Renaissance Weekend

Renaissance Weekend

Illustrative List of Past Participants

Non-Profits, Philanthropy & Community Service
Some professional notes below reflect past roles.
David Allen
Author, Getting Things Done
Byron Auguste
Co-Founder & Chairman, Hope Street Group Partners/Strategy Consultant, McKinsey
Zoe Baird
Pres., The Markle Foundation
Andrew Barnes
Former Chm., Times Publishing Co. & Poynter Institute
Robert Belfer
Founder, Kennedy School's Belfer Center
Louise MacBain Blouin
President, Louise MacBain Foundation/Arts Patron
Stephen Boes
Nat'l Exec. Dir., Girls & Boys Town
David Booth
Co-Founder-CEO, Dimensional Fund Advisors
Rita Bornstein
President Emerita & Prof., Rollins College/Dir., Tupperware, Assn. of Univ. Governing Bds.
Kathryn Bushkin
Executive Vice President, United Nations Foundation
Kimberly Camp
Former Pres.-CEO, The Barnes Foundation & Charles Wright Museum of African American History
Ray Chambers
Private Equity Investor/Philanthropist
Marie Charles
Founder-Ch., Int'l Ctr., for Equal Healthcare Access
Iris Chen
Pres., I Have A Dream Foundation
Iris Chen
Pres., I Have a Dream Foundation
Kathy Cloninger
President, Girl Scouts United States
Gordon Conway
Former President, Rockefeller Foundation
Philippe Cousteau
CEO, EarthEcho Int'l & Thalassa Ventures/Smithsonian's "Top Innovators"/Host, TV's "Oceans"
Edward Crane
President, Cato Institute
Christopher Crane
Former President, Opportunity International
Dolores Cross
Pres., Morris Brown College/Former President, Chicago State University & President, GE Foundation
William Drayton
Founder, Ashoka Social Entrepreneurs
Hubert Dreyfus
Philosophy Prof., Univ. of California-Berkeley; Author, What Computers (Still) Can't Do
Charles Duell
Pres., Middleton Place Foundation and Former Vice Chairman, National Trust for Historic Preservation
Marty Evans
Former President, American Red Cross and Executive Director, Girls Scouts USA/Retired Navy Admiral
Martin Fisher
Co-Fndr. & CEO, KickStart International
Joel Fleishman
Philanthropy & Public Policy Professor, Duke University/Former Pres., Atlantic Philanthropic Co.
Millard Fuller
Founder & Former Pres., Habitat for Humanity International/Founder, Fuller Center for Housing
William Futrell
Former President, Environmental Law Institute
Robert Gallucci
Pres., MacArthur Foundation; former Dean, Georgetown School of Foreign Service and Asst. Secretary of State
Arun Gandhi
Director, The Gandhi Institute for Non-violence
Elliot Gerson
Executive V.P., Aspen Institute
Brent Glass
Dir., Smithsonian Nat'l Museum of American History
Mary Good
Former Ch., National Science Foundation
Ellen Gustafson
Co-Founder, FEED Foundation
Gary Haugen
Founder and CEO, International Justice Mission
Frances Hesselbein
Bd. of Gov. Ch., Leader to Leader Inst./Former CEO, Girls Scout of America
Dean Hirsch
Former Pres., World Vision International
Walter Isaacson
Pres., Aspen Institute and former President, CNN & Editor, TIME
Jessica Jackley
Co-Founder, Kiva.org/Director, Opportunity International
Ben Jealous
Pres., NAACP/Former Rhodes Scholar
Peter Karoff
Founder & Former Pres., The Philanthropic Initiative
Ranch Kimball
President, Joslin Diabetes Center/Former Massachusetts Chief Economic Advisor
Robert Kogod
Philanthropist, Former Chm., Robt. E. Smith Cos.
John Koskinen
Chm., Freddie Mac; former Pres., US Soccer Fndtn.; Pres., Palmieri Co.; Deputy Mayor, Washington, DC; & Deputy Dir., OMB
George Kuper
Pres., Great Lakes Industries Council and Former Pres., Industrial Technology Institute
Laura Liswood
Secretary-General, Council of Women World Leaders
Rick Little
Founder-Former Pres., International Youth Foundation
Amory Lovins
Founder, Rocky Mountain Institute
Michael McCullough
Founder, QuestBridge
Patricia McGinnis
CEO, Council for Excellence in Government
William Meadows
Pres., The Wildrness Society
Mary Jo Meisner
VP, The Boston Foundation/V.Chair, Community Newspaper Co.
William Milliken
Founder, Communities in Schools
Nell Minow
Founder, The Corporate Library
James Moorman
Pres., Taxpayers Against Fraud/Fndr. , Env. Law Institute and Former US Assistant Attorney-General
Regina Moyer
Former Pres., Girls, Inc.
John Mutz
Former Pres., Lilly Endowment & Pres., PSI Energy
Constance Newman
Former Asst. Under-Sec'y of State for African Affairs & Under-Sec'y, The Smithsonian Institute
Jacqueline Novogratz
Founder & CEO, Acuman Fund
Sally Osberg
CEO, Skoll Foundation
John Parker
Pres., American Culinary Institute
Judith Rodin
President, Rockefeller Foundation
Harry Rowen
Former President, RAND Corporation
Karla Scherer
Chair, Karla Scherer Foundation
Daniel Sharp
Former CEO, American Assembly
Tommy Spaulding
Former President, Up With People/Leadership Consultant
Donald Stewart
Former CEO, Chicago Community Trust & President, The College Board
Isabel Stewart
Former President, Girls Incorporated
John Templeton, Jr.
Chairman, John Templeton Foundation
James Thomson
Pres., RAND Corporation
Thomas Tierney
Founder, Bridgespan Group/Former CEO, Bain & Company
A.T. Tshibaka
CEO, Opportunity International
Mpho Tutu
Exec. Dir., Tutu Institute for Prayer & Pilgrimage
Robert Wilburn
Former President, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Ralph Winter
Founder, US Center for World Missions
Deborah Wright
Former CEO, Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone
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