David G. Bradley

Chairman, Atlantic Media Company

David Bradley is chairman of Atlantic Media, whose holdings include the Atlantic, Quartz, National Journal Group, and Government Executive Media Group. Earlier in his career, Mr. Bradley founded the Advisory Board Company and the Corporate Executive Board (now Gartner), both public companies listed on Nasdaq. Mr. Bradley is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; his board memberships include the Council on Foreign Relations, KIPP DC, New America, Biden Cancer Initiative, Swarthmore College, American University of Beirut, and the Manila-based Child Protection Network. He is the recipient of lifetime achievement awards from Harvard Business School and the Fulbright Association. Mr. Bradley graduated from Swarthmore College, holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, and a JD from Georgetown University. In his early twenties, he was a Fulbright scholar in the Philippines.

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