Jared Schwartz

Jared is the VP of Strategy & Innovation at Beaconfire RED and brings his experience and vision to their nationally recognized non-profit clients like Truth, Habitat for Humanity, Human Rights Watch & National Audubon Society. Jared plays a leadership role in crafting client strategies and imagining campaign concepts.

Jared is also a serial innovator and has designed products and led teams that have won nearly $200,000 of awards in innovation challenges hosted by Ford, CDC, SAMHSA, HHS, ONC, HRSA, Bureau of Reclamation & NextEnergy.

Previously, he created and led the Digital Strategies department at AFL-CIO, the 13 million member national labor federation.

Jared is a frequent lecturer at digital and non-profit conferences like SXSW, NTC, DMA, ASAE and TAG. Jared currently resides in Arlington, VA with his wife Stacey and their sons Lyle, Joshua and Cooper.

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