Chris Gabrieli
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Chris Gabrieli is an American
businessman and a leading national education reformer. He is currently driving the movement to reform the school calendar.
in 1960. He has one brother, John Gabrieli
, an MIT
professor. After graduating from Harvard College
, he was forced to drop out of Columbia University
’s medical school to save his family’s business, a healthcare system software company, from bankruptcy.
Gabrieli has spent over 20 years at Bessemer Venture Partners, investing in and helping innovative young businesses succeed. In that time, the firm invested in the economy. He remains active as a Senior Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, focused on biotechnology.
Following his success as a venture capitalist, Gabrieli focused his entrepreneurial energy on ensuring that every child has access to a quality education. He is currently one of the country’s leading education thinker and policy experts as he leads the movement to redesign the school calendar- this despite the fact that Gabrieli has never taught in classroom, worked in a public school, and his ideas are not taught, or even widely known, in any of the top education policy schools in the country. Gabrieli is the Chairman of the National Center on Time & Learning, a national education policy organization that works to research how schools expand time to strengthen learning, supports public policy at the local, state and federal level, and provides technical assistance to schools, districts and states seeking to expand time for learning.
Gabrieli is also the Chairman of Massachusetts 2020, a non-profit organization he co-founded in 2000 with the mission to expand the economic and educational opportunities for children families across Massachusetts. Under his leadership, Massachusetts 2020 spearheaded the Commonwealth’s first-in-the-nation initiative to redesign and expand learning time at public schools.
Gabrieli’s book (with co-author Warren Goldstein),Time to Learn: How a New School Schedule is Making Smarter Kids, Happier Parents, and Safer Neighborhoods was published in 2008. He is also a part-time lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
A member of the Democratic Party, Gabrieli was a candidate for Congress in 1998, and won his Party's nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 2002. In 2006, Gabrieli came in second for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Massachusetts.
Known as a thoughtful and committed participant in the civic life of Boston and Massachusetts, Gabrieli is always active on numerous community and university boards. Gabrieli lives in Boston with his wife Hilary and their five children.
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United States
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businessman and a leading national education reformer. He is currently driving the movement to reform the school calendar.
Biography
Gabrieli's parents were immigrants Elmér Gabrieli (a physician; d. 2000) and Lilla Elizabeth (Eross) (d. 2006). Chris Gabrieli was born in Buffalo, New YorkBuffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
in 1960. He has one brother, John Gabrieli
John Gabrieli
John Gabrieli is a neuroscientist at MIT, and an associate member of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research. He is a faculty member in the department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and director of the Martinos Imaging Center, part of the McGovern Institute. Gabrieli is an expert on the brain...
, an MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
professor. After graduating from Harvard College
Harvard College
Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees...
, he was forced to drop out of Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
’s medical school to save his family’s business, a healthcare system software company, from bankruptcy.
Gabrieli has spent over 20 years at Bessemer Venture Partners, investing in and helping innovative young businesses succeed. In that time, the firm invested in the economy. He remains active as a Senior Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, focused on biotechnology.
Following his success as a venture capitalist, Gabrieli focused his entrepreneurial energy on ensuring that every child has access to a quality education. He is currently one of the country’s leading education thinker and policy experts as he leads the movement to redesign the school calendar- this despite the fact that Gabrieli has never taught in classroom, worked in a public school, and his ideas are not taught, or even widely known, in any of the top education policy schools in the country. Gabrieli is the Chairman of the National Center on Time & Learning, a national education policy organization that works to research how schools expand time to strengthen learning, supports public policy at the local, state and federal level, and provides technical assistance to schools, districts and states seeking to expand time for learning.
Gabrieli is also the Chairman of Massachusetts 2020, a non-profit organization he co-founded in 2000 with the mission to expand the economic and educational opportunities for children families across Massachusetts. Under his leadership, Massachusetts 2020 spearheaded the Commonwealth’s first-in-the-nation initiative to redesign and expand learning time at public schools.
Gabrieli’s book (with co-author Warren Goldstein),Time to Learn: How a New School Schedule is Making Smarter Kids, Happier Parents, and Safer Neighborhoods was published in 2008. He is also a part-time lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
A member of the Democratic Party, Gabrieli was a candidate for Congress in 1998, and won his Party's nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts in 2002. In 2006, Gabrieli came in second for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Massachusetts.
Known as a thoughtful and committed participant in the civic life of Boston and Massachusetts, Gabrieli is always active on numerous community and university boards. Gabrieli lives in Boston with his wife Hilary and their five children.
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