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Jane Wales

Vice President of Philanthropy and Society and Executive Director, Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation, The Aspen Institute; Founder, Global Philanthropy Forum; Co-Chair, Generosity Commission

Jane Wales is a vice president of the Aspen Institute and executive director of its Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation. She is founder of the Global Philanthropy Forum. Previously, she was president and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Northern California. From 1993 to 1996, Wales was special assistant to President Clinton, senior director of the National Security Council, and associate director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. She was deputy assistant secretary of state in the Carter administration. In the philanthropic sector, she has been acting CEO of The Elders, directed the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Project on World Security, and chaired international security programs at the Carnegie Corporation and W. Alton Jones Foundation. Wales chairs the board of FSG, co-chairs the Generosity Commission, and is a board member of the Center for a New American Security, OpenCorporates, and IDInsight.

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