Alfonsina Peñaloza Joins Hewlett Foundation in Mexico City as Global Development and Population Program Officer

MENLO PARK, Calif. – Alfonsina Peñaloza, an expert in good government practices in Mexico, will join The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in January 2013 as an officer in its Global Development and Population Program, officials announced today. Alfonsina comes to the Hewlett Foundation from her position as deputy director and interim executive director of 

A Q&A with Larry Kramer, President

Larry Kramer became president of the Hewlett Foundation in Menlo Park, California, in September 2012. Before joining the Foundation, Mr. Kramer served from 2004 to 2012 as Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and Dean of Stanford Law School. During his tenure, he spearheaded significant educational reforms, pioneering a new model of multidisciplinary legal studies. 

A Q&A with John E. McGuirk, Program Director, Peforming Arts

John E. McGuirk is director of the Foundation’s Performing Arts Program, which makes grants to support the arts in the San Francisco Bay Area. Here, he explains the Program’s new strategic plan for grantmaking and why it was adopted. What prompted the decision to embark on a new strategic framework for grantmaking in the Performing 

Harvesting a Brighter Future

Adelante Latina is the first and only teen pregnancy prevention program in Cutler-Orosi and surrounding towns. Maria Guadalupe Diaz Rojas, a program graduate who is now a community college freshman and a returning peer leader, speaks with the class about self-image and aspirations.  Photo courtesy of Latino Commission/Adelante Latina. Drive fifty miles southeast of Fresno 

“Foundations”: A Q&A with Susan Bell, Former VP of the Hewlett Foundation

Susan Bell served as vice president of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation from 2000 to summer 2012. During this time, she worked in a variety of capacities, from directing the Foundation’s efforts to improve the practice of philanthropy to helping launch the ClimateWorks Foundation, an international grantmaking organization working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. 

National Research Council Report Highlights Importance of “Deeper Learning” – Summary

The National Research Council, a private, nonprofit institution chartered by Congress to provide unbiased expert advice on matters of public policy, released a report, funded in part by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, entitled Education for Life and Work: Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century. Key Findings Validates an educational approach 

National Research Council Report Highlights Importance of “Deeper Learning”

MENLO PARK, CA/CHICAGO, IL/QUINCY, MA — In a newly-issued report funded by several foundations across the U.S., including The William and Flora Hewlett, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur, and Nellie Mae Education foundations, the National Research Council (NRC) validates an educational approach called “deeper learning,” which emphasizes critical reasoning and a suite of other 

Fay Twersky Extends Role as a Senior Fellow

MENLO PARK, Calif. – Fay Twersky, an expert on philanthropy and the nonprofit sector, will extend her role as senior fellow at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation into the fall of 2013, Foundation officials announced today. Working with the Hewlett Foundation’s incoming president, Larry Kramer, who assumes his position in September, Twersky will continue 

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