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The Aspen Institute is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1949 as the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies. [2] It is headquartered in Washington, D.C. , but also has a campus in Aspen, Colorado , its original home.
Corby Kummer is executive director of Food & Society at the Aspen Institute, a senior editor of The Atlantic, and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science. Kummer is the author of The Joy of Coffee and The Pleasures of Slow Food , the first book in English on the Slow Food movement , He has been called "a dean among ...
4 Arts and humanities. 5 See also. ... Aspen Institute; Atlantic Council; ... World Resources Institute; Environment, science and technology
Gerson is the executive vice president of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan organization based in Washington, D.C. He is responsible for its Policy Programs and International Partners. [ 2 ] He was also the American Secretary to the Rhodes Trust for 25 years, responsible for the Rhodes Scholarships in the United States, and continues to serve ...
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Highlights of Porterfield’s tenure include: the 2024 creation of the Institute’s Center for Rising Generations, which develops the leadership of youth and young adults, powered by a $185.7 million endowment gift from the Bezos Family Foundation; the revitalization of the Institute’s Aspen Meadows campus in Colorado, including a full hotel ...
Mercedes Bass (nee Tavakoli, born 1944) is an Iranian-American philanthropist and socialite active in New York City, Aspen, Colorado and Fort Worth, Texas. She has supported the Metropolitan Opera , and is a trustee of the Aspen Institute and the American Academy in Rome .
On June 24 and 25, 2013, the project hosted the 21st Century National Service Summit in Aspen, Colorado, as a lead-in event to the Aspen Ideas Festival.The summit sought to "present bold new ideas to make national service a common expectation and opportunity for all young Americans" and inspire participants to "make specific commitments to fulfill the vision of the Franklin Project."