Markle Foundation Mourns the Loss of Board Member Steven A. Denning
The Markle Foundation is deeply saddened to share that our longtime board member, colleague, and friend, Steven A. Denning, passed away on April 27, 2026….
The Markle Foundation is deeply saddened to share that our longtime board member, colleague, and friend, Steven A. Denning, passed away on April 27, 2026….
New Multi-sector, Bipartisan Effort Harnessing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Save Lives and Protect Communities NEW YORK, December 10, 2025 – The Markle Foundation today announced…
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.
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.
February 5, 2002
NEW YORK, NY—The Markle Foundation and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today kicked off the Global Digital Opportunity Initiative (GDOI) with the formation of…
January 24, 2002
NEW YORK, NY—The Council on Foreign Relations today launched a unique online encyclopedia of terrorism and America’s response to give the public an easy-to-read, authoritative…
December 7, 2001
NEW YORK, NY—Zoë Baird, President of the Markle Foundation, announced today that Tom A. Bernstein, President of Chelsea Piers Management, Inc., and James I. Cash,…
October 29, 2001
NEW YORK, NY—Peter Kerr, a former New York Times correspondent and veteran communications executive has been named Chief Communications Officer of the Markle Foundation, Zoë…
August 31, 2001
NEW YORK, NY—The global body that coordinates the Internet’s domain name system should open itself up to public participation by creating a broadly open membership…
July 16, 2001
NEW YORK, NY—The Digital Opportunity Initiative—a collaboration between Accenture, the Markle Foundation and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)—today released a report demonstrating the critical…
June 10, 2001
NEW YORK, NY—American Public favors new approaches to provide greater online protections and responsiveness. 64% of the public feels government should develop rules to protect…
May 4, 2001
NEW YORK, NY—Zoë Baird, President of the Markle Foundation, announced today that Stefaan Verhulst will lead Markle’s newly expanded Internet Governance Project. Verhulst, who will…
April 10, 2001
ALEXANDRIA, VA—In this age of digital convergence, where investments are being made in next-generation content and many institutions are re-tooling business models to take advantage…
