New America Foundation

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New America Foundation

ORGANIZATION

Founded 1999, to "bring exceptionally promising new voices and new ideas to the fore of our nation’s public discourse. Relying on a venture capital approach, the Foundation invests in outstanding individuals and policy solutions that transcend the conventional political spectrum."

Senior Staff as of October 2006: President and CEO Ted Halstead, VP Michael Calabrese, VP Rachel L. White, and many lesser directors on salary.

Board of directors as of October 2006: Eric A. Benhamou (Chair), James Fallows, Francis Fukuyama, Ted Halstead, Noosheen Hashemi, Laurene Powell Jobs, Kati Marton, Walter Russell Mead, Lenny Mendonca, Steven Rattner, Eric Schmidt, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Christine Todd Whitman, Daniel Yergin, Fareed Zakaria.

Official Website:
http://www.newamerica.net/

Founding Date:
1999

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Steven C. Clemons Pundit 1962 Senior Fellow, New America Foundation

Steve Coll Journalist 8-Oct-1958 Ghost Wars

James Fallows Journalist 2-Aug-1949 Atlantic Monthly

Francis Fukuyama Author 27-Oct-1952 The End of History and the Last Man

Flynt Leverett Government 6-Mar-1958 Former National Security Council staffer

Barry C. Lynn Journalist 20-Aug-1961 Cornered: The New Monopoly Capitalism

Walter Russell Mead Author 12-Jun-1952 Special Providence

Eric Mindich Business 1967 Eton Park Capital Management

Jim Pinkerton Pundit 11-Mar-1958 Fox News Watch

Diane Ravitch Government 1-Jul-1938 Education reformer

Eric Schmidt Business 27-Apr-1955 CEO of Google, 2001-11

Bernard L. Schwartz Business 12-Dec-1926 CEO of Loral Corporation, 1972-2006

Anne-Marie Slaughter Government 27-Sep-1958 Director of Policy Planning, State Dept.

Laura D. Tyson Economist 28-Jun-1947 Dean of London Business School

Christine Todd Whitman Government 26-Sep-1946 GWB's first head of EPA

Daniel Yergin Author 6-Feb-1947 The Prize

Fareed Zakaria Journalist 20-Jan-1965 Time columnist

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