Eric founded Arabella Philanthropic Investment Advisors following more than fifteen years of service in the nonprofit community and federal government. His personal experience in family philanthropy and extensive writing and speaking helped to launch Arabella Advisors as a thought-leader in effective philanthropy. Eric’s commentaries on effective philanthropy have been quoted by the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Business Week Online, and National Public Radio’s Marketplace.
Eric's public service includes working as the first National Field Director for the non-partisan League of Conservation Voters Education Fund and as a White House political appointee in the Clinton Administration. He also spent six years working in the former Soviet Union, Southeast Asia, and throughout the Middle East where he helped encourage democratic reform.
Eric has had the honor of being an active third-generation member of his family’s foundation – which holds assets generated by the sale of their fifth-generation family-owned business. Eric currently serves as the Disaster Response Resource Lead for the Council on Foundations and is a member of its 2008 Philanthropy Summit Program Committee. Eric is also on the Selection Committee of the Brower Youth Awards. He studied at the University of Colorado and earned an MBA from Georgetown University.