Global Fund for Children

The Global Fund for Children’s "mission is to advance the dignity of children and youth around the world."


 * "GFC made its first grants in 1997 using royalties from its children’s book publishing venture. Since then, GFC’s grantmaking capacity has grown dramatically, from $3,000 in 1997 to approximately $2 million during the 2005 -2006 fiscal year. From 1997 through 2005, GFC distributed more than $5 million in grants to more than 180 groups in sixty countries."


 * Maya Ajmera, President

Grantmaking Staff
Accessed September 2008:


 * Victoria Dunning, Vice President for Programs
 * Lisa Fiala, Program Officer for Eastern Europe
 * Michael Gale, Program Associate for Latin America and the Caribbean
 * Vineeta Gupta, Program Officer for South Asia
 * Sarah Ireland, Associate Program Officer
 * Solome Lemma, Program Officer for Africa
 * Milena Mikael-Debass, Program Associate for Africa
 * Cynthia Pon, Director of Global Fund for Children Books
 * Susanna Shapiro, Program Officer for Latin America and the Caribbean

Directors

 * Robert D. Stillman, Chair - President, Millbridge Capital Management, Chevy Chase, Maryland
 * Maya Ajmera - President, The Global Fund for Children, Washington, DC
 * Peter Briger - Principal, Fortress Investment Group LLC, New York
 * Juliette Gimon, Vice Chair - Trustee, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation]], Family Council Member, Flora Family Foundation, New York
 * Sanjiv Khattri - Executive Vice President and CFO, General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC), New York
 * Mark McGoldrick - Managing Director, Goldman Sachs, London, United Kingdom
 * Sandra Pinnavaia - Senior Vice President, Business Talent Group LLC, New York
 * Patricia Rosenfield - Chair, Carnegie Scholars Program, Carnegie Corporation of New York, New York
 * Roy Salameh - Managing Director, Commodities, Goldman Sachs, New York
 * Robert Scully, Treasurer - Co-President, Morgan Stanley, New York
 * Raj Singh - Co-Founder and President, Telcom Ventures LLC, Alexandria, Virginia
 * Isabel Carter Stewart, Secretary, Chicago, Illinois

Directors Emeriti Source
 * William Ascher - Donald C. McKenna Professor of Government and Economics, Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, California
 * Dena Blank - Trustee, Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, New York, New York
 * Laura Luger - Attorney, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Durham, North Carolina
 * Adele Richardson Ray - Trustee, Smith Richardson Foundation, Pittsboro, North Carolina

Contact

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

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 * Joan Platt