Early life and education Barcott's mother, Donna Schwartz-Barcott, is a nurse and anthropologist who teaches at the University of Rhode Island. His father, T.P. Schwartz-Barcott, attended Miami University on a Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarship and went on to serve in the Marines' 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion during the Vietnam War. His father left the Marines as a captain after receiving a Bronze Star Medal with a valor device and a Purple Heart. His parents met as graduate students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel URL Barcott attended East Greenwich High School. He graduated in 2001 Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina at Chapel URL He attended UNC on a four-year U.S. Marine Corps NROTC URL Barcott graduated in 2009 with an MPA and MBA from Harvard University, where he was a Center for Public Leadership Social Entrepreneurship Fellow and George Leadership URL Harvard University President Drew Faust appointed him to a two-year term on the Harvard Endowment's Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility, and he served as a founding member of the movement to create an MBA Oath. He was elected as a member of the Harvard University Alumni Association Board of Directors in 2016. Military service Barcott served five years on active duty in the Marine Corps, where he attained the rank of captain and deployed to Bosnia, the Horn of Africa, and Iraq. Barcott on It Happened on the Way to War at the Pritzker Military Museum Library In 2006, he provided written testimony to the Iraq Study Group and authored an article about the Iraqi Military Intelligence Academy in Proceedings, the professional journal of the U.S. Navy. ABC World News with Charles Gibson covered his work in Kibera and his military service in Iraq and named him a Person of the Week and a 2006 Person of the Year. The ABC World News story quoted him encouraging young Americans to expose themselves "to how the majority of the world lives … and I think it'll make you a lot more appreciative of what you've got … make you a better American and a better global URL Social enterprises While an undergraduate at the UNC in 2001, Barcott founded Carolina for Kibera (CFK) in Kenya with Salim Mohamed and Tabitha Atieno Festo. CFK started as a small inter-ethnic soccer program and medical clinic run out of Festo's ten-by-ten foot shack. Today it is an affiliated entity of the University of North Carolina at Chapel URL Barcott is the Chair of the Board of URL CFK 's Advisory Council includes former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former CDC Director Dr. William Roper and the former CEO of the Kenya Medical Association Stellah URL Investing Barcott and Dan McCready co-founded Double Time Capital in 2013 as an impact investment firm focused on clean energy and sustainability. As of February 2017, "Double Time has financed 36 solar energy projects, which collectively produce roughly 10\% of North Carolina's solar power and power around 30,000 homes in the state." At that time, North Carolina was the second ranked state in the United States based on the cumulative amount of solar electric capacity installed. Double Time Capital also invested in growth-oriented companies with sustainable products and URL Public speaking Barcott delivered the 2007 commencement address to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health. He was the 2018 commencement speaker for the University of North Carolina at Chapel URL As an inaugural TED Fellow, he gave a TED speech on "The Power of Participatory Development." He is an annual speaker at the U.S. Marine Corps Battles Won Academy for Semper Fidelis high school student URL He is represented by the American Program Bureau and frequently speaks at colleges and high URL Boards Barcott serves on the Boards of the National Veterans Memorial and URL National Democratic URL Veterans Bridge URL The U.S. Institute for URL and the Global War on Terrorism Memorial URL He previously served on the board of the international development organization World Learning and its accredited institution the School for International Training, and returned to that board in October URL President Barack Obama appointed Barcott to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board as a representative of the veteran URL Published work Barcott is the author of the memoir It Happened on the Way to War (Bloomsbury Publishing). The book's dedication to Carolina For Kibera cofounders Salim Mohamed and Tabitha Atieno Festo includes a phrase that captures the central theme of the book: "Talent is universal; opportunity is URL In 2001, Barcott co-edited with Dr. Carolyn Pumphrey Armed Conflict in Africa, a book that analyzed the sources of violence in URL His post-9/11 letters with Salim Mohamed were published in Andrew Carroll's War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars (Scribner, 2001). He contributed to Passion and Purpose, 27 Views of Charlotte, and 65 Successful Harvard Business School Application Essays. His writing has appeared in The Washington URL The New York URL and URL It Happened on the Way to War was one of four books selected for the TED 2011 Book Club, and was named best nonfiction title in 2011 by the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association. In 2011, Reader's Digest named the book as one of four top nonfiction titles of the URL The World Economic Forum named him a Young Global URL Harvard Business School presented Barcott and his classmates Alex Ellis, Neil Wagle, and Kate Wattson with the Dean’s Award for Service to the School and URL Dartmouth College awarded him a Doctorate of Humane Letters in URL
