Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy hosts the third Big Ideas, Big Gifts, Big Impact: A Conversation with Today's Philanthropists.
Susan A. Buffett (Chairman of Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation) and David Rockefeller, Jr. (Trustee of the Rockefeller Foundation) discuss the importance of giving as well as the causes they are most passionate about.
Bio
Susan Buffett
Susan A. Buffett is Chairman of The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation and The Sherwood Foundation. The Sherwood Foundation focuses on several areas including early childhood education for low-income families. The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation works globally on women's health issues and nuclear disarmament. Susie also serves on several nonprofit boards including D.A.T.A. (Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa), Girls Inc. and the Ounce of Prevention Fund.
Fred P. Hochberg
Fred P. Hochberg is the dean of Milano at The New School for Management and Urban Policy.
Hochberg has more than twenty-five years of experience in business, government, civil rights activities, and philanthropy. From 1998 through 2000, he served as deputy and then acting administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), an agency elevated to cabinet rank by President Bill Clinton, with more than 4,000 employees and 100 offices across the country.
At the SBA, he directed the delivery of a comprehensive set of financial and business development programs for entrepreneurs, with particular outreach to women and minorities. He also served on President Clinton's Management Council.
David Rockefeller Jr.
David Rockefeller, Jr. is trustee of The Rockefeller Foundation and The Museum of Modern Art. Mr. Rockfeller has been an active participant in the areas of environment, philanthropy, arts and public education.
Mr. Rockefeller is an advisor and former vice chair of the Alaska Conservation Foundation, and founder of Alaska Fund for the Future, an organization dedicated to preserving the Alaskan natural environment. Mr. Rockefeller is also a trustee of the Asian Cultural Council, a founding trustee of The Cantata Singers in Boston, and member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
His former foundation affiliations have included service as trustee and chairman of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, president of the Rockefeller Family Fund, and trustee of the Boston Foundation.