Andrew Klaber
{{Short description|American investment executive}}
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| employer = Bedford Ridge Capital
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Andrew Klaber is the chief executive officer of [https://www.bedfordridgecapital.com Bedford Ridge Capital], an investment management firm in New York. Previously, Klaber was a partner on the investment team at Paulson & Co., a multi-strategy hedge fund. He is also the founder and emeritus chairman and president of Even Ground,{{cite web|url=https://www.evenground.org/team/|title=Even Ground Board|accessdate=23 May 2018}} an international non-profit organization that annually provides academic support, basic health care, and nutrition to more than 2,000 children{{cite web|url=http://www.evenground.org/#!about/cfvg|title=Even Ground "About Us"|accessdate=15 November 2016}} who have been orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS.
Education
Originally from Buffalo Grove, Illinois, Klaber attended Adlai E. Stevenson High School,{{cite web|url=http://aeshsalumni.com/s/1597/index.aspx?sid=1597&gid=1&pgid=410&sparam=klaber&scontid=0|title=Notable Alumni|accessdate=7 May 2008}} graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa president{{cite web|url=http://pbk.yalecollege.yale.edu/undergraduate-officers|title=Yale Phi Beta Kappa Undergraduate Officers |accessdate=3 January 2006}} from Yale College, where he was a Truman Scholar,{{cite web|url=https://news.yale.edu/2003/03/31/two-yale-students-claim-truman-scholarships|title=Two Yale Students Claim Truman Scholarships|accessdate=22 May 2003}} Udall Scholar,{{cite web|url=http://news.yale.edu/2003/04/25/four-yale-seniors-win-morris-k-udall-scholarships|title=Four Yale Seniors Win Morris K. Udall Scholarship|accessdate=9 February 2006}} and First-Team USA-Today Academic All-American,{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2003-02-12-college-all-stars.htm|title=All-USA Academic First Team - USATODAY.com|accessdate=2 July 2004 | work=USA Today}} and received the Arthur Twining Hadley Prize and David Everett Chantler Award at graduation for "exemplifying qualities of courage, strength of character and high moral purpose."{{cite news|url=http://news.yale.edu/2004/05/23/yale-senior-honored-moral-character|title=Yale Senior Honored for Moral Character|accessdate=23 May 2004}} He earned Masters of Science degrees in Financial Economics and Economic History as a Marshall Scholar{{cite web|url=https://news.yale.edu/2003/12/03/yale-student-andrew-klaber-wins-marshall-scholarship-study-oxford|title=Yale Student Andrew Klaber Wins Marshall Scholarship for Study at Oxford|accessdate=13 January 2007}} at Oxford University, and holds a JD/MBA from Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School, where he graduated with Distinction and as the Dean's Award winner.{{cite web|url=http://www.hbs.edu/news/releases/deansaward2010.html|title=Harvard Students Honored for Service to the School and Society|accessdate=17 May 2010}}
He is a Fellow at Trumbull College, Yale University.{{cite web|url=https://trumbull.yalecollege.yale.edu/fellows/k|title=Listing of Fellows for Trumbull College|accessdate=23 March 2018}}
Sports
Andrew rowed on the Yale lightweight crew (2002 national champions),{{cite web|title=Yale Crew Champions and Highlights|url=http://rowing.yale.edu/history|accessdate=16 December 2005}} ran in the Berlin, Boston, Chicago, Hamptons, London, New York (2009, 2013, 2016), Paris, Philadelphia, Valencia, and Washington, D.C. marathons, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro,{{cite web|title=Lists marathons run|url=https://www.evenground.org/team/|accessdate=16 October 2017}} and pedaled 4,200 miles (New Haven, Connecticut, to San Francisco, California) to raise awareness and financial support for Habitat for Humanity in 2001.{{cite web|title=Habitat for Humanity Bicycle Challenge|url=http://www.marshallscholarship.org/scholars/profiles/2004scholars/i-m|accessdate=16 December 2005}}
Philanthropy and awards
Klaber serves or has served on the boards of several organizations, including the AEI Enterprise Club,{{cite web|url=https://www.rapidsos.com/team/|title=AEI Enterprise Club|accessdate=10 October 2017}} President of the Association of Marshall Scholars,{{cite web|url=https://www.marshallscholars.org/about/leadership/|title=Association of Marshall Scholars Board & Officers|accessdate=1 July 2017}} Bowery Mission Advisory and Development Board,{{cite web|url=https://www.bowery.org/|title=Bowery Mission|accessdate=14 April 2018}} Brookings Society,{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/03/fashion/weddings/jacqueline-carter-andrew-klaber.html|title=Brookings Society|accessdate=10 October 2017}} Cornell Tech Jacobs Institute Steering Committee,{{cite web|url=https://tech.cornell.edu/jacobs-technion-cornell-institute/who-we-are/steering-committee|title=Cornell Tech Jacobs Institute Steering Committee|accessdate=6 April 2023}} Co-chair of the Echoing Green Social Investment Council,{{cite web|url=https://www.echoinggreen.org|title=Echoing Green|accessdate=5 January 2013}} French-American Foundation,{{cite web|url=https://frenchamerican.org/about/governance|title=French American Foundation Board of Directors|accessdate=28 March 2023}} Harvard Law School Dean's Visiting Committee,{{cite news|url=https://hls.harvard.edu/content/uploads/2014/12/jd-mba-speaker-bios-final.v2_11.7.14_sw.pdf|title=Harvard JD/MBA Reunion--Speaker Biographies|accessdate=24 May 2015}} International Rescue Committee,{{cite web|url=https://www.rescue.org/board-and-overseers|title=IRC Board of Directors and Overseers|accessdate=1 April 2019}} Learning Matters,{{cite web|url=http://learningmatters.tv/blog/about-us/board/81/|title=Learning Matters Board|accessdate=1 March 2012}} Magdalen Society,{{cite web|url=http://www.magd.ox.ac.