1. Jane Wales was born on 1948 and is an American non-profit executive and former US government official who has served on the boards of directors of and founded many institutions.
12 Facts About Jane Wales
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Jane Wales is a Vice President of the Aspen Institute, and was the CEO of the World Affairs Council of Northern California for 20 years before resigning in 2019.
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Jane Wales was the founder and CEO of the Global Philanthropy Forum, Jane Wales helped found the African Philanthropy Forum and the Brazilian Philanthropy Forum, and was the initial Executive Director of the Elders.
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Jane Wales's articles have appeared in The Guardian, the Stanford Social Science Review, Aspen Ideas Magazine and other publications.
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Jane Wales is frequently interviewed on national security and economic development issues on television and public radio.
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Jane Wales was born in New York City, and raised in Boston, upstate New York, and the US Virgin Islands.
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Jane Wales graduated from the Emma Willard School and Sarah Lawrence College.
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Jane Wales received her certificat from the Sorbonne in Paris.
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Jane Wales's parents were the late Wellington Wales, an editorial writer at the New York Times, and the late Helen Woolsey Wales, a literature professor.
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From 1993 to 1996, Jane Wales served in the Clinton Administration as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director of the National Security Council.
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Jane Wales served concurrently in a Senate-confirmed position as Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
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Jane Wales has interviewed technology entrepreneurs, including Larry Page and Sergey Brin of Google; Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook; Reid Hoffman of LinkedIn; and Andy Grove of Intel.