Ari Wallach#Synthesis Corp.
{{Short description|American futurist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ari Wallach
| image = Ari_Wallach_speaking_at_TEDx_MidAtlantic.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1974}}
| birth_place = Guadalajara, Mexico
| spouse = Sharon Goldman Wallach (3 children) https://www.facebook.com/share/6eCFHTLnPBP6gkzh/?mibextid=LQQJ4d
| education = Northgate High School (Walnut Creek, California)
| alma_mater = University of California, Berkeley Education, BA, Honors, Peace and Conflict Studies; Inter/Intra-national Psychodynamic Conflict Analysis and Resolution (1993-1997)
| occupation = Founder, Longpath Labs;{{cite web |title=Ari Wallach |url=https://convenienceretailing.com/profile/ari-wallach |website=Convenience Retailing University |access-date=29 April 2024 |language=en}} lecturer
| website = [https://www.Longpath.org/ www.Longpath.org]
}}
Ari Wallach (born 1974) is an American futurist. He is the founder of an initiative called Longpath.{{cite web|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/products/longpath-ari-wallach?variant=39830263595042 |title=Longpath Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs – An Antidote for Short-Termism |publisher= |accessdate=6 September 2022}} He also founded Synthesis Corp, a consulting initiative.{{cite web|url=http://www.synthesiscorp.com |title=Synthesis Corp |publisher=Synthesis Corp. |date= |accessdate=2012-08-18}}
Early life and education
Wallach was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. His father was Raul Wallach, a Polish Holocaust survivor and a member of the Jewish underground during World War II. Wallach was raised in San Francisco Bay Area. Wallach studied Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.{{cite web|url=http://www.linkedin.com/in/ariwallach |title=Ari Wallach |publisher=LinkedIn |date= |accessdate=2013-04-03}}
Career
Wallach's career has ranged from work in media, government, and various creative fields. He has worked with the Democratic National Committee, Clinton/Gore 96, and the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC.
He is the founding director of INFORUM, a non-partisan public affairs forum for young people.{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/The-talking-heads-The-Commonwealth-Club-is-2829110.php |title=The talking heads / The Commonwealth Club is striving for an uncommon mix of new voices |publisher=SFGate |date=2002-06-14 |accessdate=2012-08-18 |first=Jim |last=Doyle}}{{when|date=June 2018}} He later founded re:think media, a producer of public affairs content, and served as Vice President of Seed Media Group from 2006 to 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.renewalproject.net/members/detail/seed_grows_in_dumbo |title=Renewal Project |publisher=Renewal Project |date= |accessdate=2013-04-03}} In 2008, Wallach founded The Great Schlep — the viral GOTV campaign that mobilized young Jewish voters for Obama in 2008.{{cite news |url=http://articles.cnn.com/2008-10-13/politics/great.schlep_1_great-schlep-obama-side-barack?_s=PM:POLITICS |title='Great Schlep' pitches Obama to Florida Jews - CNN |publisher=Articles.cnn.com |date=2008-10-13 |accessdate=2012-08-18 |author=Patrick Oppmann |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712080428/http://articles.cnn.com/2008-10-13/politics/great.schlep_1_great-schlep-obama-side-barack?_s=PM:POLITICS |archive-date=2012-07-12 |url-status=dead }} The campaign received over 342 million global media impressions and engaged over 25,000 volunteers.{{cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/12281382 |title=The Great Schlep – case study on Vimeo |publisher=Vimeo.com |date=2010-06-03 |accessdate=2013-04-03}}
In 2008, he founded Synthesis Corp., a consultancy that works with governments, NGOs, foundations, and corporations to drive innovation, rethink business models, and improve organizational performance.{{cite web |url=http://www.synthesiscorp.com/ |title=Synthesis Corp |publisher=Synthesis Corp. |date= |accessdate=2013-04-03}} Synthesis is working with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to develop UNHCR labs aimed at enhancing innovation and improving tools and processes to better serve people of concern.{{cite web|url=http://www.unhcrinnovation.org |title=| |publisher=Unhcrinnovation.org |date= |accessdate=2013-04-03}}{{when|date=June 2018}}
He sits on the boards of 70 Faces Media,{{cite web |url=http://70facesmedia.org/about/ |title=About and Board of Directors; 70 Faces Media |publisher=70 Faces Media |date= |accessdate=2015-01-23}} blankonblank.org,{{cite web |url=http://blankonblank.org/our-team/ |title=Our Team |publisher=Blank on Blank |date=2012-07-18 |accessdate=2012-08-18 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414101124/http://blankonblank.org/our-team/ |archive-date=2013-04-14 |url-status=dead }} and the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life.{{cite web |url=http://coejl.org/aboutus/leadership/ |title=Governance Committee | Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life |publisher=COEJL |date= |accessdate=2012-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225124312/http://coejl.org/aboutus/leadership/ |archive-date=2012-02-25 |url-status=dead }} He is also an advisory board member of the CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative at the University of California, Berkeley.{{cite web|url=http://citris-uc.org/democracy-board/ |title=ADVISORY BOARD |publisher=CITRIS-UC |date= |accessdate=2014-10-07}} He was a lecturer at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University on the topics of innovation, the future of governance and public policy.{{cite web|url=https://sipa.columbia.edu/faculty/ari-wallach |title=Faculty Directory|publisher= Columbia University |date= |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624215756/https://www.sipa.columbia.edu/faculty/ari-wallach |archivedate=2015-06-24}}{{when|date=June 2018}}
In November 2015, Fast Company magazine launched "Fast Company Futures with Ari Wallach", an initiative to bring together people from business, technology, policy, and culture sectors.{{cite web |url=http://www.innovationfestival.fastcompany.com/speakers/ |title=Fast Company Innovation Festival Speakers; Fast Company |publisher=Fast Company |date= |accessdate=2015-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909162625/http://www.innovationfestival.fastcompany.com/speakers/ |archive-date=2015-09-09 |url-status=dead }}
In April 2024, Wallach hosted a six-part documentary on PBS called "A Brief History of the Future".{{cite news |title=A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE SET TO PREMIERE APRIL 3, 2024, ON PBS |url=https://www.pbs.org/about/about-pbs/blogs/news/a-brief-history-of-the-future-set-to-premiere-april-3-2024-on-pbs/ |access-date=29 April 2024 |publisher=PBS |language=en}}{{cite web |title=A Brief History of the Future |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28510164/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_lk |website=IMDB |publisher=Futurific Studios, Untold |access-date=29 April 2024 |date=3 April 2024}}
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