Rockwood Leadership Institute

Rockwood Leadership Institute, based in Berkeley, California, USA, trains people to take leadership roles in progressive social change causes. According to its website, it "was founded in 2000 to provide individuals, organizations and networks in the social benefit sector with powerful and effective training in leadership and collaboration."

Overview
Rockwood has trained almost 3,000 people since 2000. Each year it trains over 250 "national leaders working in important grassroots and policy reform sectors that help improve the well-being of our communities and world."

Featured organizations

 * Center for Community Change
 * Consumers Union
 * Democracia USA
 * ForestEthics
 * Green Corps
 * Green For All
 * Highlander Research and Education Center
 * Media and Democracy Coalition
 * Midwest Academy
 * National Gay & Lesbian Task Force

Personnel
Accessed December 2010:
 * Akaya Windwood, President
 * Erika Carlsen, Special Projects Coordinator

Directors
Accessed October 2009:
 * Idelisse Malave, Chair
 * Susan Fassberg, Secretary
 * Gregory Hodge, Treasurer
 * Ludovic Blain III
 * Sally A. Carlson
 * Andre Carothers
 * Chris Desser
 * William Lee
 * Lawrence Rinder
 * Akaya Windwood

Funders and sponsors
Accessed October 2009:
 * Arcus Foundation
 * Catalyst Fund of the Liberty Hill Foundation
 * Catalyst Fund of the Tides Foundation
 * Common Future Fund of the Rudolf Steiner Foundation
 * Compton Foundation
 * Constellation Fund of the Tides Foundation
 * David and Barbara B. Hirschhorn Foundation
 * David and Lucile Packard Foundation
 * Eli and Edith Broad Foundation
 * Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
 * Ford Foundation
 * Friedman Fund of the Tides Foundation
 * Frog Crossing Foundation
 * General Services Foundation
 * Gill Foundation
 * Hidden Leaf Fund of the East Bay Community Foundation
 * Jewish Funds for Justice
 * Kendeda Fund
 * Mary J. Reynolds Babcock Foundation
 * Nathan Cummings Foundation
 * New Place Fund
 * Open Society Institute
 * Oxfam America
 * Panta Rhea Foundation
 * Park Foundation
 * President’s Fund of the Tides Foundation
 * Queer Consciousness Fund of the Tides Foundation
 * Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation
 * Roy A. Hunt Foundation
 * Schott Foundation for Public Education
 * Seasons Fund for Social Transformation
 * Southwest Airlines
 * Starry Night Fund of the Tides Foundation
 * Stillwaters Fund of the Tides Foundation
 * Tides Foundation as advised by Mr. Weston Milliken
 * Winifred Crary Valens Fund of the New World Foundation


 * Helen S. Kim, trainer

Contact details
1648 Martin Luther King Jr. Way Berkeley, CA 94709-2026 Phone: 510-524-4000 Fax: 510-524-4228 Web: http://rockwoodleadership.org

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