Robert S Schwartz - C. Ped., President, CEO
Eneslow Pedorthic Enterprises, Inc.

Robert S. Schwartz, C.Ped, is president and CEO of Eneslow Pedorthic Enterprises, Inc. which operates Eneslow, The Foot Comfort Center, Eneslow Pedorthic Institute (EPI), and www.eneslow.com. Mr. Schwartz is a recognized leader in the footwear and footcare industries, and in his local community.

Eneslow is the fulfillment of Schwartz’s vision to offer people the benefits of style, comfort, and healthy living. Eneslow is:

• Full service retail shoe store with a comprehensive inventory of styles and sizes for all lifestyles and foot shapes
• Full-scale Accredited Pedorthic Facility by the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics (ABC)
• Filling doctor’s prescriptions for
• Ready-made and custom-molded footwear
• Shoe modifications
• Foot and ankle orthoses
• State-of-art ergonomic custom workshop on premises
• shoe repair
• shoe modifications
• custom-made footwear
• custom foot and ankle orthoses
• Eneslow Pedorthic Institute: education and training
• aspiring and practicing pedorthists
• healthcare professionals
• consumers
• Eneslow’s retail locations are:
• 470 Park Avenue South @ 32nd Street, New York, N. Y. 10016
• 254-61 Horace Harding Expressway, @ LIE Exit #32, Little Neck, Queens
• www.eneslow.com.
  

Schwartz created the Eneslow Pedorthic Institute (EPI) in 1995 as an educational institute to further the cause of conservative foot care to health professionals and the public. EPI conducts therapeutic shoe fitting, pedorthic pre-certification, and retail business training courses at its facilities in Manhattan.

He is the Managing Director and on the board and executive committee of the 23rd Street Association, a New York City civic and trade organization. This includes the 23rd Street Community Projects a 501©3 Foundation with the theme of Waste Not, Want Not, to advocate on behalf of conservation and preservation. “We broadcast and produce events to get the word out”. (www.23rdstreet.org)

He serves on the board and executive committee of The National Shoe Retailers Association (NSRA), and on the strategic planning, and nominations committees, and as chair of NSRA’s education committee. (www.nsra.org)

Mr. Schwartz is currently an adjunct instructor in the department of orthopedic sciences at the New York College of Podiatric Medicine (NYCPM). He participates on the faculty of Aetrex University, and on the advisory board of foot.com and Pedorthic Newswire. He has been a faculty member of the pedorthic programs at Northwestern University, New York University, UCLA, Ball State University, and Shoe Service Institute of America.

He has published many articles on pedorthics and footwear which have appeared in Current Pedorthics, M. Jahss: Foot & Ankle, Podiatry Management, Biomechanics, PM News, Pedorthic Newswire, Healthy Living from the Ground Up, etc.

He serves on the board of the Shoe Retailer’s League, an association of local shoe retailers.

He served as President of the Pedorthic Alliance (International Alliance for the Advancement of Pedorthic Education), now PFA’s Educator’s Committee that represents pedorthic educators all over the world from 2006 to 2007. (www.pedorthicalliance.org)

Mr. Schwartz is a past president of the Pedorthic Footwear Association (PFA).
He served on PFA’s board of directors from 1980 to 1990, and as education chair from 1985 to 1993.

Mr. Schwartz has been a footwear and footcare industry consultant for many years. He has worked with many companies and organizations to enhance their business, product, and marketing development. Some of his clients have included Dansko, Drew Shoe Corp, Durea, Silipos, and Thorlo socks. He currently consults for Aetrex Worldwide, Foot Care Comfort Center in Tokyo, Japan, MBT Physiological Footwear, and Smartwool.

A frequent lecturer to health professionals, footwear retailers and the public on retail, marketing, footwear and foot care, Schwartz’s personal and professional mission is to help people improve the quality of their lives, particularly from the foot up.

For recreation, Mr. Schwartz enjoys walking and hiking. His current passion is growing plants.

Employment history:
1963-1973, International Playtex Corp, sales and marketing
1973-1982, Apex Foot Health Industries, owner, marketing director
1973-present, Eneslow Pedorthic Enterprises, Inc., owner, CEO

Education and certifications:
1962, B.S., Accounting, Syracuse University
1974, Certified Pedorthist (C. Ped), Board for Certification in Pedorthics