As chief executive of Turtle Island Group, he provides strategic counsel to nonprofit and philanthropic organizations. He is President of the Board of the New York Center for Children, and Chairman of the Board of the Phoenix Project Social Innovation Program at GMU and a member of that organization’s faculty, teaching nonprofit strategic planning. Mr. Caplin is also a Member of the U.S. Presidential Scholars Commission, appointed by the President in 2010. Mr. Caplin previously served as founding Director of East Coast Operations for Childhelp USA, a $20 million national nonprofit dedicated to the prevention and treatment of child abuse. For his work on behalf of children in crisis he received the Northern Virginia Leadership Award, the Governor’s Commendation for Outstanding Service to the Commonwealth, and a Certificate of Excellence from the Virginia Department of Social Services.