Jim Bildner

Jim Bildner is the CEO of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation. Jim is also an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a Senior Research Fellow at the Hauser Institute for Civil Society and the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University.

Jim is a trustee of The Kresge Foundation and Chair of its Investment Committee. He serves on the board of Education SuperHighway, Public Citizen Foundation, OpenBiome, Open Up Resources, The GroundTruth Project, Climate Central, Service Year, Education Pioneers, Landed, Inc., UpTrust, Healthy Americas Foundation, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, Trustee Emeritus at Case Western Reserve University, an Overseer Emeritus of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a member of the Board of Overseers of WBUR (Boston Public Radio) and a trustee emeritus of the Lizard Island Research Foundation in Australia. He is a member of Young Presidents/World Presidents Organization and a member of the Chief Executives Organization.

Mr. Bildner is a nationally recognized lecturer, panelist, and speaker on nonprofit organizations, social enterprise, capitalization, and the institutional role of philanthropy in solving complex societal issues. Jim has written numerous articles, op-ed pieces and commentaries for newspapers, magazines and radio, including NPR’s Morning Edition, the Stanford Social Innovation Review, the Harvard Business Review, the Boston Globe, the Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, the Chronicle of Philanthropy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and Inc. Magazine.

In his board service, Jim serves on the Investment Committees of boards with aggregate endowments in excess of $4B as well as a member of numerous finance, investment and/or audit committees of these boards. Jim earned his A.B. from Dartmouth College, his M.P.A. from Harvard, his law degree from Case Western Reserve School of Law, and a M.F.A. from Lesley University. He is a member of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In 2008, Mr. Bildner was awarded the Dartmouth Alumni Award for service to the College and to his community.