Richard Greenwald
Richard Greenwald is a senior executive with three decades of national experience leading large municipal initiatives and nonprofit organizations committed to public/private entrepreneurial solutions affecting the nation’s most vulnerable.
Richard was the President & CEO of the Soulsville Foundation. Located on seven-acres at the original site of Stax Records in Memphis, TN, the Soulsville Foundation operates the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Stax Music Academy, and The Soulsville Charter School. During Richard’s tenure the Stax Museum was a Finalist, National Medal for Museum and Library Services and added to the U.S. Civil Rights Trail. Students in the music academy made appearances on the 2021 Biden/Harris Presidential Inaugural Celebrating America; Justin Timberlake/Levi’s Music Project; Ellen DeGeneres’ Show Ellen’s Greatest Night of Giveaways; and the Soul Kids Documentary, while the school achieved over 90% retention rates and 100% of seniors had a post secondary placement or went to college.
Prior, Richard led Philadelphia Mayor, Michael A. Nutter’s youth violence prevention initiative, through a Stoneleigh Foundation Fellowship and served as the liaison between Philadelphia and the United States Department of Justice’s National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention.
Richard’s career has included positions as Vice President for Program Effectiveness at Public/Private Ventures (P/PV); Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute and Loaned Executive to Newark Mayor, Cory A. Booker; the first President and CEO of the Philadelphia Transitional Work Corporation (TWC); and Vice President at America Works in New York City. Richard started his career in Washington, DC on Capitol Hill working for Senator Albert Gore, Jr. and later for the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Richard is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University. He is also at work as an Executive Producer for the film Courting the Dream™. Richard serves on numerous national boards and committees including as a board member of the Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color (COSEBOC) based in Boston, MA; a founding member of the National Transitional Jobs Network, Chicago, IL; emeritus board member at RecycleForce, Inc. in Indianapolis, IN; and was engaged in various civic organizations in Philadelphia over the last decade.
A native of Memphis, TN, Mr. Greenwald holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Connecticut College; and a master’s degree in Public Policy and Administration from Columbia University. He lives with his wife and children in Philadelphia, PA.