Marc Freedman is Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Encore (formerly Civic Ventures). He spearheaded the creation of Experience Corps (now AARP Experience Corps), mobilizing Americans over 55 to improve the education of low-income children, and The Purpose Prize, an annual $100,000 award for social innovators in the second half of life. He is a Skoll Awardee and an Ashoka Senior Fellow, and a member of the Wall Street Journal’s group The Experts.