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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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November 2, 1999

Markle Foundation Commits More Than $1 Million To Improve Internet Governance, Including Initiatives To Make ICANN More Publicly Accountable

LOS ANGELES, CA—The Markle Foundation is committing more than $1-million to improve Internet governance, including several major initiatives designed to make ICANN, the Internet’s first…

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October 26, 1999

MOUSE Honors ‘Champions of Technology & Education’ at Annual Fundraiser

NEW YORK, NY—Andrew Rasiej, Founder & President of MOUSE (Making Opportunities for Upgrading Schools & Education), a non-profit organization providing volunteer manpower and technical support…

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October 8, 1999

M.I.T. Holds Conference on Media in Transition

CAMBRIDGE, MA—This final event of the Markle-funded Media in Transition Project at M.I.T. aims to establish a broad-gauged discussion of our emerging computer culture in…

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October 1, 1999

Thirteen/WNET and the Markle Foundation Announce Learning Adventures in Citizenship, an Internet Project Promoting Student Participation and Volunteerism in Communities Nationwide

NEW YORK, NY—Ruth Ann Burns, Vice President and Director of the Educational Resources Center at Thirteen/WNET and Zoë Baird, President of the Markle Foundation announced…

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July 26, 1999

Markle Announces 5-Year, $100 Million Initiative Aimed At Using the Internet and Other New Media For Public Benefit

NEW YORK, NY—The Markle Foundation will invest up to $100 million over the next three-to-five years to help ensure that public needs are served by…

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October 28, 1998

Web White & Blue Campaign Signals Shift In Use Of Web For Election Information

WASHINGTON, DC—Web White & Blue, the campaign to promote easy access to election-related information on the Internet, has demonstrated the public’s tremendous interest in using…

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October 6, 1998

Internet Community Joins Together for Web, White & Blue Day October 7th

WASHINGTON, DC—The Markle Foundation and Harvard University’s Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government…

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October 5, 1998

DNet Goes National: www.dnet.org Covers All 50 States

NEW YORK, NY—At 6:00 AM, PDT a new era in American Politics began. At long last, the promise of the Internet—to provide voters on-demand access…

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September 16, 1998

Markle Foundation Announces New Senior Staff

NEW YORK, NY—Zoë Baird, President of the Markle Foundation, announces the additions of two new senior staff appointments to the Foundation. Julia Moffett, formerly Vice…

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