Eugene Lebwohl is a 35-year veteran of education, school administration and consulting. He was the director and co-creator of the original Walkabout program, an alternative high school experience for 12th-grade students in the Putnam/Westchester region. This full-year program which has been in existence for 37 years was designed to build students’ confidence, provide them with a sense of direction, and teach the youngsters valuable life skills that can be applied to college and their futures.
Lebwohl has also devoted time to the Candreva Foundation, a regional environmental foundation of which he is president. He is an educational advisor to Copen Family Fund, a not-for-profit international education foundation, and he is an adjunct professor at Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn.