Paul Shoemaker

Paul Shoemaker is Social Venture Partners’ (SVP) executive connector. Anyone who’s met him knows why. If you’re out to change the world, he’s there to connect you to the people and organizations on that same journey. Recently named amongst the ‘Top 50 most Influential People in the Non-Profit Sector’ by The Nonprofit Times, Shoemaker is founding president of SVP and in addition to running the show at SVP day-to-day, currently sits on the Board of Directors for that organization as well as Microsoft Alumni Foundation and Partners for Our Children. He previously served on the boards of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, Chilldren’s Alliance and TreePeople.

Shoemaker was previously a product manager at Nestle USA, and then served as group manager for worldwide operations at Microsoft, where he developed a group of 22 direct marketing professionals and implemented a direct marketing infrastructure. Shoemaker holds a bachelor’s in accounting from Iowa State University and an MBA in marketing and finance from University of Texas.