Jim Bildner

Jim Bildner is the CEO of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation (DRK), one of the largest venture philanthropy firms in the world. DRK has made more than 250 investments in early-stage nonprofit and for-profit social enterprises working to solve complex societal issues. Bildner is also an adjunct lecturer in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and has served as a senior research fellow at the Hauser Institute for Civil Society and the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University. He also teaches a foundational course on the role of for-profit and nonprofit social enterprises in creating lasting impact when tackling complex societal issues.