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Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg joins Ford Foundation as a senior fellow

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
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NEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Ford Foundation announced that Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg, PhD will join the organization as a senior fellow. Kamau-Rutenberg is an activist and academic known for her extensive work on women's leadership. During her fellowship, she will leverage her decades of experience supporting women's empowerment to scale Black Women in Executive Leadership (B-WEL), a global initiative focused on improving the numbers, experiences, and impact of Black women in senior and executive leadership across sectors. She will also work closely with Ford's Director for Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice International, the BUILD team, and Ford's fellowship team to inform the foundation's intersectional work to advance social justice.

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  • NEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Ford Foundation announced that Dr. Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg, PhD will join the organization as a senior fellow.
  • "Long inspired by the Ford Foundation's vision, and with deep admiration for this team of grantmakers and thought leaders, I am thrilled to be joining the foundation as a Senior Fellow.
  • Before founding B-WEL, Wanjiru Kamau-Rutenberg served as the inaugural director of the Rise Program, a joint initiative of Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust.
  • She also sits on the Board of the Autodesk Foundation, Syngenta Foundation, Landesa, the Global Food Banking Network, and the council of Co-Impact's Gender Fund & the African Climate Foundation.

Premera Appoints Wilma Wallace to Board of Directors; Latest Move in Company’s Push to Broaden Leadership Perspectives

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Thursday, March 3, 2022
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Wallace will replace Connie Collingsworth, Chief Operating Officer for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, whose term expires later this year.

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  • Wallace will replace Connie Collingsworth, Chief Operating Officer for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, whose term expires later this year.
  • Were thrilled to welcome Wilma to the Board, said Jack Heath, Chair of the Premera Board.
  • Since joining the Board in 2013, Connies strong leadership and legal prowess have been instrumental in shaping Premeras success, Heath added.
  • The Premera Board not only recognizes this but is also putting in the work needed to start making meaningful improvements, Wallace said.