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As Director of Special Initiatives, Hilary Pennington will lead the new effort focused on one-time opportunities for the foundation to respond to unique challenges and unanticipated events in the United States.
Pennington most recently served as a Senior Fellow at the progressive think tank the Center for American Progress and vice-chair of Jobs for the Future (JFF), a research and policy development organization she co-founded. In her twenty-two years as President and CEO of JFF, Pennington helped the organization become one of the most influential in the country on issues of education, youth transitions, workforce development, and future work requirements. Her experience partnering with states, non-profits, national foundations, and corporations will prove invaluable to the foundation’s work in the United States addressing poverty and access to opportunity.
Pennington is a graduate of the Yale School of Management and Yale College. She holds a graduate degree in Social Anthropology from Oxford University and was a Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in 2000. | 