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Marc Freedman

Founder/Co-CEO
CoGenerate (formerly Encore.org)

Marc Freedman, is Co-CEO and Founder of CoGenerate, and a faculty member at the Yale School of Management--where he Co-Directs the new Yale ELI Fellows initiative. The Wall Street Journal named his most recent book — How to Live Forever: The Enduring Power of Connecting the Generations — one of the year’s best books on aging well. The author of four other books, Freedman has been honored with numerous awards and fellowships, including as a Social Entrepreneur of the Year by the World Economic Forum/Schwab Foundation and the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. Originator of the encore career idea linking second acts to the greater good, Freedman co-founded Experience Corps, the Purpose Prize, and Encore Fellowships. He holds an MBA from Yale University.

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