The teenage girl in surgical scrubs wanders the periphery of the classroom at the Thunder Road Adolescent Treatment Center in Oakland, California. Ignoring the teacher, she scowls and professes to study the posters along the wall. Teacher Kharyshi Wiginton returns the favor and ignores the girl. “Check it out, ladies!” Wiginton, who grew up on …
“Foundations” is a 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. Denis Udall is an officer in the Education Program. In this position, he manages a portfolio of grants that supports college readiness and community colleges and …
Want to get out of the house and in touch with nature? Hewlett grantee ParkInfo makes it easy. Just plug your address into a form at parkinfo.org, select Park, Trail, or Campground, and press Go. Up pops a map and a list of your closest choices. The site lets you set the distance anywhere from …
Teresa A. Dunbar – Program Associate, Global Development Teresa A. Dunbar is replacing Karen Lindblom as an associate in the Foundation’s Global Development Program. Dunbar comes to the Foundation from Oikocredit USA, one of the world’s largest sources of private funding for microfinance, where she was an outreach coordinator. In her work at the Foundation, …
Room and Bard California Shakespeare Theater introduces the Bard to youth in residential treatment. “Foundations” – A Q&A with Denis Udall, Education Program Officer Denis Udall discusses the roles and problems of community colleges and how grantmaking for the colleges fits with the Foundation’s deeper learning strategy. Featured Website: Parkinfo.org Turn off this screen, and …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – Brett Johnson, a portfolio manager in public real estate and equity investments, has joined The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation as associate director for public investments, Hewlett officials announced today. Johnson was previously the chief investment officer and portfolio manager for Grubb & Ellis AGA, a San Mateo–based mutual fund and …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – After more than a year of intensive exploration, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation will integrate its Global Development and Population grant-making programs to further the work of both, Foundation President Paul Brest explains in an essay accompanying the Foundation’s newly released 2009 Annual Report. The integration is expected to formally occur in …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – Christopher Shearer, a former associate executive director of the National Geographic Society’s Education Foundation, has joined The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation as an officer in the Foundation’s Education Program, officials announced today. Shearer managed grantmaking for the National Geographic Society’s $140 million education foundation, which makes awards to address K-12 …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – Margot Fahnestock, a policy expert in family planning and reproductive health, has joined The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation as an officer in the Foundation’s Population Program, officials announced today. Fahnestock managed West Africa field operations for a health policy initiative at the Futures Group, funded by the United States Agency …
Paper Cuts’ interactive map shows readers the extent of layoffs and buyouts in the newspaper industry across the United States. As of July 13, 2010, the number of jobs lost this year alone stood at 1,892. For a clear picture of the demise of the American newspaper, there is no better place to go than …