Kurt Schwartz

Since retiring in 2019 after 37 years of government service in Massachusetts, Kurt Schwartz has consulted with government agencies, corporations, and non-profits in the areas of emergency management, homeland security, crisis leadership, and COVID-19 preparedness and operations. He also serves on the National Boards of American Friends of Magen David Adom, IsraAID-US, American Friends of Herut, and is a Director of Charm Sciences, Inc.

From 2007 to 2019, Kurt was a Gubernatorial appointee to the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security where he served in several leadership roles including Undersecretary of Law Enforcement, Undersecretary of Homeland Security, Governor’s Homeland Security Advisor, Chair of the Massachusetts Homeland Security Advisory Council, and Director of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency. He also was a Gubernatorial appointee to the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Port Authority and served on FEMA’s National Advisory Council and as Co-Chair of the International Emergency Management Group.

Between 1987 and 2007, Kurt worked as a state criminal prosecutor, including 5 years as Chief of the Criminal Bureau in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office and 8 years as Chief of the Special Investigations Unit in the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office.

Earlier in his career, Kurt served as a police officer and emergency medical technician.

Kurt holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Wesleyan University and a Juris Doctor degree from Boston College Law School. He is married, has two grown children, and lives in Concord, Massachusetts.