Eric Munson joined BPCA with a decade of management experience in city government and mission-driven not-for-profit organizations, with a focus on change leadership; policy development and implementation; operations, project, personnel, and facilities management; government relations; and strategic communications. Most recently, he served as Interim Chief Program Officer at New York Cares, the city’s largest volunteer network, managing the roll-out of their five-year strategic plan. During a two-year stint in Philadelphia, he managed the construction and infrastructure of the 2016 Democratic National Convention and served as Chief of Staff of the City of Philadelphia’s anti-poverty agency. Prior to leaving for Philadelphia, he served as Chief of Staff at the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty in New York City, helping to restructure that social services organization and their staff of 300. Eric began his career serving in the Bloomberg Administration — as Chief of Staff as well as the Director of Intergovernmental Affairs at the New York City Department of Finance, and before that as Senior Legislative Representative in the Mayor’s Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, where he served as the Administration’s lead negotiator on more than 100 local laws. In the days immediately following Hurricane Sandy, Eric helped coordinate the City-FEMA joint effort to distribute food, water, and blankets to storm victims. He has a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from New York University.