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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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January 18, 2005

Leading Health Care and Information Technology Groups Endorse Common Framework for Health Information Exchange to Support Improvements in Health and Healthcare

New York, NY and Washington, DC—Thirteen major health and information technology organizations, in an unprecedented joint collaboration, today endorsed a “Common Framework” to support improved…

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December 10, 2004

Intelligence Reform Bill Creates Framework For Information Sharing Environment

NEW YORK, NY—The Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age said today that the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of…

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November 18, 2004

Markle Foundation Names Lewis B. Kaden Chairman of the Board of Directors and Stanley Shuman Rejoins Markle Board

NEW YORK, NY—The Markle Foundation today announced that Lewis B. Kaden, a partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell, was elected chairman of the Markle Foundation…

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October 22, 2004

Connecting for Health Report Analyzes Business Case for Adoption of Health IT Systems

New York—Connecting for Health … A Public-Private Collaborative today released Financial, Legal and Organizational Approaches to Achieving Electronic Connectivity in Healthcare, a report which proposes…

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September 28, 2004

David Lansky to Join the Markle Foundation

NEW YORK, NY—The Markle Foundation today announced that David Lansky, Ph.D., will join the Foundation as a director of Markle’s health program. Dr. Lansky recently…

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July 14, 2004

Connecting for Health Recommends Specific Actions for Bringing Healthcare into the Information Age

New York—As momentum grows for bringing our outdated, paper-based healthcare system into the Information Age, Connecting for Health… A Public Private Collaborative today released a…

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May 10, 2004

Department of Health and Human Services Actions Advance Goal of Electronic Health Information Infrastructure

New York—Connecting for Health commends the recent announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the adoption of the second group of…

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January 21, 2004

Markle Connecting for Health Announces Commitment to Create Incremental Roadmap for Achieving Electronic Connectivity in Health Care

NEW YORK, NY—Markle Connecting for Health, an extraordinary collaborative of public and private stakeholders, today announced it will launch a continuation of its effort to…

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December 16, 2003

Think Human Dashboard: Revolutionary New Guide Provides Healthcare Roadmap

NEW YORK, NY—”Information Architect” Richard Saul Wurman, whose books and TED symposia simplified the way people comprehend complex subjects, has turned his attention to demystifying…

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