Early life and education Barcott's mother, Donna Schwartz-Barcott, is a nurse and anthropologist who teaches at the University of Rhode Island. His father, T.P. Schwartz-Barcott, attended Miami University on a Reserve Officers' Training Corps scholarship and went on to serve in the Marines' 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion during the Vietnam War. His father left the Marines as a captain after receiving a Bronze Star Medal with a valor device and a Purple Heart. His parents met as graduate students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barcott attended East Greenwich High School. He graduated in 2001 Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He attended UNC on a four-year U.S. Marine Corps NROTC Scholarship. Barcott graduated in 2009 with an MPA and MBA from Harvard University, where he was a Center for Public Leadership Social Entrepreneurship Fellow and George Leadership Fellow. Harvard University President Drew Faust appointed him to a two-year term on the Harvard Endowment's Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility, and he served as a founding member of the movement to create an MBA Oath. He was elected as a member of the Harvard University Alumni Association Board of Directors in 2016. Military service Barcott served five years on active duty in the Marine Corps, where he attained the rank of captain and deployed to Bosnia, the Horn of Africa, and Iraq. In 2006, he provided written testimony to the Iraq Study Group and authored an article about the Iraqi Military Intelligence Academy in Proceedings, the professional journal of the U.S. Navy. ABC World News with Charles Gibson covered his work in Kibera and his military service in Iraq and named him a Person of the Week and a 2006 Person of the Year. The ABC World News story quoted him encouraging young Americans to expose themselves "to how the majority of the world lives … and I think it'll make you a lot more appreciative of what you've got … make you a better American and a better global citizen." Social enterprises While an undergraduate at the UNC in 2001, Barcott founded Carolina for Kibera (CFK) in Kenya with Salim Mohamed and Tabitha Atieno Festo. CFK started as a small inter-ethnic soccer program and medical clinic run out of Festo's ten-by-ten foot shack. Today it is an affiliated entity of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barcott is the Chair of the Board of CFK. CFK 's Advisory Council includes former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former CDC Director Dr. William Roper and the former CEO of the Kenya Medical Association Stellah Bosire. Investing Barcott and Dan McCready co-founded Double Time Capital in 2013 as an impact investment firm focused on clean energy and sustainability. As of February 2017, "Double Time has financed 36 solar energy projects, which collectively produce roughly 10\% of North Carolina's solar power and power around 30,000 homes in the state." At that time, North Carolina was the second ranked state in the United States based on the cumulative amount of solar electric capacity installed. Double Time Capital also invested in growth-oriented companies with sustainable products and services. Public speaking Barcott delivered the 2007 commencement address to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health. He was the 2018 commencement speaker for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As an inaugural TED Fellow, he gave a TED speech on "The Power of Participatory Development." He is an annual speaker at the U.S. Marine Corps Battles Won Academy for Semper Fidelis high school student URL He is represented by the American Program Bureau and frequently speaks at colleges and high schools. Boards Barcott serves on the Boards of the National Veterans Memorial and URL National Democratic Institute, Veterans Bridge Home, The U.S. Institute for Peace, and the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation. He previously served on the board of the international development organization World Learning and its accredited institution the School for International Training, and returned to that board in October 2020. President Barack Obama appointed Barcott to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board as a representative of the veteran community. Published work Barcott is the author of the memoir It Happened on the Way to War (Bloomsbury Publishing). The book's dedication to Carolina For Kibera cofounders Salim Mohamed and Tabitha Atieno Festo includes a phrase that captures the central theme of the book: "Talent is universal; opportunity is not." In 2001, Barcott co-edited with Dr. Carolyn Pumphrey Armed Conflict in Africa, a book that analyzed the sources of violence in URL His post-9/11 letters with Salim Mohamed were published in Andrew Carroll's War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars (Scribner, 2001). He contributed to Passion and Purpose, 27 Views of Charlotte, and 65 Successful Harvard Business School Application Essays. His writing has appeared in The Washington URL The New York Times, and TIME. It Happened on the Way to War was one of four books selected for the TED 2011 Book Club, and was named best nonfiction title in 2011 by the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association. In 2011, Reader's Digest named the book as one of four top nonfiction titles of the year. The World Economic Forum named him a Young Global Leader. Harvard Business School presented Barcott and his classmates Alex Ellis, Neil Wagle, and Kate Wattson with the Dean’s Award for Service to the School and Society. Dartmouth College awarded him a Doctorate of Humane Letters in 2016.
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