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David Eisner
CEO, Corporation for National and Community Service
David Eisner is chief executive officer of the Corporation for
National and Community Service, which administers the Senior Corps, AmeriCorps,
and Learn and Serve America programs. He was appointed by President Bush and
began serving in December 2003.
Eisner is a nationally recognized leader on nonprofit capacity-building, infrastructure, and organizational effectiveness, and focuses his efforts on strengthening the organization's accountability, improving customer service, and increasing public trust. The goal of the CEO's management efforts are to make the Corporation's programs more efficient, effective, and accountable; to ensure that national and community service programs add value to traditional volunteering and the nonprofit world; and to bring a far greater degree of consistency, predictability, and value to the Corporation's programs. From 1997 until 2003, Eisner was a vice president at AOL Time Warner, where he directed the company's charitable foundation. Before that, he was a senior vice president at Fleishman-Hillard International Communications, and prior to that he managed public relations at the Legal Services Corporation. He started his career on Capitol Hill, serving as press secretary for three Members of Congress. In addition to his professional activities, Eisner has served on the boards of several national nonprofit organizations, including Independent Sector, the National 4-H Council, and Network for Good. A graduate of Stanford University, he received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center. He and his wife, Lori, live in Bethesda, Md., with their four young children. |
DAVID'S
LINKS Q&A with Jean Case Bio Corporation for National & Community Service Strategic plan Network for Good PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE CEO, Corporation for National and Community Service, 2003-present Vice President, AOL Time Warner, 1997-2003 Senior Vice President, Fleishman-Hillard International Communications, 1993-1997 Public Relations Manager, Legal Services Corporation,1990-1993 Congressional Press Secretary, 1984-1990 PERSONAL INTERESTS Raising four kids, age 3 to 9 RECENTLY READ The Alchemist, by Paolo Coelho The Devil and Miss Prym, by Paolo Coelho The Black Book, by Orhan Pamuk |