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Rick Wartzman
Co-president of Bendable Labs
Rick Wartzman is a prominent figure in the fields of business, journalism, and social impact. He served as the Head of the KH Moon Center for a Functioning Society at The Drucker Institute, which is part of Claremont Graduate University, from May 2017 to December 2022.2
Career Highlights
Current Role: As of January 2023, Wartzman is the Co-president of Bendable Labs, a technology, consulting, and research firm focused on improving economic stability, mobility, and opportunity for people across the United States.23
Previous Positions:
- Executive Director of The Drucker Institute (July 2007 - February 2016)2
- Senior Advisor at The Drucker Institute (February 2016 - May 2017)2
- Irvine Senior Fellow at New America Foundation (January 2007 - December 2008)2
- Business Editor and Editor of the Sunday magazine, West, at Los Angeles Times (September 2002 - January 2007)2
- Writer and editor at The Wall Street Journal (August 1987 - September 2002)2
Authorship and Contributions
Wartzman is a prolific author and contributor:
- Regular contributor to Fast Company, where his commentary received the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing's Best in Business award in 20181
- Author of "The End of Loyalty: The Rise and Fall of Good Jobs in America" (2017), which was named one of the best books of the year by strategy+business and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in Current Interest1
- Author of other books including "The King of California: J.G. Boswell and the Making of a Secret American Empire" and "Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath"1
- Published a collection of magazine columns titled "What Would Drucker Do Now?"1
Education
Wartzman holds a Bachelor of Science in Journalism (BSJ) from Northwestern University, which he obtained between 1983 and 1987.2
Rick Wartzman's LinkedIn username is indeed rick-wartzman-61a0a38, as mentioned in the query.2
