management Consulting accept new engagements on a selective basis. Founders, principals, capital partners, and institutional clients seeking strategic counsel across infrastructure and construction, technology and systems intelligence, finance and capital, economic development, or healthcare systems are invited to begin the conversation.

CONTACT
FIRM Epiphany Management Consulting | Epiphany Global Institute
LOCATION Orangeburg, South Carolina
PHONE 803-747-5880
EMAIL [email protected]
WEB www.epiphanymc.com

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