Robert (Rob) Klapper most recently was the Chief Executive Officer of Zollege, a leading vocational training firm educating underserved communities by offering high-value dental and medical assistant programs at 110 campuses across 13 states. Zollege offers a hybrid learning experience consisting of online coursework, in-person lab training and externships that generate industry leading student outcomes.
Prior to Zollege, Klapper was CEO of Empowered Education (EE), an organization dedicated to improving lives by changing the approach to healthcare through a focus on wellness and sustainable habit change.
Before EE, Klapper and his team transformed Ashworth College, an online college, career school and high school educating 75,000 underserved students. As CEO, Klapper placed focus on students and their outcomes, launched several new schools and built a scalable platform, which led to significant growth and a sale to Bain Capital’s Social Impact Fund.
Previously, Klapper and his teams grew insurance.com and One Day University, and held leadership roles at Charles Schwab, Colgate-Palmolive and 21st Century.
Klapper serves as a Trustee for DeVry University and served as a board member and advisor to early-stage company CEOs in the education and financial services industries, including being an inaugural Global Advisory Council member of Nobel Peace Prize nominee Junior Achievement.
He earned his MBA with a concentration in marketing from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, and a bachelor’s degree from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa.
On the personal side, Klapper finds joy with his family, in nature, and on the occasional century bike ride.
