Bart M. Schwartz
Chairman
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Described by The New York Times as the person “often sought out in…thorny situations,” Bart M. Schwartz is a founder and the chairman of Guidepost Solutions, where he provides compliance, ethics, and integrity monitoring and investigative services. He is a former Chief of the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
For more than 30 years, Mr. Schwartz has managed sensitive and complex matters for a wide array of clients, including government agencies, international corporations, and not-for-profits. He served as chairman of the Compliance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee of the board of HMS Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:HMSY). He served as the first chairman of the Board of the public biopharma company KADMON. He also serves on the Board of Directors of several philanthropic organizations, including the Police Athletic League of New York City, the All Stars Project, and the Stuyvesant High School Alumni Board of Directors.
In 2019, Dr. Benjamin Carson the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York selected Mr. Schwartz to be the federal monitor over the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), pursuant to an agreement reached among HUD, SDNY, NYCHA, and the City of New York. NYCHA is the country’s largest housing authority with over 400,000 residents. Mr. Schwartz and his team oversee the implementation of the agreement to achieve decent, safe, and sanitary living conditions for NYCHA’s residents.
In April 2016, Mr. Schwartz was retained by the State of New York to conduct a review of all grants and approvals in certain programs and operations in the “Buffalo Billion” (Nano Economic Development Program) for improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest and to make recommendations for improvements in its operations.
From 2015 to 2018, Mr. Schwartz served as the Department of Justice-appointed monitor of General Motors (GM), arising out of GM’s deferred prosecution settlement of charges related to making and selling cars with defective ignition switches.
Mr. Schwartz recently served as a senior member of the Guidepost team assisting the University of Michigan with implementing recommended remediation efforts in the aftermath of sexual harassment charges. He and the team worked collaboratively with the University’s stakeholders to create a more dynamic program and promote a culture of safety and inclusion.
Mr. Schwartz is the recipient of numerous awards. Compliance Week recognized him with its Excellence in Compliance Award. He is also on City & State New York’s 2021 and 2022 Law Power 100 list and the National Law Journal’s Trailblazers in Crisis Communications.
Described by The New York Times as the person “often sought out in…thorny situations,” Bart M. Schwartz is a founder and the chairman of Guidepost Solutions, where he provides compliance, ethics, and integrity monitoring and investigative services. He is a former Chief of the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
For more than 30 years, Mr. Schwartz has managed sensitive and complex matters for a wide array of clients, including government agencies, international corporations, and not-for-profits. He served as chairman of the Compliance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee of the board of HMS Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:HMSY). He served as the first chairman of the Board of the public biopharma company KADMON. He also serves on the Board of Directors of several philanthropic organizations, including the Police Athletic League of New York City, the All Stars Project, and the Stuyvesant High School Alumni Board of Directors.
In 2019, Dr. Benjamin Carson the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York selected Mr. Schwartz to be the federal monitor over the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), pursuant to an agreement reached among HUD, SDNY, NYCHA, and the City of New York. NYCHA is the country’s largest housing authority with over 400,000 residents. Mr. Schwartz and his team oversee the implementation of the agreement to achieve decent, safe, and sanitary living conditions for NYCHA’s residents.
In April 2016, Mr. Schwartz was retained by the State of New York to conduct a review of all grants and approvals in certain programs and operations in the “Buffalo Billion” (Nano Economic Development Program) for improper lobbying and undisclosed conflicts of interest and to make recommendations for improvements in its operations.
From 2015 to 2018, Mr. Schwartz served as the Department of Justice-appointed monitor of General Motors (GM), arising out of GM’s deferred prosecution settlement of charges related to making and selling cars with defective ignition switches.
Mr. Schwartz recently served as a senior member of the Guidepost team assisting the University of Michigan with implementing recommended remediation efforts in the aftermath of sexual harassment charges. He and the team worked collaboratively with the University’s stakeholders to create a more dynamic program and promote a culture of safety and inclusion.
Mr. Schwartz is the recipient of numerous awards. Compliance Week recognized him with its Excellence in Compliance Award. He is also on City & State New York’s 2021 and 2022 Law Power 100 list and the National Law Journal’s Trailblazers in Crisis Communications.