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Floreat-2013.pdf|title=Floreat Magdalena, Issue 12 - 2013|accessdate=29 January 2014}} Morgan Library Young Fellows,{{cite web|url=https://www.themorgan.org/sites/default/files/pdf/report_to_donors17.pdf|title=Morgan Library & Museum Report to Donors 2017|accessdate=30 May 2018}} Natan,{{cite web|url=http://www.natan.org/cgi-bin/about/members.pl|title=Natan Board|accessdate=6 February 2013}} National Museum of American Jewish History,{{cite web|url=https://www.nmajh.org/BoardofTrustees/|title=National Museum of American Jewish History Board of Trustees|accessdate=19 June 2018}} New York Public Library Young Lions,{{cite web|url=http://www.nypl.org/support/membership/young-lions|title=New York Public Library Young Lions Committee|accessdate=10 April 2018}} Public Theater Young Partners,{{cite web|url=https://www.publictheater.org/Support/YoungPartners/|title=Public Theater Young Partner Board|accessdate=5 January 2018}} Rainforest Alliance Ambassadors Circle,{{cite web|url=https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/bios/andrew-klaber|title=Rainforest Alliance Ambassadors Circle|accessdate=18 March 2018}} President of the Russell Trust Association,{{cite web|url=https://www.guidestar.org/profile/06-0768741|title=RTA Incorporated GuideStar profile|accessdate=15 November 2022}} Success Academy Charter Schools Leadership Council, Truman Scholars Association,{{cite web|url=http://trumanscholars.org/about/2009-2010/|title=Truman Scholars Association 2009-2010 Board of Directors|accessdate=5 January 2013}} United Jewish Appeal (UJA),{{cite web|url=https://www.ujafedny.org/who-we-are/our-leadership/|title=UJA Leadership|accessdate=20 September 2020}} Weizmann Institute of Science,{{cite web|url=https://www.weizmann.ac.il/board/members|title=Weizmann Institute of Science International Board|accessdate=13 November 2024}} and Yale Alumni Fund.{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=05RYlf39XZcC&q=andrew+klaber+yale+alumni+fund+harvard+law+school+overseers&pg=PR24|title=Social Entrepreneurship in the Age of Atrocities--Contributors' biographies|date=December 2012|isbn=9781781002148|accessdate=24 May 2013|last1=Kaufman|first1=Zachary Daniel}}
Klaber is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations,{{cite web|url=https://www.cfr.org/membership-roster-g-k|title=Council on Foreign Relations Membership Roster|accessdate=19 June 2018}} Economic Club of New York,{{cite web|url=https://www.econclubny.org/|title=Economic Club of New York|accessdate=2 March 2016}} and Supreme Court of the United States Bar and New York State Bar,{{cite web|url=http://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/attorney/AttorneySearch|title=New York State Unified Court System, Attorney Detail|accessdate=16 August 2012}} and was a member of or participated in the Asia Society's Asia 21 Young Leaders Initiative,{{cite web|url=https://today.law.harvard.edu/andrew-klaber-joins-gathering-of-asia-pacific-young-leaders-in-tokyo/|title=Andrew Klaber joins gathering of Asia-Pacific young leaders in Tokyo|accessdate=10 November 2008}} French American Foundation Young Leaders Program,{{cite web|title=French-American Foundation Young Leaders|url=https://frenchamerican.org/young-leaders/earlier-classes/2018/|accessdate=19 June 2018}} Council for the United States and Italy Young Leaders Program,{{cite web|url=http://www.consiusa.org/eventi.php?cat=1|title=The Council for the United States and Italy Young Leaders Program|accessdate=24 March 2018}} Partnership for New York City David Rockefeller Fellows Program,{{cite web|url=http://pfnyc.org/david-rockefeller-fellows-alumni/|title=Partnership for New York City David Rockefeller Fellows|accessdate=10 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619213907/http://pfnyc.org/david-rockefeller-fellows-alumni/|archive-date=19 June 2018|url-status=dead}} Trilateral Commission David Rockefeller Fellowship, U.S. Secretary of Defense's Joint Civilian Orientation Conference,{{cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/jcoc/|title=Joint Civilian Orientation Conference|accessdate=16 March 2018}} and Wexner Heritage Program.{{cite web|url=http://www.wexnerfoundation.org/news/announcing-our-new-whp-wgf-and-wif-cohorts|title=Wexner Heritage Program|accessdate=8 April 2016}}
Klaber received the President's Environmental Youth Award at the White House in 2001 for his "efforts and commitment to the environment"{{cite web|title=Klaber Receives EPA Youth Award|url=http://archives.news.yale.edu/v29.n29/story3.html|accessdate=4 May 2001}} and the Yale-Jefferson Public Service Award for his "innovative and sustained contributions to society,"{{cite web|title=Public service saluted in third annual Yale-Jefferson Public Service Awards|url=http://news.yale.edu/2014/11/14/public-service-saluted-third-annual-yale-jefferson-public-service-awards|accessdate=14 November 2014}} served with the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on Orphaned and Vulnerable Children,{{cite web|title=Klaber to serve on UNICEF task force|url=http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2003/feb/07/klaber-to-serve-on-unicef-task-force/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130210075940/http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2003/feb/07/klaber-to-serve-on-unicef-task-force/|archive-date=10 February 2013|accessdate=24 May 2013}} and presented Even Ground at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in 2008.{{cite news|last=Kristof|first=Nicholas D.|date=27 January 2008|title=OP-ED COLUMNIST; The Age Of Ambition|page=18|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/opinion/27kristof.html|accessdate=24 May 2013}}