Harvard Business School

University of Virginia

Social Impact Entrepreneur and Investor

www.inheritancethefilm.com.  Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary Feature (Slamdance Film Festival) Focused on inter-generational addiction, mental health, and inherited trauma.  Produced by award-winning filmmakers and photojournalists Matt Moyer and Amy Toensing.  Filmed over ten years, INHERITANCE immerses audiences in a family of love, struggle, and hope as experienced through the eyes and ears of one boy, Curtis, and five generations of his extended family.

INHERITANCE

Executive Producer

The Siena School is one of the nation’s leading private schools for children with dyslexia and other learning differences.  The school's leadership team and advisory board include some of the nation's top experts and professionals in the fields of dyslexia education and research, learning differences, and non-profit management.  Served on the board of the International Dyslexia Association for several years.

The Siena School

Founder & Chair

Advise a wide range of social impact and education investors, organizations, businesses and non-profits.  Support private equity firms considering investments in education and social impact sectors.  Advise leading higher education institutions on key strategic initiatives, online program management, M&A, and other growth strategies.  Entrepreneur in residence, and now board member, at the Education Design Lab, a non-profit focused on innovation in higher education and workforce development.  Entrepreneur in residence at New Markets Venture Partners, a leading education-technology focused venture capital firm.  Board member, Calvert Educational Services, one of the nation’s oldest homeschooling organizations and a leading online learning platform, through spin-out to a private company.  Board/investor in Floreo (autism VR platform), Cycle Technologies (a leading digital women's reproductive health platform) and a leading extended day academic program.

Various

Social Impact Advisory, Consulting & Investing Work

Bridges Fund Management is one of the world's leading social impact private equity funds with more than $800MM under management and offices in London and New York.  Founded in 2002, it is uniquely focused on both financial returns and social impact, and has a proven track record of investing in high-growth, high-impact businesses located in or serving under-served markets.  Investment focus: autism services/ABA therapy, special education programs, after-school/summer-school/enrichment programs, educational facilities, and new higher education business models.

Bridges Fund Management Ltd.

Executive in Residence

Capital Education Group, now a part of FullBloom, is a leading manager of schools, programs and services for children with autism and other specialized learning needs.  CEG operates home- and center-based ABA therapy programs for children on the autism spectrum (Little Leaves Behavioral Services, Little Buds centers), and private schools for bright students with social and communication challenges (The Auburn School).

Capital Education Group

Founder, CEO & Chair

First employee hired, founding team member and chief business officer of education management services company serving large, urban school systems.  Provided senior leadership to build a high-quality network of 14 charter schools and public school programs with operating budgets of $50 million serving 6,000+ students.
•	Helped to open and manage NY’s first charter school, and highest-scoring charter school in NY.
•	Led negotiations to develop innovative public/private school reform partnerships in the Baltimore and Philadelphia school systems.
•	During leadership tenure, company was recognized for accomplishments by the U.S. Department of Education (twice), TIME magazine and numerous national and local leaders.

Victory Education Partners

Executive Vice President

Founding team member and investment professional at leading private equity firm.  
•	Assisted with raising the firm’s first fund of $770MM; primary focus on education investments.
•	Identified firm’s first transaction, a $150MM investment in Strayer Education, Inc.

Erik Heyer