Position:
Executive Director, Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop
Work:
Sesame Workshop
since 2007
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Executive Director, Joan Ganz Cooney Center
Classroom, Inc.
Jul 2013 - Jul 2013
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Member of the Board
Kindoma
Sep 2012 - Jul 2013
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Board Member
Journeys in Film
- Albuquerque, New Mexico Area Jun 2012 - Jul 2013
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Board Member
Forum for Youth Investment
- Washington DC Sep 2009 - Jul 2013
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Board Member
Public Broadcasting Service
- Crystal City, VA Jun 2007 - 2013
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Member, Next Generation Advisory Board
We Are Family Foundation
- Greater New York City Area 2002 - 2013
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Board Member
Teach for America
- New York, NY May 2005 - Jan 2012
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Advisory Board Member
Asia Society
2002 - 2007
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Vice President
I am Your Child Foundation
- New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA. Jan 2000 - May 2002
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Executive Director
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Apr 1990 - Dec 1999
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Deputy Chair and Senior Program Officer
NYC Department of Education
May 1988 - Mar 1990
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Senior Assistant to Chancellor
Education:
Brandeis University, Heller - The Heller School for Social Policy and Management 1981 - 1985
PhD, Social Policy and Child Develpment
Cornell University 1974 - 1978
BS, Labor Relations and Child Development
Interests:
Research on child development and interactive media, philanthropy and public policy, public engagement, teacher and youth worker professional development
Honor & Awards:
Working Mother Magazine: Most Influential Men in Family Policy
Parents Choice Award
Attorney General's Award
National Head Start Association Award
Juror Milken-Penn Educational Entrepreneur's Competition
Judge- Echoing Green
Juror USDA Healthy Apps Design Competition