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Building on Strengths: The Dynamics of Partnership between Multi-laterals an Private Foundations

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Thursday, November 05, 2015
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Kathleen Cravero, The Oak Foundation
The Foundation Impact Research Group (FIRG)

Kathleen CraveroPresidentOak Foundation Sanford Building, Rhodes Conference Room201 Science Drive About the Speaker: As President of Oak Foundation, Kathleen Cravero supports the Trustees of Oak Foundation to address issues of global, social and environmental concern, particularly those that have a major impact on the lives of the disadvantaged. She also provides leadership and guidance to Oak staff in each of the six substantive programmes of the Foundation, including the Environment, Child Abuse, Housing & Homelessness, International Human Rights, Issues Affecting Women and Learning Differences.Before coming to Oak, Ms. Cravero worked for over two decades on a range of international development issues, from newly emerging democracies to conflict and emergency situations. She worked in various posts of increasing responsibility with UNAIDS, UNICEF, UNDP and WHO. Her two last assignments with the United Nations included Director of the Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery with the United Nations Development Programme and Deputy Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.About the Seminars: The Foundation Impact Research Group (FIRG) seminars explore the relationship between strategic choice-making and impact measurement in foundations and not-for-profit organizations. RSVP katie.oconnor@duke.edu

Type: LECTURE/TALK
Contact: Katie O'Connor