Biography
An experienced social entrepreneur, Eric Schwarz is the Co-Founder and CEO of the College for Social Innovation (CFSI), which seeks to "educate and inspire the next generation of problem solvers for humanity's tough challenges.” CFSI seeks to build a bigger, better prepared, and more diverse talent pipeline for the social impact sector through its flagship Semester in the City experiential learning program in Boston and a new national Semester for Impact program. Eric is also Co-Founder and former CEO of Citizen Schools, an apprenticeship-based model for out of school time learning, which has had a positive impact on the extended learning time fields across the U.S.
Prior to starting Citizen Schools in 1995, Eric served as vice president of City Year, and as a journalist at The Oakland Tribune and The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA) where he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He is the author of The Opportunity Equation and lives in Brookline, MA with his wife, Maureen Coffey.