On this episode, we’re joined by Doug Napier.
Doug Napier is the Executive Chairman & CEO of 1792 Exchange, a non-profit organization whose mission is “helping businesses get back to business” by influencing American companies to advance principles including free speech, freedom of religion, and free enterprise. They are the go-to national resource for data, research, and analysis on corporate behavior and governance.
Their flagship resources—the Corporate Bias Rating database, the Board Bias database, and the Back to Business Tracker—serve as leverage to build a durable policy roadmap that protects corporations from activist pressure and are committed to keeping companies focused on sound governance and business excellence.
Doug has been a partner in a private law firm, a senior executive and senior legal counsel for an international non-profit organization, and served as president of an Arizona residential real estate company.
He has been an invited speaker at many national and international conferences and events and has appeared on major network television stations, radio outlets, and online print media, including FOX News, NBC, CNN, NPR, Al Jazeera, EWTN, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, National Review, Townhall, The Atlantic, Mike Gallagher, Hugh Hewitt Show, and others.
Douglas earned a Juris Doctorate, with distinction, University of Iowa; a Master of Biblical Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary; and a Bachelor of Business Administration, Finance, University of Iowa. Douglas and his wife have two adult children. They reside in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Key Takeaways
- Your everyday spending is funding agendas you may not support: Over 100 Fortune 1000 companies are quietly routing charitable giving through Benevity, a platform that was filtering out Christian and conservative organizations using the Southern Poverty Law Center’s controversial “hate list” — often without the companies even knowing it.
- The corporate tide is turning — and data is the weapon: 1792 Exchange has profiled over 4,300 companies and is actively engaging Fortune 1000 boardrooms weekly. Last year alone, Fortune 500 participation in the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index dropped by 65% — a seismic shift driven largely by legal risk, brand damage, and economic pressure rather than moral conviction.
- The marketplace is the most powerful mission field: While only about 20% of Americans attend church on any given Sunday, 60–70% show up to work on Monday. Doug Napier’s journey from seminary to corporate law to nonprofit leadership reflects a bigger truth — that business is not a secular space separate from faith, but one of the most strategic places a Christ-follower can be salt and light in today’s culture.
Christian Business Leader is the show for marketplace Christians seeking to explore and apply God’s will for business. If you want to learn more about how to do business for the glory of God and shape culture through discipling the business world, this show is for you.