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/

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Steven C. Clemons	Pundit	1962		Senior Fellow, New America Foundation
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
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	1955		CEO of Google
Bernard L. Schwartz	Business	12-Dec-1926		CEO of Loral Corporation, 1972-2006
Anne-Marie Slaughter	Educator	27-Sep-1958		Dean, Woodrow Wilson School
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		Newsweek foreign affairs

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