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Meet MSMR Annual Meeting Keynote Speaker Chris Gabrieli Chris Gabrieli Chris Gabrieli is an entrepreneur across the fields of business, nonprofits and public policy. Following the success of GMIS, the healthcare software company he co-founded, Chris joined Bessemer Venture Partners. Throughout his 15 years as a partner with Bessemer, Chris has worked to help other entrepreneurs start and grow their companies. Chris’s firm has invested over $1 billion in start-up high-tech and biotechnology companies, helping to create more than 100,000 new jobs. Chris remains active as a Senior Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners, focused on biotechnology. Chris is a committed participant in the civic life of Boston and Massachusetts. In 2000, he co-founded Massachusetts 2020, an educational nonprofit focused on expanding the economic and educational opportunities for children families across Massachusetts. He was the Founder and Chairman of Boston's After-School for All Partnership, a $26 million collaboration of the City of Boston and twelve foundations, universities and corporations, aimed at expanding and improving after-school opportunities for children. He also serves as Chairman of Massachusetts 2020, which leads Massachusetts's first-in-the-nation initiative to redesign and expand learning time at public schools. In September 2006, ten public schools in five districts with 4,700 students became the pioneers of this work, adding about two hours per day to school schedules for all students. The additional time allows for more academics, more individualized and small group instruction and tutoring, time for enrichment in arts, music, drama and sports, and more time for teachers for common planning time and professional development. In addition to his work at Massachusetts 2020, Chris has served on numerous civic and university boards in Massachusetts. In 2002, he won the Democratic primary for Lt. Governor and he came in second in the Democratic primary for Governor of Massachusetts in 2006. Chris and his wife Hilary live in Boston with their five children. Reminder: The MSMR Annual Meeting is June 13, 2008. The Business meeting is at 3:00 p.m. and the Reception and Dinner begin at 6:00 p.m.
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