MENLO PARK, Calif. – Chloe O’Gara, an expert in children’s education and development, will join The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation as an officer in the Foundation’s Global Development Program, officials announced today. For the past six years, O’Gara has served as the associate vice president for education and child development at the Washington, D.C.-based …
From hip-hop to Haydn, if you’re looking for a cultural event in the San Francisco Bay Area, Hewlett Foundation grantees have you covered. Four online calendars catalog the bountiful arts scene by region – Artsopolis in the South Bay, 510Arts in the East Bay, SFArts in San Francisco, and Sonoma Arts to the north …
Megan Garcia has joined the Foundation as a fellow in its Special Projects Program, where she will support the Foundation’s initiative to advance nuclear security. Garcia, a recent graduate of the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, will be responsible for tracking the state of the field, evaluating the progress …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – Americans for the Arts has awarded its 2010 Emerging Leader Award to Marc Vogl, an officer with the Hewlett Foundation’s Performing Arts Program, for his grantmaking and other work to develop a new generation of arts administrators, Foundation officials announced today. The award, given to one person annually, recognizes exceptional young …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – Margarita María Parra, a chemical and environmental engineer and expert on international environmental policy, will join The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation as an officer in the Foundation’s Environment Program, officials announced today. Parra currently is a program associate at the ClimateWorks Foundation in San Francisco, where she helped develop strategies to …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – Megan Garcia, a recent graduate of the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, will join The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in July as a fellow in its Special Projects Program, where she will help manage grants to advance nuclear security, Foundation officials announced today. While …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – Denis Udall, an expert in school reform and teacher professional development who for the past year has served part-time with the Education Program of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, will join the Foundation full-time as an Education program officer, Hewlett officials announced today. For the past ten years, Udall has …
MENLO PARK, Calif. – From increasing childhood literacy in India to helping improve the air quality in California’s Central Valley, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation has announced over $84 million in new grants to 199 organizations. Organizations receiving grants ranged across the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout the world in the Foundation’s six …
A Twenty-First Century Education Hewlett Foundation adopts “Deeper Learning” strategy. Touching Young Lives Reproductive health care clinic for teens does more than the basics. “Foundations” – A Q&A with Patrick Collins, Chief Technology Officer and Director of Grants Administration Patrick discusses the role of technology in making philanthropy more efficient and effective. …
Alex Ezeh, CEO of the African Population and Health Research Center in Nairobi, Kenya, talks about the need for Africa-based research and finding African solutions to African problems. Learn more about APHRC: http://www.aphrc.org/ Learn more about the Hewlett Foundation’s support for population research: http://www.hewlett.org/library/population-dynamics-and-economic-development-filling-the-research-gaps/