Institute for the Future

The Institute for the Future (IFTF) was founded in 1968 by a group of former RAND Corporation researchers "with a grant from the Ford Foundation and active interest and support from the following notable organizations: The RAND Corporation, The Russell Sage Foundation, The Eugene and Agnes Meyer Foundation, and The Conference Board". 

Their website notes that they focus "on emerging trends and discontinuities that will transform the global marketplace." 

Personnel
Other staff
 * Paul Saffo
 * Marina Gorbis - Executive Director

Trustees
Accessed March 2013:


 * Aron Cramer, Karen Edwards, Debra Engel, Rod Falcon, Marina Gorbis, Jean Hagan, Sandra Hernandez, Michael Kleeman, Kim Lawrence, Ellen Marram, Lawrence Wilkinson

Trustees (2007)
Source
 * Dr. William P. Fuller, Chairman of the Board - Vice Chair & Director, ChinaVest, San Francisco, California
 * Wolfgang C. Berndt - Former President, Global Fabric and Home Care, Former President, Europe, Procter & Gamble Europe B.V.B.A., Belgium
 * Aron Cramer - President & CEO, Business for Social Responsibility, San Francisco, California
 * Karen Edwards - Former Chief Marketing Officer, Yahoo!
 * Debra Engel - Former Senior Vice President for Corporate Services, 3Com
 * Marina Gorbis - Executive Director, Institute for the Future
 * Dr. Robert Johansen - IFTF Distinguished Fellow, Institute for the Future
 * Ellen Marram - President, The Barnegat Group, LLC
 * Robert I. Sutton - Professor of Management Science & Engineering, School of Engineering, Stanford University
 * Dr. Kathi Vian - Research Director, Institute for the Future
 * Lawrence Wilkinson - Chairman, Heminge & Condell, San Francisco, California

Advisory Council
Accessed March 2013:


 * Eric Benhamou, Gina Bianchini, Cory Doctorow, Ken Goldberg, Nancy Chen, Joi Ito, Kati London, Jane McGonigal, Wallace J. Nichols, Paul Radu, Tiffany Shlain, Larry Smarr, Scott Snibbe, Jim Spohrer, Kelly Traver, Kevin Werbach

Contact details
Institute for the Future 124 University Avenue, 2nd Floor Palo Alto, California 94301 Phone: 650-854-6322 Fax: 650-854-7850 Email: info AT iftf.org Web: http://www.iftf.org/ Weblog: http://blogger.iftf.org/Future/

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