Jon Spector

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Jonathan Spector is the former president and CEO of The Conference Board, and currently a senior advisor to the organization.[https://www.conference-board.org/press/pressdetail.cfm?pressid=7457 Press Releases | The Conference Board]

Spector, a graduate of Wesleyan University and Harvard Business School, joined The Conference Board after serving as vice dean of The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.{{cite news | url=http://leadership.wharton.upenn.edu/l_change/conferences/Spector_Jon.shtml | title=Jonathan Spector appointed Vice Dean at Wharton | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206213724/http://leadership.wharton.upenn.edu/l_change/conferences/Spector_Jon.shtml | archivedate=December 6, 2010 }} During his tenure at Wharton, Spector was responsible for the significant growth and strategic repositioning of the school's executive education activities, and for strengthening Wharton's involvement in book publishing, globalization and collaborations across the university.{{cite news | url= http://www.doseofleadership.com/jonathan-spector/# | title= Jonathan Spector: President & CEO of The Conference Board | newspaper= Dose of Leadership | last= Rierson | first= Richard | date= July 25, 2013 | accessdate= March 9, 2017}} Before joining The Wharton School he spent 20 years with McKinsey & Company, where he was a senior partner in the firm. He serves on the board of directors of The Demand Institute, The Conference Board of Canada, and the March of Dimes Foundation.{{cite news | url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jonathan-spector-elected-to-national-board-of-trustees-of-march-of-dimes-58166582.html | title=Jonathan Spector elected to Board of Trustees of March of Dimes }} He is the co-author of We Are Smarter Than Me (2007), which highlights the ways in which businesses can harness the power of collective intelligence.{{cite news | url=http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1855 | title=How the Wisdom of Crowds Can Help Business Success }}{{cite news | url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15817758 | title=NPR: Collective Wisdom: 'We Are Smarter Than Me' }}