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Jim Bildner

CEO, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation

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Conservation, Economy, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Finance, Non-Profit, Overcoming Adversity, Sustainability
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Jim Bildner Biography

Jim Bildner works with the team to expand and manage the portfolio & pipeline, build the donor and talent base, and develop thought leadership for the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation. He sits on the board of DRK grantees Collaborative for Fresh Produce, Landed, Open Up Resources, Service Year, The GroundTruth Project, and The Kelsey. He previously served on the boards of DRK grantees CAST, EducationSuperHighway, IDEO.org, OpenBiome, SIRUM, StriveTogether, TurboVote/Democracy Works, The Earth Genome, The Empowerment Plan, and Worldreader.

Bildner 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. At the Kennedy School, his research interests include understanding the role of private capital in solving public problems, extending the capacity of foundations to solve complex societal issues and the sustainability of public and private systems when governments disinvest in these systems.

Among his other board affiliations, he is a trustee of The Kresge Foundation, The Non Profit Finance Fund, The Public Citizen Foundation, the Health Foundation for the Americas, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, The Newport Festivals Foundation, Trustee Emeritus at Case Western Reserve University, an Overseer Emeritus of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the executive board of WBUR (Boston Public Radio) and an Overseer of WGBH Public TV and Radio. He also serves on the boards of ROCA, Inc., Baroo, Inc., Fox Islands Wind, LLC, the EBSF Loan Fund, the Island Institute and Coastal Innovation Loan Fund, Blueprint Schools and 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.

In his board service, Bildner 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. In 2010 he was named Chair of Kresge’s Social Innovative Capital Committee and in 2014 became Chair of Kresge’s Investment Committee.

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. His prior experience includes 22 years in the private sector including as a consultant at Deloitte and serving as the CEO of two public companies. His government service includes serving as a legislative aide and speechwriter in the United States Senate, a run for the NJ State Assembly, election to two terms as a Selectman in Manchester by the Sea and an appointment by the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Advisory Panel on Medicare Education of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the Department of Health and Human Services.

He has written numerous articles, op-ed pieces and commentaries for newspapers, magazines and radio including NPR’s Morning Edition, The Boston Globe, The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Hampshire Daily Gazette and Inc. Magazine. A lifelong sailor and pilot, he has published two books, "A Visual Cruising Guide to the Maine Coast" and "A Visual Cruising Guide to Southern New England."

Bildner earned his AB from Dartmouth College, his MPA from Harvard, his J.D. from Case Western Reserve School of Law and an M.F.A. from Lesley University. He is a member of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In 2008, Jim was awarded the Dartmouth Alumni Award for service to the College and to his community.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 01/11/2024.

Jim Bildner Videos

  • Tech Can Have Real Social Impact
    Tech Can Have Real Social Impact
    Jim Bildner talks about funding technologies with real and positive social impact.
  • Rethinking Innovation and Scale
    Rethinking Innovation and Scale
    Renee Kaplan of Skoll Foundation, Jim Bildner of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
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