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Richard Greenwald
Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs
Phone: 212-854-3239
ecg5@columbia.edu
Biography:
Mr. Greenwald joined P/PV as acting vice president for program effectiveness in 2011. He is an expert in the field of workforce development, with significant experience in the implementation welfare-to-work and prisoner reentry programs. He has more than twenty years' experience addressing the complex economic development and human services issues facing unemployed people.
Prior to joining P/PV, Mr. Greenwald worked with the Manhattan Institute on a variety of projects related to the planning and implementation of prisoner reentry programming, including significant work in the City of Newark and the State of New Jersey. His work in New Jersey led to the publication of a comprehensive plan to reduce recidivism in the state. He also worked as an independent consultant, providing guidance to both the City of Philadelphia and the State of Wisconsin on transitional jobs strategies, as well as working closely with a mentoring program for adjudicated youth in Memphis.
In the late 1990s, he became the first president and chief executive officer of the Philadelphia-based Transitional Work Corporation (TWC). Under his leadership, TWC grew four-fold, employed more than 15,000 welfare recipients, and participated in a rigorous U.S. Department of Health and Human Services evaluation. Mr. Greenwald also served as a vice president at America Worksa New York City-based private company that places welfare recipients in jobsand has worked at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency both in information management and in the Superfund program. He also spent two years on Capitol Hill working for Senator Albert Gore, Jr.
He is currently an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute and an adjunct professor of the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. He also serves as the chairman of the National Transitional Jobs Network Steering Committee; is a member of the board of directors of Workforce, Inc., in Indianapolis; and is deeply involved in various civic organizations in Philadelphia.
Mr. Greenwald holds a B.A. from Connecticut College and an M.A. in public policy and administration from Columbia University.