International Youth Foundation

The International Youth Foundation (IYF) "is working in close to 70 countries and territories to improve the conditions and prospects for young people where they live, learn, work, and play. Established in 1990 to bring worldwide resources to young people in need, IYF works with hundreds of companies, foundations, and civil society organizations to strengthen and "scale up" existing programs that are making a positive and lasting difference in young lives." Their website goes on to notes that:


 * "Recognizing that no one sector of society has the resources or expertise to effectively address the challenges facing today’s young people, IYF serves as a catalyst to create strategic alliances among the corporate, government, and civil society sectors as a way to maximize the impact and reach of youth development programs. Many of these multi-sectoral partnerships are multi-million dollar initiatives carried out in multiple countries, funded over a period of three to five years. IYF also partners with multi-lateral institutions such as the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)."


 * William S. Reese - President and Chief Executive Officer
 * Hildegard Fino - Executive Assistant to the CEO

Board of Directors
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 * David Bell, Chair (United Kingdom)
 * Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah (Jordan)
 * Sari Baldauf (Finland)
 * Douglas L. Becker (United States)
 * Maria Livanos Cattaui (Switzerland)
 * Enrique V. Iglesias (Uruguay-Spain)
 * Rick R. Little (United States of America)
 * Helio Mattar (Brazil)
 * Penina Mlama (Tanzania)
 * William S. Reese (United States)
 * Richard F. Schubert, Chairman Emeritus (United States of America)
 * Benita Singh (United States)
 * Adam Smith, (Australia)
 * Peter Woicke

Related SourceWatch

 * Martti Ahtisaari - is a member of the Global Action Council of the International Youth Foundation
 * Michael Allen
 * Richard Hornik authored a monograph on corporate responsibility for the International Youth Foundation
 * Peter Shiras is the vice president - employment at the International Youth Foundation
 * Chic Dambach is Vice President of New Business Development, International Youth Foundation
 * Nathaniel Fields served previously as Senior Advisor for Organizational Development, International Youth Foundation
 * Youth, I.N.C
 * Christina Macy
 * Dick Schubert - emeritus chair
 * Esther T. Benjamin

Contact

 * International Youth Foundation, 32 South Street, Suite 500, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA.
 * Web: http://www.iyfnet.org