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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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March 10, 2009

New Report Released by the Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age ‘Nation At Risk: Policymakers Need Better Information to Protect the Country’

WASHINGTON, DC—A Markle Foundation report issued today says that the continued lack of information sharing between federal, state, and local agencies puts the US at…

February 26, 2009

Markle Foundation Congratulates Congress, Administration on Health Care IT Investments

NEW YORK, NY—The Markle Foundation today congratulated the Obama Administration and Congress for their historic investments in health IT with the passage of the American…

June 25, 2008

Technology Companies, Providers, Health Insurers and Consumer Groups Agree on Framework for Increasing Privacy and Consumer Control Over Personal Health Records

NEW YORK—Dossia, Google, Intuit, Microsoft, and WebMD today joined prominent health care providers, health insurers, and consumer and privacy groups in endorsing a set of…

January 24, 2008

Health and Technology Leaders Tackle Challenge of Managing Consumers’ Identities in Web-Based Personal Health Tools

WASHINGTON, DC—The critical challenge of validating each person’s identity online can be addressed through a mix of established and emerging techniques to help stimulate the…

February 14, 2007

CSC and ‘Connecting for Health’ Team Successfully Demonstrates Nationwide Health Information Network Prototype

EL SEGUNDO, CA—Computer Sciences Corporation announced today that the CSC and Markle Connecting for Health team successfully demonstrated the exchange of health information through a…

December 6, 2006

Americans See Access to Their Medical Information As a Way to Improve Quality, Reduce Health Care Costs

WASHINGTON, DC—Americans overwhelmingly want to have electronic copies of their medical records and believe that having greater access to their information will reduce medical mistakes…

July 13, 2006

Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age Releases Third Report, ‘Mobilizing Information to Prevent Terrorism: Accelerating Development of a Trusted Information Sharing Environment’

WASHINGTON, DC—The Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age released its third report today with recommendations on how to reconcile national…

June 13, 2006

Report Outlines Approach for Secure Online Access to Patient Prescription Drug Records in Time of Disaster

WASHINGTON, DC—With the nation bracing for the 2006 hurricane season, the Markle Foundation today released Lessons from KatrinaHealth, a report outlining lessons learned in posting…

May 22, 2006

Suzanne Nora Johnson Joins the Board of the Markle Foundation

NEW YORK, NY—The Markle Foundation announced today that Suzanne Nora Johnson, Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., has joined the Board of Directors of…