Consulting Producer, Dan Rather Reports
Senior Advisor, Fr. Miguel d’Escoto, President, 63rd UN General Assembly
Executive Director, Global Health Partners
For the 13 years Schwartz has been a Producer for Dan Rather (currently, Dan Rather Reports/AXS TV; previously, CBS News/60 Minutes).
Schwartz has more than 30 years of experience building U.S. support for Central American economic and social development, primarily focusing on public health. He has generated more than $130 million in medicines and medical equipment for public health facilities in Nicaragua, Cuba, Mexico, Haiti, and El Salvador. He was a Senior Communications Advisor to Fr. Miguel d’Escoto, the President of the 63rd United Nations General Assembly and helped develop an international communications program for Fr. d’Escoto’s Climate Change initiative.
Schwartz has initiated and led 30 exchange visits by surgeons from leading U.S. institutions and organizations, including Stanford University, Texas Children’s Hospital, Interplast, International Volunteers in Urology and the University of Southern California. He has also coordinated humanitarian programs for Muhammad Ali, former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, and two former U.S. Surgeons General.
He is married and has two daughters and two grandsons. Schwartz attended City College of New York (1971).