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A Note from Hewlett Foundation President Paul Brest

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Colleagues, I’m writing to you to let you know about a forthcoming change at the Hewlett Foundation and for me personally. Next summer I will turn 72, the age at which Hewlett Board members (including the president) have traditionally retired. After twelve years as president, I am planning to leave the Foundation to return to …

“Foundations”: A Q&A with Paul Brest, President

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Hewlett Foundation President Paul Brest is a long-time advocate of increasing the effectiveness of grantmaking through the use of strategic or outcome-focused philanthropy. It is an approach that has steadily gained currency in recent years with a growing number of organizations, publications, and research initiatives dedicated to its study and practice. Here Brest explores some …

“Foundations”: A Q&A with Ruth Levine, Global Development and Population Program Director

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Ruth Levine is director of the Hewlett Foundation’s Global Development and Population Program. A development economist and expert in international health and education, Levine is overseeing the integration of the Foundation’s Global Development and Population programs. Levine comes to the Foundation from the U.S. Agency for International Development. Here she talks about how her career …

“Foundations”: A Q&A with Jacob Harold, Philanthropy Program Officer

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“Foundations” is an occasional series of informal question-and-answer sessions with employees and others affiliated with The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to give them an opportunity to explain their work. In this Q&A, Jacob Harold, Philanthropy Program Officer, explains the thinking behind the Hewlett Foundation’s decision to support Charting Impact, a partnership project of three …

Elizabeth Peters Named General Counsel for Hewlett Foundation

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MENLO PARK, Calif. – Elizabeth Peters, an attorney who is an expert in tax laws affecting foundations and charities, has been named general counsel for The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, its officials announced today. Peters became associate general counsel in October 2010 and has served as acting general counsel since December. Before joining the …

Erin Rogers Joins Hewlett Foundation as Officer in the Environment Program

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MENLO PARK, Calif. – Erin Rogers, an expert in climate and energy policy in the western United States, has joined The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation as an officer in the Foundation’s Environment Program, officials announced today. Before joining the Foundation, Rogers was manager of western states climate and energy work for the Union of …

Hewlett Foundation Launches New Initiative to Reform Education Policy in California

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MENLO PARK, Calif. – The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has awarded $3.5 million to establish the California Education Policy Fund, an initiative created to support innovative organizations working to reform education policy throughout the state with an emphasis on underserved students, the Foundation announced today. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, a nonprofit organization with a proven …