 He has worked as a corporate consultant and investment banker . He has been a managing director of Allen & Company LLC , since 2001 , was chief outside advisor to McKinsey & Company 's nonprofit division , the McKinsey Global Institute , from 2001 to 2004 , and is a member of the board of directors of <unk> and Starbucks and the private company <unk> . Bradley is a senior advisor to the private equity firm <unk> Partners . Bill Bradley is also a board member of <unk> , an online charity that connects individuals to classrooms in need . He is also the Chair of the Advisory Council for Acumen Fund , a non @-@ profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of global poverty . Bradley is also a Co @-@ Chair for the Advisory Board of Issue One , a non @-@ profit whose goal is to reduce the influence of money in American politics . 
