Background
Wertman, Adlai William was born on August 22, 1959 in Bronx, New York, United States. Son of Louis and Harriet Wertman.
Wertman, Adlai William was born on August 22, 1959 in Bronx, New York, United States. Son of Louis and Harriet Wertman.
Bachelor in Economics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1980; Master of Business Administration, University of Pennsylvania, 1986.
He is also the founding director of the Brittingham Social Enterprise Laboratory at Marshall, a center focused on using business education and resources to address global social, environmental and health challenges. From 2001 to 2007, Wertman was president and Chief Executive Officer of Chrysalis, a non-profit, privately funded organization in Los Angeles, California, that helps homeless individuals secure employment through training and job placement. In 2005, Chrysalis helped 2,500 homeless people in Los Angeles find jobs.
In 2000, after 18 years as a Wall Street investment banker, Wertman left his job to run Chrysalis.
His career switch, from investment banker managing director to homeless service provider, was profiled in the Los Angeles Times, Jerusalem Post, Los Angeles Business Journal, and other publications. In 2009, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa appointed Wertman Commissioner of the Los Angeles Fire and Police Pension Fund, which oversees the city’s $14 billion uniformed employee pension portfolio.
His term expired in 2011. He is a senior fellow at the University of Southern California Center for Religion and Civic Culture and the University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Affairs.
He is also a Wexner Heritage Fellow.
Wertman consults with numerous non-profits and government groups and is a frequent speaker on the issues of social entrepreneurship, social enterprise, fundraising and non-profit management. Wertman earned his Bachelor in econometrics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook and his Master of Business Administration in finance, public policy management and strategic planning from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Wertman is an advisory board member of the Roberts Enterprise Development Fund (REDF) and the Global Health Institute at the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California and a trustee of the Jewish Community Foundation Los Los Angeles
Married Janet Lynn Ambrosi, June 9, 1985. Children: Liana, Holly, Elon.