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Markle President Beth Cobert Announces Departure from Foundation; Board Announces Interim Leader

After seven years of exceptional leadership at the Markle Foundation, President Beth Cobert has informed the Board of Directors that she intends to leave the Foundation on February 9, 2024. The Board has announced that it has begun its search for a new President, and that Ellen V. Futter, former President of the American Museum of Natural History and of Barnard College, will serve as Markle’s Interim President.

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Skills-First Talent Movement Receives Major Boost as Rework America Alliance Transitions to National Nonprofit Jobs for the Future

Jobs for the Future (JFF), a national nonprofit that drives transformation of the U.S. education and workforce systems, and the Markle Foundation, which works to improve the economic security, national security, and health of all Americans, announced plans to transfer one of the foundation’s marquee initiatives, the Rework America Alliance, to JFF.

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October 11, 2000

Thousands of Questions Posed by Voters in First Days of Web White & Blue 2000’s Rolling Cyber Debate

WASHINGTON, DC—Since the first ever online presidential debate launched on Sunday, October 1st, netizens are eagerly taking advantage of the historic opportunity to pose their…

October 11, 2000

ICANN Elections: An Important Moment for Internet Governance

NEW YORK, NY—Balloting in the Internet’s first worldwide online elections for five members of the Board of Directors of ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned…

September 18, 2000

State-By-State Election Directory Debuts on Web White & Blue 2000

WASHINGTON, DC—Web White & Blue 2000, a non-profit, non-partisan project of the Markle Foundation designed to highlight the ways in which the Internet can expand…

July 22, 2000

opportunITy initiative

NEW YORK, NY—The challenge of bridging the global digital divide should not be underestimated. With the accelerating pace of innovation in information and communications technologies…

July 22, 2000

UNDP and Andersen Consulting, in cooperation with Markle Foundation, Launch Project at G-8 Summit to Bridge the Global Digital Divide

OKINAWA, JAPAN—Responding to calls from leaders of the G-8 to bridge the global digital divide, a new initiative to be known as the opportunITy initiative…

July 22, 2000

Global Network Readiness and Resource Initiative Launches at G-8 Summit in Japan

TOKYO, JAPAN—The Global Network Readiness and Resource Initiative, a public-private partnership of leading companies, foundations, academia, non-governmental organizations, and multilateral agencies intended to help create…

July 10, 2000

Leading Journalist and Academician Named to Fellowship Program by the Markle Foundation

NEW YORK, NY—Brendan Koerner, Senior Editor of U.S. News & World Report, and Jonathan Koppell, a writer and Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at the…

July 7, 2000

National Expert on Use of Information Technology to Measure and Improve Quality in Health Care Will Join Markle Foundation

NEW YORK, NY—Dr. Carol C. Diamond, a physician who has worked on the forefront of the convergence of health care and information technology, will join…

June 13, 2000

American Mothers are Primary Influence on Women’s Political Behavior and Attitudes,Oxygen/Markle Pulse Finds

NEW YORK, NY—American women’s political behavior and attitudes are greatly influenced by their mothers’ activities and behavior, demonstrating the importance of role models in women’s…