Andrew Greenblatt
Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Administration

Andrew Greenblatt is the Founder and President of Vendorboon, a social venture that uses the buying power of trade and professional association's member discount programs to improve the social and environmental impact of B2B spending.

Before founding Vendorboon, Andrew was the Director of Products and Innovation at Criterion Ventures where he worked with philanthropists, foundations, non-profit organizations, and entrepreneurs to plan and execute social ventures.  Andrew joined Criterion in 2007 after selling Pride Diamonds, LLC, a socially responsible diamond mining company operating in Sierra Leone that he co-founded.  He currently sits on the Board of Directors of the acquiring company, Target Resources Plc. 

Before Pride Diamonds, Andrew helped launch and then directed TrueMajority.org, an online activist group.  Prior to that he worked as the Director of Business Strategy for Oven Digital, a web design company and as Media Director for Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities. 

In the mid-90’s Andrew launched a human rights project called Focus on Justice using the internet.  A little ahead of its time, Focus On Justice streamed video shot in Kenya at the sites of recent human rights abuses. 

Andrew was the Executive Director of Common Cause/NY from 1993-1997. 

Andrew is a cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School and graduated summa cum laude from SUNY Albany with a B.A in Political Science.  He moved to New York City “for a couple of years” in 1993 and still lives there with his wife and two children.

 











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Areas of Expertise

  • Environment
  • International Development
  • Politics
  • Public & Nonprofit Orgs.
  • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Social Policy
  • Technology And Democracy