UN Foundation, NCRP, others announce changes to boards and leadership

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/nba.30673
• Date: 01 November 2019
• Published date: 01 November 2019

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estimates of services to resource ratios and messaging

for redirecting or rejecting support, the group said. In

addition to many of the skills noted above, this would

make use of employees versed in supply-chain manage-

ment, accounting, messaging and communications.

That’s not to say that companies should cut down

on their cash donations to help with relief and re-

sponse efforts, Holly said.

“Cash is still king when it comes to immediate

needs,” she said. “But the metrics on this are super

clear: Helping communities prepare in advance is a

much more efcient use of resources.”

Along with a refocusing of resources on the pre-

paredness and resiliency aspect of disaster philan-

thropy, Common Impact suggests companies take a

deep dive to identify what particular risks their local

communities are likely to face, and be proactive in

developing partnerships with nonprots that will be

critical in response efforts. And while that may often

be local afliates of national humanitarian groups

like the Red Cross or United Way, it is just as likely to

be local food pantries, homeless shelters and mental

health counselors who help individuals deal with the

stressful aftermath of a disaster.

Holly noted that measuring the impact of skills-

based volunteerism might seem a little trickier than

doing the same for cash and product donations.

Thankfully, the Common Impact report offers a

framework that lays out the critical outputs, outcomes

and ultimate impacts of skills-based volunteerism

on the community, the business, consumers and

employees.

For more information, the white paper—Disaster

Response: From Relief to Resiliency—can be accessed

online via the Common Impact website at https://

commonimpact.org. ■

UN Foundation, NCRP, others announce changes to boards and

leadership

Several charities, foundations and related philan-

thropic organizations have made changes to their

boards of directors and/or executive leadership

teams over the past few months, with some of the

changes coinciding with a broader restructuring and

change in the organization’s programmatic focus.

Here are a few of the most notable recent develop-

ments from across the sector:

• The National Committee for Responsive

Philanthropy elected Michael E. Roberts of First

Nations Development Institute to a three-year term

on its board of directors.

In addition, in order to better position the NCRP

to achieve its goals in the coming years, the organi-

zation also made changes to its stafng structure.

Three new positions were created, including a chief

operating ofcer, a director of strategic communica-

tions and a senior associate position that will focus

on expanding the NCRP’s relationships with social

justice movement groups, the NCRP said.

• World Affairs has appointed Philip Yun as

president and chief executive ofcer. Yun will suc-

ceed Jane Wales, who stepped down after 21 years

as CEO to become vice president at the Aspen

Institute.

Until recently, Yun was executive director and

chief operating ofcer of the Ploughshares Fund.

Prior to joining the Ploughshares Fund, he was a

vice president at the Asia Foundation, a Pantech

Scholar in Korean Studies at the Shorenstein Asia

Pacic Research Center at Stanford University and

a vice president at the private equity rm of H&Q

Asia Pacic.

• The Burroughs Wellcome Fund has appointed

Louis J. Muglia, M.D., Ph.D., as its new president,

starting in January 2020.

Dr. Muglia—a renowned physician-scientist—is

currently the vice chair for research at Cincinnati

Children’s Hospital Medical Center. He is also di-

rector of the hospital’s Center for Prevention of

Preterm Birth and has been actively involved in the

Burroughs Wellcome Fund’s Reproductive Science

funding area, serving on and chairing the advisory

committee for the Preterm Birth Initiative.

• The United Nations Foundation has appointed

Elizabeth Cousens as its next president and chief

executive ofcer, effective Jan. 1, 2020. Cousens, a

distinguished leader and highly respected cham-

pion of sustainable development and multilateral

cooperation, has served as the foundation’s deputy

CEO since 2015.

Cousens previously served as the U.S. representa-

tive to the UN Economic and Social Council and

as an alternate representative to the UN General

Assembly, where she shepherded U.S. policy ef-

forts on the post-2015 development agenda and led

U.S. negotiations on the Sustainable Development

Goals. ■