Eric Moore

As founder and Executive Director of Educate California, Eric Moore has developed a non-profit organization whose mission is to ensure that all California youth graduate prepared for college, careers and life after high school. Educate California exists to combat California’s more than 500:1 student-to-counselor ratio, by providing 14 – 24-year-old low-income youth, their families and organizations that empower opportunity youth with resources that historically would be provided by high school counselors.

Moore’s professional experience includes 12 years as a financial advisor with Wells Fargo Securities and American Express Financial Advisors. In 1998, Moore founded Educate California after experiencing first-hand how parental engagement helped his struggling son graduate high school, and officially transitioned from advising families on investments, retirement options, estate planning and other financial matters to helping families prepare their children for college and career opportunities.

In the community, Moore served as Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees for the Phillips Graduate University and is currently Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors for Executive Service Corps of Southern California. Moore both mentors and serves on the Board of AMBITION, an entrepreneurial training program for disadvantaged youth, and has served as a Special Consultant to the California State University Chancellor’s Office.

A native of Los Angeles, Moore studied Organizational Psychology at California State University, Long Beach. His personal interests include non-profit development, do-it-yourself home projects and his 3 dogs. Moore resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife Katrice. They have two adult sons.