Ari Wallach

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Ari Wallach
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Born1974 (age 51–52)
Guadalajara, Mexico
Education Northgate High School (Walnut Creek, California)
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley Education, BA, Honors, Peace and Conflict Studies; Inter/Intra-national Psychodynamic Conflict Analysis and Resolution (1993-1997)
OccupationsFounder, Longpath Labs; [1] lecturer
SpouseSharon Goldman Wallach (3 children) [2]
Website www.Longpath.org

Ari Wallach (born 1974) is an American futurist. He is the founder of an initiative called Longpath. [3] He also founded Synthesis Corp, a consultancy based in New York City and Washington D.C. [4]

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Early life and education

Wallach was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. His father was Raul Wallach, a Polish Holocaust survivor and a member of the Jewish underground during World War II. Wallach was raised in San Francisco Bay Area. Wallach studied Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. [5]

Career

Wallach's career has ranged from work in media, government, and various creative fields. He has worked with the Democratic National Committee, Clinton/Gore 96, and the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC. [5]

He is the founding director of INFORUM, a non-partisan public affairs forum for young people. [6] [ when? ] He later founded re:think media, a producer of public affairs content, and served as Vice President of Seed Media Group from 2006 to 2008. [7] In 2008, Wallach founded The Great Schlep — the viral GOTV campaign that mobilized young Jewish voters for Obama in 2008. [8] The campaign received over 342 million global media impressions and engaged over 25,000 volunteers. [9]

In 2008, he founded Synthesis Corp., a consultancy that works with governments, NGOs, foundations, and corporations to drive innovation, rethink business models, and improve organizational performance. [10] Synthesis is working with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to develop UNHCR labs aimed at enhancing innovation and improving tools and processes to better serve people of concern. [11] [ when? ]

He sits on the boards of 70 Faces Media, [12] blankonblank.org, [13] and the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life. [14] He is also an advisory board member of the CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative at the University of California, Berkeley. [15] He was a lecturer at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University on the topics of innovation, the future of governance and public policy. [16] [ when? ]

In November 2015, Fast Company magazine launched "Fast Company Futures with Ari Wallach", an initiative to bring together people from business, technology, policy, and culture sectors. [17]

In April 2024, Wallach hosted a six-part documentary on PBS called "A Brief History of the Future". [18] [19] He is also the co-founder, along with Kathryn Murdoch, of the film, TV and live experiences studio Futurific.

References

  1. ↑ "Ari Wallach". Convenience Retailing University. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  2. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/share/6eCFHTLnPBP6gkzh/?mibextid=LQQJ4d
  3. ↑ "Longpath Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs – An Antidote for Short-Termism" . Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "Synthesis Corp". Synthesis Corp. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
  5. 1 2 "Ari Wallach". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
  6. ↑ Doyle, Jim (2002-06-14). "The talking heads / The Commonwealth Club is striving for an uncommon mix of new voices". SFGate. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
  7. ↑ "Renewal Project". Renewal Project. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
  8. ↑ Patrick Oppmann (2008-10-13). "'Great Schlep' pitches Obama to Florida Jews - CNN". Articles.cnn.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-12. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
  9. ↑ "The Great Schlep – case study on Vimeo". Vimeo.com. 2010-06-03. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
  10. ↑ "Synthesis Corp". Synthesis Corp. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
  11. ↑ "|". Unhcrinnovation.org. Retrieved 2013-04-03.
  12. ↑ "About and Board of Directors; 70 Faces Media". 70 Faces Media. Retrieved 2015-01-23.
  13. ↑ "Our Team". Blank on Blank. 2012-07-18. Archived from the original on 2013-04-14. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
  14. ↑ "Governance Committee | Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life". COEJL. Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2012-08-18.
  15. ↑ "ADVISORY BOARD". CITRIS-UC. Retrieved 2014-10-07.
  16. ↑ "Faculty Directory". Columbia University. Archived from the original on 2015-06-24.
  17. ↑ "Fast Company Innovation Festival Speakers; Fast Company". Fast Company. Archived from the original on 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2015-03-11.
  18. ↑ "A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE SET TO PREMIERE APRIL 3, 2024, ON PBS". PBS. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  19. ↑ "A Brief History of the Future". IMDB. Futurific Studios, Untold. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
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