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More Mayors in Rockefeller’s100 Resilient Cities Initiative Are Appointing Chief Resilience Officers

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07/28/2017

More Mayors in Rockefeller’s100 Resilient Cities Initiative Are ... is there is more focus than ever on the role of cities in addressing issues of resilience exacerbated by climate ... — of all sizes — to pledge...

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Rockefeller Survey Finds Male Attitudes Are Keeping Women From Getting Ahead In Business

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08/03/2017

... Finds Male Attitudes Are Keeping Women From Getting Ahead In Business When it comes to explaining why there are so few ... percent of those surveyed said the attitudes of men in top leadership positions are a...

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Gender Justice

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EPA Now Requires Political Aide’s Sign-Off for Agency Awards, Grant Applications

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09/05/2017

... taken the unusual step of putting a political operative in charge of vetting the hundreds of millions of dollars in grants the EPA distributes annually, assigning final ... campaign aide with little...

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Environment and Climate Change

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Bloomberg, Gateses, and Other Big Donors Race to Fill Void of Clinton Global Meeting

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09/05/2017

... Scores of the nation’s major philanthropists will gather in New York next month to coincide with the United Nations ... on stage together, which produced more than $85 billion in aid pledges. Other groups...

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Whatsapp Co-Founder Brian Acton Is Leaving The Company To Start His Own Foundation

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09/13/2017

... at Facebook when WhatsApp was acquired for $19 billion in 2014, is the lesser-known of WhatsApp’s two co-founders. ... company.) Ironically, Acton interviewed at Facebook back in 2009 after leaving a job at...

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Buffalo School Administrators Get New Contract Amid Fiscal Warning

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09/21/2017

... and Administrators, the union representing 253 employees in supervisory roles , including principals, assistant principals, assistant ...

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Education

Trump Plans 45,000 Limit on Refugees Admitted to U.S.

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09/27/2017

... low limit on the number of people who can resettle in the United States after fleeing persecution in their own countries. The limit, first reported by The Wall ... year legislation was enacted giving the...

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Immigration

Brooklyn Community Foundation and the Power of Participatory Grantmaking

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12/12/2017

... the Brooklyn Community Foundation as president and CEO in 2013, Cecilia Clarke launched Brooklyn Insights, an effort that engaged more than 1,000 Brooklynites in conversations about the borough’s future and...

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Larry Bloom named Vice President, Global Operations and Finance at EMpower - The Emerging Markets Foundation

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03/20/2019

... Bloom joined EMpower – The Emerging Markets Foundation in February 2019 as Vice President, Global Operations and Finance of EMpower. In this role, Larry has responsibility for the oversight of ... operations...

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Euan Robertson Joins Simons Foundation As Chief Operating Officer

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04/01/2019

... Officer The Simons Foundation is pleased to announce that in April Euan Robertson joined its leadership team as the ... real estate development. Prior to Columbia, Euan served in a variety of senior economic...

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Magdalena Cwintal Joins Tow Foundation As Accountant

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04/01/2019

... that Magdalena Cwintal has joined its team as accountant. In her role, Magdalena will be responsible for the ... functions, ensuring accuracy, completeness and timeliness in the processing and reporting of the...

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Open Society Foundations President Names Nicole Wilett as New Chief of Staff

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07/16/2019

... Society President Patrick Gaspard, effective August 20. In this newly created position, Wilett will lead the ... Nicole’s stature and experience joining the Foundations in this mission critical role,” said...

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Ford Foundation Appoints Javier Valdés as U.S. Director of Civic Engagement and Government

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05/04/2021

... (CEG) program. Valdés will assume the New York-based role in August 2021, taking over from current CEG director Sanjiv ... strengthen representation, participation, and leadership in U.S. democracy. With over...

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Sepi Sepasi Joins Mellon as Chief Financial Officer

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05/05/2022

... Foundation. “Sepi’s view of the CFO role as one rooted in both stewardship and action makes her an exciting partner in our work across the Foundation, and she is ideally ... Before her time at Columbia, Sepi...

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It’s OK to Pause and Think. In Fact, Please Do.

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10/04/2017

It’s OK to Pause and Think. In Fact, Please Do. A Message from the President of Philanthropy New York, Ronna Brown, published originally in the New York PhilanthroPost Weekly October 4, 2017...

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Disaster Relief