NYU Wagner

David Schachter is the Assistant Dean for Career Services and Experiential Learning at NYU Wagner, where he oversees Wagner's Capstone program and all career-related services and programs to Wagner's students and alumni. David has twenty years of hands-on experience in public service staff and volunteer management. He has offered training, consulting, and facilitation nationally in the areas of leadership, staff development, supervision, team building, training of the trainer, and career planning. David received the 2006 NACE/Chevron Outstanding Achievement Award for Innovative Programs in Career Services for his partnership with Action Without Borders/Idealist.org on the creation of the Institute on Public Service Careers, a series of conferences designed to educate college career services professionals from across the country on how to increase the visibility and accessibility of public service careers to their students. He is on the Idealist.org advisory board and contributed chapters to The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers. David received his Master's Degree in Public Administration from NYU Wagner and a BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.