Emancipating Potential, Empowering Action

For more than twenty-five years, I have turned overlooked assets into institutions that serve the public. The work has always been about creating the conditions in which people and communities can flourish.
— Eric J. Freeman, PhD
Dr. Eric J. Freeman with Rep. James E. Clyburn, S.C. Senator Darrell Jackson, Wells Fargo Foundation President Darlene Goins, and Wells Fargo VP Pam Bryant for the Culinary Incubator groundbreaking, supported by a $500,000 investment.

Civic and philanthropic leaders gather at The Meeting Place to launch a $500,000 investment in culinary entrepreneurship and workforce development.

 
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FOUNDER · EXECUTIVE · INSTITUTION BUILDER

Institutions should develop the people inside them and strengthen the communities around them. My life’s work has been building them to do both.

Consulting with Vice President Mike Pence and senior government officials.

ADVISORY PRACTICE

I advise leaders facing decisions where resources, mission, policy, and public trust converge. My counsel is grounded in extensive experience aligning competing interests, stewarding complex organizations, and carrying difficult decisions through implementation.