标题: 安-亚伯拉罕森 社区发展领袖 [打印本页] 作者: shiyi18 时间: 2022-3-4 01:49 标题: 安-亚伯拉罕森 社区发展领袖 oan Abrahamson
Community Development Leader | Class of 1985
Title
Community Development Leader
Location
Los Angeles, California
Age
34 at time of award
Area of Focus
Civil Society and Community Organizing
Published July 1, 1985
ABOUT JOAN'S WORK
Joan Abrahamson is a lawyer, an artist, and a catalyst for community action.
Abrahamson is founder and president of the Jefferson Institute, a public policy institute that seeks to implement solutions to social concerns in the areas of the future of cities, international security, international economics, health, and creativity. She has also chaired the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy.
BIOGRAPHY
Abrahamson was responsible for converting an abandoned army base in San Francisco to the Fort Mason Center, a community arts and learning center. She served as a White House Fellow and as special assistant and associate counsel for Vice Presidents Walter Mondale and George H. W. Bush, and then as the latter’s assistant chief of staff. Prior to this, she worked at the United Nations’ Human Rights Commission and at UNESCO’s Division of Human Rights and Peace. Since 1995, she has served as president of the Jonas Salk Foundation.
Abrahamson received a B.A. (1972) from Yale University, M.A. (1973) from Stanford University, Ph.D. (1977) from Harvard University, and J.D. (1980) from the University of California, Berkeley.