Innovation & Entrepreneurship

FlowerJim Bildner

Jim Bildner (E-I-R in the Arts) is chairman of the Literary Ventures Fund and a general partner of New Horizons Partners, LLC, a boutique venture philanthropy firm specializing in early stage companies that advance critical public policy issues in literature, healthcare, education, the environment and the arts. Bildner is a trustee of The Kresge Foundation, Case Western Reserve University, Lesley University and The Trustees of the Reservation. He is the author of two books and his articles and commentaries have appeared in publications including the Boston Globe, Pittsburgh-Post Gazette, Boston Globe Sunday Magazine and NPR’s Morning Edition. Bildner, a graduate of Dartmouth College, earned his J.D. from Case Western Reserve School of Law and has an M.F.A. from Lesley University.