Adlai Wertman

{{Short description|American business professor and banker}}

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|name = Adlai Wertman

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|birth_place = Queens, New York, United States

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|education = {{ubl

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| University of Pennsylvania

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|employer = USC Marshall School of Business

|title = Professor of clinical entrepreurship

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Adlai Wertman (born August 22, 1959, in Queens, New York) is the David C. Bohnett Professor of Social Entrepreneurship at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California.[http://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/stories/2009/08/17/daily9.html “USC Professor to Head LA Police, Fire Pension Fund”]. Los Angeles Business Journal. August 17, 2009. Retrieved February 21, 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://www.marshall.usc.edu/faculty/directory/awertman|title=Faculty Profiles|website=www.marshall.usc.edu|access-date=2016-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020035524/https://www.marshall.usc.edu/faculty/directory/awertman|archive-date=2016-10-20|url-status=dead}} He is also the founding director of the Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab at Marshall, a center focused on using business education and resources to address global social, environmental and health challenges.Winograd, Morley and Michael D. Hais (2011). Millennial Momentum: How a New Generation Is Remaking America. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.Llopis, Glenn (February 11, 2013). [https://www.forbes.com/sites/glennllopis/2013/02/11/6-signs-tell-you-its-time-to-make-a-career-change/ “6 Signs That It’s Time to Make a Career Change”]. Forbes. Retrieved February 21, 2013.

From 2001 to 2007, Wertman was president and CEO of [http://www.changelives.org/ Chrysalis], a non-profit, privately funded organization in Los Angeles, California, that helps homeless individuals secure employment through training and job placement. In 2005, Chrysalis helped 2,500 homeless people in Los Angeles find jobs.Berry, Kate (January 16, 2006). “Off the Street.” Los Angeles Business Journal.

In 2000, after 18 years as a Wall Street investment banker, Wertman left his job to run Chrysalis. His career switch, from investment banker managing director to homeless service provider, was profiled in the Los Angeles Times,Vaughn, Susan (August 5, 2001). [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-aug-05-wp-30875-story.html “Nonprofit Work: Cause Worth Pursuing?”] Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 21, 2013. The Jerusalem Post,Wagner, Mati (November 12, 2004). “US Capitalists Share Welfare Know-How.” Jerusalem Post. Los Angeles Business Journal, and other publications.Minkin, Melissa (May 16, 2002). [http://www.jewishjournal.com/articles/item/trading_up_20020517 “Trading Up: Adlai Wertman Left Wall Street to Make a Difference on Skid Row”]. Jewish Journal. Retrieved February 21, 2013.Hindman, Jon (August 2001). “He Needs No Helping Hand.” California CEO.Nye Flynn, Kathleen (October 16, 2006). [http://www.ladowntownnews.com/news/from-wall-street-to-skid-row/article_b5d37cc0-abb9-5a9b-a8f9-9061af3adcfd.html “From Wall Street to Skid Row”]. Los Angeles Downtown News. Retrieved February 21, 2013.

In 2009, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa appointed Wertman Commissioner of the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pension Fund, which oversees the city’s $14 billion uniformed employee pension portfolio. His term expired in 2011.[http://www.lafpp.com/LAFPP/documents/board_minutes/fppenminutesarchive271074180_07072011.pdf Minutes of the Board of Fire and Police Pension Commissioners Meeting of July 7, 2011]{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Board of Fire and Police Pension Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles. Retrieved February 21, 2013.

Wertman is an advisory board member of the Roberts Enterprise Development Fund (REDF)[http://www.redf.org/about-redf/advisory-council Advisory Council] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208115512/http://www.redf.org/about-redf/advisory-council |date=February 8, 2013 }}. Roberts Enterprise Development Fund. Retrieved February 21, 2013. and the Global Health Institute at the Keck School of Medicine of USC[http://globalhealth.usc.edu/Home/About%20Us/Pages/Internal%20USC%20Advisory%20Board.aspx Advisory Board] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216031123/http://globalhealth.usc.edu/Home/About%20Us/Pages/Internal%20USC%20Advisory%20Board.aspx |date=February 16, 2013 }}. Global Health Institute, University of Southern California. Retrieved February 21, 2013. and a trustee of the Jewish Community Foundation Los Angeles.[https://archive.today/20130415034410/http://www.jewishfoundationla.org/about-the-foundation/leadership/board-of-trustees/wertman-adlai-w- Board of Trustees: Adlai Wertman]. Jewish Community Foundation Los Angeles. Retrieved February 21, 2013.

He is a senior fellow at the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture[http://crcc.usc.edu/about/personnel/fellows/ Senior Fellows] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214041044/http://crcc.usc.edu/about/personnel/fellows/ |date=2013-02-14 }}. Center for Religion and Civic Culture, University of Southern California. Retrieved February 21, 2013. and the UCLA School of Public Affairs.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100130071548/http://www.publicaffairs.ucla.edu/content/current-fellows Senior Fellows]. UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. Retrieved February 21, 2013. He is also a Wexner Heritage Fellow.Pfefferman, Naomi (August 19, 2004). [http://www.jewishjournal.com/community_briefs/article/friends_unite_to_rock_the_classroom_20040820 “Friends Unite to Rock the Classroom”]. Jewish Journal. Retrieved February 21, 2013.

Wertman consults with numerous non-profits and government groups[http://www.thehubla.com/experience-community/#&panel1-1 Hub LA Team] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130227004245/http://www.thehubla.com/experience-community/#&panel1-1 |date=February 27, 2013 }}. Hub LA. Retrieved February 21, 2013.[http://jewishjumpstart.org/people People]. Jumpstart. Retrieved February 21, 2013.[http://www.btscomm.org/the-offices-of.php Gratitude and Partners] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313212218/http://www.btscomm.org/the-offices-of.php |date=March 13, 2013 }}. BTS Communications. Retrieved February 21, 2013.[http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/report/2012/12/05/46934/frequently-asked-questions-social-impact-bonds/ Frequently Asked Questions]. Center for American Progress. Retrieved February 21, 2013. and is a frequent speaker on the issues of social entrepreneurship, social enterprise, fundraising and non-profit management.[http://www.caltech.edu/content/sustainability-speaker-series-6 Sustainability Speaker Series] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233053/http://www.caltech.edu/content/sustainability-speaker-series-6 |date=2016-03-03 }} California Institute of Technology. Retrieved February 21, 2013.[http://www.carnegiecouncil.org/studio/multimedia/20120306/index.html Creating an Ethical Business Culture]. Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs. Retrieved February 21, 2013.[http://www.innovationhumanity.com/Summit_Keynote_Speakers_Release.pdf Dr. Robert C. Wolcott and Adlai Wertman Headline 2010 Innovation & Humanity Summit]. Center for Innovation & Humanity (press release). Retrieved February 21, 2013.

Wertman earned his BA in econometrics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and his MBA in finance, public policy management and strategic planning from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Janet, and their three children: Liana, Holly, and Elon.