Education Development Center

Education Development Center, Inc. was founded in 1958 and is an international, nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization with more than 325 projects in 50 countries "dedicated to enhancing learning, promoting health, and fostering a deeper understanding of the world." 

Projects funded

 * The YES Campaign
 * Center for Media & Community

Staff
From 1981 to 2006, Janet Whitla served as EDC's president and chief executive officer. Whitla was succeeded by Luther Luedtke in April, 2006. 

Board of Trustees

 * Charles Benton, Chairman, Public Media Incorporated, Chicago, Illinois
 * Beatriz Chu Clewell, Principal Research Associate, The Urban Institute,Washington, D.C.
 * David Hall, Professor of Law, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
 * Larry Irving, President, Irving Information Group, Washington, D.C.
 * Luther Luedtke, President and CEO, Education Development Center, Inc.
 * Bradley Palmer, Managing Partner, Palm Ventures, LLC
 * Linda G. Roberts, National Consultant, (former Director, Office of Educational Technology, U. S. Department of Education)
 * Deborah Wadsworth, Chair, Senior Advisor, Public Agenda
 * Laura Walker, President and CEO, WNYC Radio
 * Gail T. P. Wickes

Trustees Emeriti

 * Edwin D. Campbell, South Dartmouth, Massachusetts
 * Deborah C. P. Wolfe, Jamesburg, New Jersey

Corporate Officers

 * Luther Luedtke, President

Senior Vice Presidents

 * Vivian Guilfoy
 * Michael Laflin
 * Robert A. Rotner
 * Cheryl Vince Whitman

Vice Presidents

 * Nancy Ames
 * Joanne P. Brady
 * Wayne Harvey
 * Margaret Honey
 * Ronald C. Israel
 * Glenn M. Kleiman
 * Judith Opert Sandler
 * Mildred Z. Solomon

Secretary Source Nov 2006
 * Patricia V. Sacco

Private

 * AT&T Foundation
 * The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
 * Ford Foundation
 * Ford Motor Company
 * Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
 * IBM Corporation
 * The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
 * W.K. Kellogg Foundation
 * PBS
 * The Pew Charitable Trusts
 * The Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds

Federal

 * National Endowment for the Humanities
 * National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
 * National Science Foundation
 * U.S. Agency for International Development
 * U.S. Department of Education
 * U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
 * Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 * National Institutes of Health
 * U.S. Department of Justice
 * U.S Department of Labor

Global
Source
 * Asian Development Bank
 * The Open Society Institute
 * UNESCO
 * UNICEF
 * United Nations Development Programme
 * The World Bank
 * The World Health Organization

Contact

 * Education Development Center, Inc.
 * 55 Chapel Street, Newton, Massachusetts 02458-1060, USA
 * Boston - New York - Washington, DC
 * Website: http://main.edc.org/

Related SourceWatch articles

 * USAID
 * Web Junction
 * Shari Stier

External articles

 * Project description, "Preparing Youth for Work (PAS: Prepara Ami Ba Servisu), East Timor," EQUIP3, undated, accessed December 2008.