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Bernard David

Technology entrepreneur

A successful technology entrepreneur, Mr. David has founded, built and sold several businesses. Amongst these companies, he co-founded SaveSmart, Inc. (Prio, Inc.) which was sold to Infospace and founded officesupplies.com which was sold to Office Depot. Recently, he has been a private investor, aligning his interests in sustainability with his investment approach. Mr. David believes that a systems approach to sustainability is critical--one that is based on science and uses education to inform policy, individual action and commerce.

Thus, Mr. David is a Partner in Energy Management International, Inc. and a Senior Fellow at The Wharton School’s Initiative on Global Environmental Leadership. He currently serves as Chairman of ReProduct, Inc. and as an advisor to the EPA. Bernard was also the Founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of ErthNxt, Inc. (merged with the National Wildlife Federation) and was a Trustee of The H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment.

Mr. David has sat on many Boards of Directors, including CosmosID and NEON, Inc. He's also been an Advisor to EnerTech Capital.

Bernard earned a Bachelors in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania, and a BS in Finance and an MBA in Marketing from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.