Robert Curvin

Robert Curvin former Vice President of Communications for the Ford Foundation was replaced by Alex Wilde in 2000. "Curvin, a former member of the Editorial Board of the New York Times, joined the Foundation in 1988 to head the Foundation’s Urban Poverty Program. In 1996, he was tapped to fill a new vice president’s position created to place a stronger emphasis on communications." 


 * Former Director, Rand Corporation

Employment

 * 2000 - 2003 President, Greentree Foundation
 * 1996 - 2000  Vice President, Communications, The Ford Foundation
 * 1988 - 1996  Director, Urban Poverty Program, The Ford Foundation
 * 1984 - 1988  Dean, Graduate School of Management and Urban Professions, The New School for Social Research
 * 1978 - 1983  Member of the Editorial Board, The New York Times
 * 1974 - 1978  Associate Professor, Political Science, Brooklyn College
 * 1968 - 1970  Community Development Specialist, Rutgers University
 * 1966 - 1968  Director, Rutgers Community Action Training Program
 * 1965 - 1966  Director, Harlem Leadership Training Institute, New York
 * 1960 - 1965  Caseworker and Supervisor, Essex County Welfare Board

Fellowships

 * 1976 - 1977 Ford Foundation Travel Study
 * 1971 - 1973 Wallace Eljabar Fellowship (studies in New Jersey) Princeton University

Other Professional Activities

 * 1973 - 1977 Research Associate, Brookings Institution
 * 1970 - 1973  Consultant to National Affairs Division of the Ford Foundation

Activities

 * 1978 - Trustee, The Victoria Foundation
 * 2000 - Trustee, Fund for the City of New York
 * 2000 - Trustee, Humanity In Action
 * 1999 - Trustee, Beth Israel Hospital
 * 1999 - Trustee, [New Jersey Institute for Social Justice]]
 * 2000 - Trustee, Center for Health Care Strategies
 * 2001 - Trustee, RAND Corporation

Former Activities
Source
 * 1977 - 1981 Trustee, Princeton University
 * 1987 - 1997 Member, National Academy of Public Administration
 * 1986 - 1991 Director, The Revson Foundation
 * 1979 - 1997 Member of Advisory Committee, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
 * 1986 - 1988 Director, Broad National Bank