Lawrence Swiader

Lawrence Swiader has spent his career studying the intersection of technology, media, and education in service of how it improves people’s lives. Currently, as Chief Digital Officer at the American Battlefield Trust he oversees all aspects of Trust’s digital presence in support of protecting battlefields and informing the public about the vital role these battlefields played in determining the course of our nation’s history. Formerly, he was the creator of the Bedsider.org program which made use of digital and traditional media to improve the reproductive health behaviors of young adults in the U.S. Before that experience, Lawrence used technology as a tool to teach about the history of the Holocaust and to motivate people to act to end contemporary genocide. In his second home of Athens, Greece, he has consulted on various projects including the Athens Metro and museums of Greek history. Lawrence graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University with a degree in Television, Radio, and Film and earned a master’s degree in Instructional Design, Development and Evaluation from Syracuse University’s School of Education. He has a Greek wife, adult daughter, and finds inspiration from playing tennis, travel, sea kayaking in Greece, art, and a good book.