Dave Feldman

Dave is an entrepreneur and passionate advocate for social issues around sustainability, community development, systems change and leadership. He is currently co-founder, with his wife Dara, of Virtues Matter, a non-profit that helps make the world’s wisdom and traditions accessible in everyday life. He has also co-founded several mission-based companies including Livability Project, a consultancy that helps build resilient communities, Media4Green, a media company creating environmentally-focused content and Bethesda Green, a nationally recognized community hub and green business incubator to reduce the collective impact in Montgomery County, Maryland. From 2002-2007, Dave was Consul, UK Trade & Investment at the British Embassy, helping U.S. companies expand operations in the U.K. and British companies export to the U.S. Dave is an editor, contributor and 2017 Schulze Publication Award recipient for the Entrepreneur and Innovation Exchange (EIX), named one of “The 25 CEOs You Need to Know” by The Gazette of Politics and Business and “Innovator of the Year” by The Daily Record. Dave holds an M.B.A. from the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland.