Civic Ventures

Civic Ventures "is a think tank and an incubator, generating ideas and inventing programs to help society achieve the greatest return on experience.

"Founded in the late 1990s by social entrepreneurs John Gardner and Marc Freedman, Civic Ventures is reframing the debate about aging in America and redefining the second half of life as a source of social and individual renewal. Through research, publishing, conferences, and media outreach, Civic Ventures reports on the growth of the experience movement. Through programs and consulting, Civic Ventures brings together older adults with a passion for service and helps stimulate opportunities for using their talents to advance the greater good. In these ways, Civic Ventures is helping America realize an experience dividend." 

Funding
Source
 * Atlantic Philanthropies
 * John Templeton Foundation
 * Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
 * David and Lucile Packard Foundation
 * Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust
 * MetLife Foundation
 * Peninsula Community Foundation (The Pierre and Pamela Omidyar Fund)
 * UPS Foundation
 * Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
 * Skoll Foundation
 * Hasbro Children's Foundation
 * Polk Family Charitable Fund
 * H.R.C. Foundation Incorporated
 * Cleveland Foundation
 * Helen Andrus Benedict Foundation
 * Corporation for National and Community Service
 * Ashoka
 * Stella and Charles Guttman Foundation

Civic Ventures Staff & Advisors
Source
 * David Bank, Senior Vice President and Director of Civic Ventures Institute
 * Doug Braley, Vice President of Finance and Administration
 * Tony Brasunas, Webmaster
 * Jim Emerman, Executive Vice President
 * Marc Freedman, CEO and Founder
 * Emily Gillingham, Associate Program Director
 * Judy Goggin, Senior Vice President and Director of The Next Chapter
 * John Gomperts, President and CEO of Experience Corps
 * Ivy Ho, Accounting Manager
 * Michelle Hynes, Vice President and Director of Experience Corps
 * Marina Krutchinsky, Design Director
 * Evelyn Ostergren, Office Manager
 * Lauren Patti, Associate Program Director
 * Nancy Peterson, Senior Advisor
 * Phyllis Segal, Senior Vice President
 * Richard Smith, Administrative Assistant
 * Stefanie Weiss, Vice President for Communications

Civic Ventures Fellows
Source
 * David Bornstein
 * David Cohen
 * Andy Goodman
 * Alex Harris
 * Tom Munnecke

Experience Corps Staff & Advisors
Source
 * Thenera Bailey, Program Officer
 * Latia Bowles, Office Manager
 * Jeremy Cluchey, Communications Associate
 * Maureen K. Eccleston, Program Associate
 * Elizabeth Fox, Senior Advisor
 * John Gomperts, CEO
 * Michelle Hynes, Director
 * Grant La Rouche, Director of Development
 * Stefanie Weiss, Director of Communications
 * Amy Zandarski-Pica, Program Officer

Directors
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 * Rex D. Adams (Treasurer), Chairman, Amvescap, PLC
 * Michael A. Bailin (Vice Chair), President (retired), Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
 * Ann S. Bowers, Board Chair and founding Trustee, Noyce Foundation
 * James L. Gibbs, Jr. (Secretary), Professor Emeritus, Stanford University
 * Sherry Lansing, Founder, The Sherry Lansing Foundation
 * Phyllis Moen, McKnight Presidential Chair in Sociology, University of Minnesota
 * Kelvin H. Taketa, President and CEO, Hawaii Community Foundation
 * Ruth A. Wooden (Chair), President and CEO, Public Agenda

Contact

 * Web: http://www.civicventures.org