Speaker
Biographies
Robert
L. Waldron
President and
CEO, Jumpstart
Robert Waldron recently
served as a Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and worked
to enhance the quality and accountability of Web-based curriculum for
children pre-K to sixth grade. Prior to his fellowship, Rob served as
CEO of SCORE! Learning Centers, the second largest after-school tutoring
company in the United States. Under his leadership, the organization
grew from 13 centers and less than $2 million in revenue to over 150
centers nationwide with annual revenues exceeding $50 million. He was
formerly vice president of Kaplan, where he started the Kaplan After
School Program. Mr. Waldron is a graduate of Harvard Business School
and Northwestern University. He is member of Young Presidents’
Organization, a member of the Board of Directors of Advanced Career
Technologies, and an Adviser to Vanu, Inc. He has been called a “truly
remarkable leader” by the Washington Post Company and been featured
in many publications, including the New York Times, the Boston Globe,
and the Chicago Tribune.