FN&C Now
Volume 2, Number 26 - April 23, 2001
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IN THIS ISSUE
BREAKING NEWS: Philanthropy Roundtable's John Walters may join Bush administration; Goldman Foundation awards honor eight environmentalists
ON THE MOVE: Kari Schlachtenhaufen (Skillman)
DIALOGUE: Keep those e-mails, calls and letters coming!
ACT NOW: Annual conference begins in six days; SimulConference online now
BREAKING NEWS
NEW APPOINTEE SOON? According to the Associated Press, Philanthropy Roundtable President John P. Walters could be named this week to head the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Walters previously served as the office's deputy director for supply reduction during William Bennett's tenure as head in former President Bush's administration. Read more:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010420/aponline191115_000.htm .
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS: The Goldman Environmental Prize winners for this year are Jane Akre and Steve Wilson, Eugene Rutagarama, Oscar Olivera, Yosepha Alomang, Myrsini Malakou and Giorgos Catsadorakis, and Bruno Van Peteghem. The Goldman Environmental Foundation's prize of $125,000 to each winner is the largest award for grassroots environmentalists. Read the press release: http://www.goldmanprize.org/press/pressReleaseItem.cfm?prID=27 .
ON THE MOVE
KARI SCHLACHTENHAUFEN is now the president of the Skillman Foundation; she has served as interim president since May 2000. Schlachtenhaufen has been with the Foundation since 1984, and was previously executive vice president and COO. Read more: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl
?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-19-2001/0001473472&EDATE .
DIALOGUE
WE'RE INTERACTIVE: The FN&C Now editors welcome reader comments. We encourage readers to send suggestions and "letters to the editor" to run in future issues to fncnow@cof.org .
ACT NOW
ANNUAL CONFERENCE: The Council on Foundations' annual conference, "Preserving the Public Trust: Responsible Use of Private Wealth for Public Good," will be held in Philadelphia on April 30-May 2, 2001. It's not too late to register! Read more: http://classic.cof.org/conferences/ac2001/confmain.htm .
SIMULCONFERENCE: Last week, the Council launched the 2001 edition of the SimulConference, which includes audio and video segments as well as text transcription. Among this year's features will be live coverage of keynote presentations, video portraits of inspiring foundation-supported community projects in Philadelphia, and interviews with conference presenters:
http://simulconference.cof.org/sc/index.cfm?ConferenceID=574 .
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