Jonathan Greenblatt

Jonathan Greenblatt
Greenblatt in 2017
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Tufts University, BA Northwestern University, MBA
Employer	Anti-Defamation League
Known for	Entrepreneurship and Innovation, CEO and National Director of the Anti-Defamation League
Title	CEO and National Director
Term	2015
Predecessor	Abraham H. Foxman
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Marjan Keypour Greenblatt

Jonathan Greenblatt is an American social entrepreneur, corporate executive, and the sixth National Director and CEO of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Prior to heading ADL, Greenblatt served in the White House as Special Assistant to Barack Obama, and Director of the Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation.

Greenblatt graduated from Tufts University in 1992, receiving a Bachelor of Arts with Honors. After graduating from Tufts, Greenblatt worked in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Bill Clinton's first successful presidential campaign in 1992. Greenblatt went on to join the administration as an aide in the Clinton White House and the Department of Commerce, where he developed international economic policy, with a focus on emerging markets and post-conflict economies.

Greenblatt also holds a Master in Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

In 2002, Greenblatt and his business school roommate, Peter Thum, founded Ethos Water, a premium bottled water social enterprise. The company sought to help children around the world get access to free water by donating a portion of their profits to finance water programs in developing countries. Unlike other socially responsible brands such as Newman's Own and Ben & Jerry's, Ethos pioneered the idea of linking cause to consumption. This model later was adopted by other brands such as Toms Shoes and Warby Parker. In 2005, Starbucks Coffee Company acquired Ethos Water, making it one of only a handful of non-coffee businesses the company has purchased in its 40-year history. Following the acquisition, Greenblatt served as Starbucks Vice President of Global Consumer Products, scaling Ethos across the US. Greenblatt also co-founded Ethos International, and served on the board of directors of the Starbucks Foundation, where he developed Ethos' global investment strategy that has invested millions of dollars to bring clean water to communities in need around the world, including Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Honduras, India, and Kenya.