Thomas KamberThomas Kamber is the founding executive director of Older Adults Technology Services (OATS), where he has led the creation of the largest municipal technology program for senior citizens in the country-training more than 4000 senior citizens at over 30 locations since 2004 and leveraging over a million dollars in public and private financing. His work at OATS has been covered by The New York Times, NBC Channel 4 News, The New York Daily News, Fox 5 News, and NY1, and is featured in Generation Blend: Managing Across the Digital Age Gap. Prior to launching OATS, Dr. Kamber held senior management positions at nonprofit housing and technology organizations, as well as political campaigns at the local, state, and national level. He is a co-founder and board member of the nonprofit Afro-Latin Jazz Alliance, is a board member of the Park Slope Geriatric Center, and is co-chair of the Housing and Human Services Committee for Brooklyn Community Board Six. In the private sector, he served as a senior brand strategist for D'Arcy advertising, where he helped design and implement communications strategy for Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, a leading global technology services corporation. Dr. Kamber teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on social entrepreneurship and advocacy at Columbia University and the New School University, and has published widely on public policy topics. He has a B.A. from Columbia College and a Ph.D. from the City University of New York. |
