Jay S. Walker - Other Activities

Other Activities

Jay Walker is a board member of several organizations that promote innovative solutions to the world’s problems, including:

• The Atlantic Council, with stated aim to foster constructive U.S. leadership and engagement in international affairs based on the central role of the Atlantic community in meeting the international challenges of the 21st century.

• The non-profit Preventative Medicine Research Institute, founded by Dean Ornish, M.D..
• World Information Transfer, Inc., a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization in General Consultative Status with the United Nations. WIT works for environmental health and literacy. Walker has spoken to WIT events numerous times on health and environmental issues.

Walker is a Patron of TED, a small non-profit organisation dedicated to "Ideas Worth Spreading". He is a frequent speaker and contributor to its conferences, having delivered talks on such topics as human imagination and "English language mania", among others.

In April 2011, Walker Purchased TEDMED from Marc Hodosh.

For many years Walker has been involved with the Young Presidents' Organization. YPO’s core mission is to develop "Better Leaders Through Education and Idea Exchange".

Walker has partnered with the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to develop enhanced communications systems between business and governments.

He has testified before the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee on economic policy and on how to reform the patent system. He is widely sought as a speaker by business groups, non-profit organisations and the academic community.

Walker funded the development of two public policy documentary films about the space race and the role of science in American life. The first film focused on the impact of Sputnik on America’s education system. The second film, "Sputnik Mania", explored broader U.S. cultural reactions to Sputnik.