Andrew Klaber

Originally from Buffalo Grove, Illinois, Klaber attended Adlai E. Stevenson High School,[3] graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa president[4] from Yale College, where he was a Truman Scholar,[5] Udall Scholar,[6] and First-Team USA-Today Academic All-American,[7] and received the Arthur Twining Hadley Prize and David Everett Chantler Award at graduation for "exemplifying qualities of courage, strength of character and high moral purpose."[8] He earned Masters of Science degrees in Financial Economics and Economic History as a Marshall Scholar[9] at Oxford University, and holds a JD/MBA from Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School, where he graduated with Distinction and as the Dean's Award winner.[10]

He is a Fellow at Trumbull College, Yale University.[11]

Andrew rowed on the Yale lightweight crew (2002 national champions),[12] ran in the Berlin, Boston, Chicago, Hamptons, London, New York (2009, 2013, 2016), Paris, Philadelphia, Valencia, and Washington, D.C. marathons, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro,[13] and pedaled 4,200 miles (New Haven, Connecticut, to San Francisco, California) to raise awareness and financial support for Habitat for Humanity in 2001.[14]

Klaber serves or has served on the boards of several organizations, including the AEI Enterprise Club,[15] President of the Association of Marshall Scholars,[16] Bowery Mission Advisory and Development Board,[17] Brookings Society,[18] Cornell Tech Jacobs Institute Steering Committee,[19] Co-chair of the Echoing Green Social Investment Council,[20] French-American Foundation,[21] Harvard Law School Dean's Visiting Committee,[22] International Rescue Committee,[23] Learning Matters,[24] Magdalen Society,[25] Morgan Library Young Fellows,[26] Natan,[27] National Museum of American Jewish History,[28] New York Public Library Young Lions,[29] Public Theater Young Partners,[30] Rainforest Alliance Ambassadors Circle,[31] President of the Russell Trust Association,[32] Success Academy Charter Schools Leadership Council, Truman Scholars Association,[33] United Jewish Appeal (UJA),[34] and Yale Alumni Fund.[35]

Klaber is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations,[36] Economic Club of New York,[37] and New York State Bar,[38] and was a member of or participated in the Asia Society's Asia 21 Young Leaders Initiative,[39] French American Foundation Young Leaders Program,[40] Council for the United States and Italy Young Leaders Program,[41] Partnership for New York City David Rockefeller Fellows Program,[42] Trilateral Commission David Rockefeller Fellowship, U.S. Secretary of Defense's Joint Civilian Orientation Conference,[43] and Wexner Heritage Program.[44]

Klaber received the President's Environmental Youth Award at the White House in 2001 for his "efforts and commitment to the environment"[45] and the Yale-Jefferson Public Service Award for his "innovative and sustained contributions to society,"[46] served with the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Orphaned and Vulnerable Children,[47] and presented Even Ground at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in 2008.[48]