Lucas Michael Payne

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Lucas Michael Payne is a business owner, real estate investor, and entrepreneur. He is the President and co-Founder of Force Energy Group and Force Global Supply. For the last 20 years he has focused on green building, energy efficiency, and new construction projects for schools and commercial real estate developments around the country.  

During the early months of the pandemic, he utilized his knowledge of the global supply chain and founded Force Medical Supply. Force aided government agencies to obtain the necessary masks, gloves, and medical supplies. While his intention was to “just keep the team working”, Force Global posted over $21 million in sales in 2020 and was able to donate millions of masks and critical PPE to underserved communities in the US and around the globe. 

To date he and his team at Force have completed over 2,000 projects in 44 states for clients such as NAI Hiffman, Chicago Public Schools, and Jones Lange Lassalle. Lucas previously served as V.P of Sales at Verde Solutions. Lucas led Verde to explosive growth resulting in being listed as one of Inc. 500's fastest growing businesses in 2017. Prior to his work with Verde, in 2011 Lucas founded ACES (Advanced Custom Energy Solutions) that was eventually purchased by a publicly traded company Trans-Lux (TNLX).  

Lucas’ entrepreneurial journey has included cell phone stores, entertainment & concert promotion, and most recently he developed a mobile app HSTL.app to help entrepreneurs properly price their goods and services.  

Lucas relocated from Chicago to Frisco Texas with his wife Marquita in 2019. They are both passionate about serving youth and young adults through various ministries and organizations. Lucas proudly serves on the Board of Directors for Inzone Illinois. Marquita and Lucas also founded Kenzo’s Well (named for their son Kenzo) in June of 2022 whose mission is to provide clean drinking water in Africa and commissioned the first well in Ghana.