Claudio Martinez is a respected civic leader and nonprofit senior executive who has worked to advance education, culture, and economic development in Boston and Massachusetts for more than 30 years, through nonprofit, private, and public leadership roles. Claudio is the Executive Director of Zero Debt Massachusett, a Pahara Institute 2022 Fellow, and the Board President of the CyberWarrior Foundation. He also co-directs Boston University’s School of Social Work BRIDGE (Building Refugees and Immigrant Degrees in Graduate Education) and MSW Pathways Programs.
For 25 years, Claudio led The Hyde Square Task Force, a youth community development organization in the heart of Boston’s Latin Quarter. As a neighborhood advocate, community organizer, and parent, Claudio has promoted Boston school reform efforts serving as founding co-chair of the Boston Parent Organizing Network and Vice-chair of the Boston School Committee for many years.
In recognition of his long-standing efforts, Claudio was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Boston Foundation, the Youth Violence Prevention Funders Learning Collaborative, and Boston After School and Beyond. He is a member of the 2005 inaugural class of the Barr Foundation Fellows Program and a Mel King Community Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.