The Global Philanthropy Forum presents Scaling the Message: Social Entrepreneurs Leveraging the Media with Susan King (Moderator) and panelists Sally Osberg, Peter Gabriel and John Podesta.
Bio
Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel has earned a worldwide reputation for his innovative work as a musician, writer, and video producer. In 1975, he started his solo career after leaving the band he co-founded, Genesis. He went on to release eleven albums. In 1986, he won the first of his four Grammys with his album So.
In 1980, Peter Gabriel co-founded WOMAD (World of Music Arts and Dance), bringing together traditional and modern music, arts, and dance from every corner of the globe. In 1987, he established Real World Studios, which later became the base for Real World Records, a label dedicated to recording and promoting a wide range of different artists from around the world.
Peter is deeply committed to human rights. His involvement in benefit concerts for Amnesty International and the anti-apartheid movement has greatly assisted human rights efforts worldwide. He brought increased awareness to racism in South Africa when he wrote and performed 'Biki,' a tribute to Steven Biko.
After conversations with frontline activists around the world while on the road with the Amnesty/Reebok Human Rights Now! Tour in 1989, Peter recognized the need to supply those who seek to defend rights with the technology to be able to do so. This resulted in co-founding the organization WITNESS, a pioneer in the use of video and technology to fight for human rights.
Susan Robinson King
Susan Robinson King is vice president, external affairs, director of Journalism Initiative, Special initiatives and Strategy. She is responsible for the Corporation's relations with outside groups and devising strategies to ensure the Corporation's work has an impact on society. She oversees the Corporation's communications including its publications, web site and media and dissemination grant program. She leads the Corporation's Journalism Initiative, begun in 2005, which focuses on university based journalism education, its role in America's research universities, in preparing the next generation of media leaders and its commitment to strengthening journalism's seminal position in a democratic society. She spent twenty years as a journalist covering national and international issues and before joining the foundation served as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the Department of Labor.
Sally Osberg
As CEO and President of the Skoll Foundation, Sally Osberg leads the organization's team in advancing systemic change to benefit communities around the world by investing in, connecting and celebrating social entrepreneurs.
A leader in the social sector for more than 20 years, she was formerly Executive Director of the Children's Discovery Museum (CDM) of San Jose, which she guided from its inception to national recognition. She sits on the boards of CDM, the John Gardner Center and the Oracle Education Foundation.
Ms. Osberg earned her M.A. in literature from the Claremont Graduate School and her B.A. in English from Scripps College, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. The American Leadership Forum has awarded her the John Gardner Leadership Award, and the San Jose Mercury News has recognized her as one of the individuals who have shaped and led Silicon Valley.
John Podesta
John Podesta is the president and CEO of the Center for American Progress and visiting professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center.
Podesta served as chief of staff to President William J. Clinton from October 1998 until January 2001 and was at that time responsible for directing, managing, and overseeing all policy development, daily operations, Congressional relations, and staff activities of the White House.
He coordinated the work of cabinet agencies with a particular emphasis on the development of federal budget and tax policy and served in the President's Cabinet and as a principal on the National Security Council.
Podesta has also held a number of positions on Capitol Hill, including counselor to Democratic Leader Senator Thomas A. Daschle; chief counsel for the Senate Agriculture Committee; chief minority counsel for the Senate Judiciary Subcommittees on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks Security and Terrorism and Regulatory Reform; and counsel on the Majority Staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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