Chris Gabrieli
Co-Founder & Chairman
Massachusetts 2020


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. The 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.


Chris currently serves as Chairman of Massachusetts 2020, which he co-founded in 2000, with the mission to expand the economic and educational opportunities for children and families across Massachusetts. Massachusetts 2020 is currently leading Massachusetts' first-in-the-nation initiative to redesign and expand learning time at public schools.


Chris is also the Chairman of the National Center on Time & Learning, a national education policy organization and is co-author (with Warren Goldstein) of the book Time to Learn: How a New School Schedule is Making Smarter Kids, Happier Parents, and Safer Neighborhoods. In addition, Chris recently served as the Chairman of the Springfield Finance Control Board from June 2007 to June 2009. In 2002, Chris won the Democratic primary for Lt. Governor and he came in second in the Democratic primary for Governor of Massachusetts in 2006. 

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