Aspen Institute

The Aspen Institute

Mission

The organization's mission is found on their website:^[1] The Aspen Institute mission is twofold: to foster values-based leadership, encouraging individuals to reflect on the ideals and ideas that define a good society, and to provide a neutral and balanced venue for discussing and acting on critical issues.

Funding

The following organizations have funded the Aspen Institute:

Christopher Reynolds Foundation, an organization which in 1995, began to financialy support work for U.S. policy with Cuba.^[2]
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation^[3]
Rockefeller Foundation^[4]

Personnel

The following work for the Institute:^[5]

Leadership

Walter Isaacson, President and CEO
Elliot Gerson, Executive Vice President of Policy and Public Programs, International Partnerships
Amy Margerum, Executive Vice President Operations, Corporate Secretary
Peter Reiling, Executive Vice President, Leadership and Seminar Programs
Susan Sherwin, Executive Vice President of Development

Board of Trustees

References

↑ Aspen Institute website: Mission (accessed on October 11, 2010)
↑ Sponsorship
↑ Discover the Networks: JOHN D. AND CATHERINE T. MACARTHUR FOUNDATION (accessed Oct. 11, 2010)
↑ Discover the Networks: ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND (accessed Oct. 11, 2010)
↑ Aspen Institute website: Leadership (accessed on October 11, 2010)

[1] Aspen Institute website: Mission (accessed on October 11, 2010)

[2] Sponsorship

[3] Discover the Networks: JOHN D. AND CATHERINE T. MACARTHUR FOUNDATION (accessed Oct. 11, 2010)

[4] Discover the Networks: ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND (accessed Oct. 11, 2010)

[5] Aspen Institute website: Leadership (accessed on October 11, 2010)

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