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1. 1. Independent Sector | About IS -- Board Biographies

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   Published on: 8/25/2008   Last Visited: 8/25/2008

   J.D. Hokoyama | Gary L. Yates | Luz A. Vega-Marquis | Ellen Alberding | Stephanie Bell-Rose | Susan V. Berresford | Barry D. Gaberman | Kevin Klose | Marguerite Kondracke | Stanley S. Litow | Janet Murguía | Andrew D. Plepler | Edward Skloot | Lorie A. Slutsky | Father Larry Snyder | Kelvin H. Taketa | William E. Trueheart | Paula Van Ness | Arturo Vargas | Judy Vredenburgh | William S. White | Ruth A. Wooden
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   William E. Trueheart is the former president and chief executive officer of the Pittsburgh Foundation.He was previously president of Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. and the first African-American president of Bryant College in Rhode Island.He had earlier served as Bryant's executive vice president and as a member of the college's board of trustees.While working at Harvard University, he held subsequent appointments as associate secretary of the university in the Office of Governing Boards, and as assistant dean and director of the Master in Public Administration program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

2. 2. Commonfund: About: Governance: Board of Trustees

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   Published on: 7/15/2008   Last Visited: 7/15/2008

   Dr. William E. Trueheart
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   Dr. William E. Trueheart, served as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Pittsburgh Foundation for six years until October, 2007.Before joining The Pittsburgh Foundation, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Reading Is Fundamental, Inc.Prior to that, he was President of Bryant University (formerly Bryant College) in Rhode Island.He also served Bryant University as Executive Vice President and a member of its Board of Trustees.He was Associate Secretary of Harvard University in its Office of Governing Boards and Assistant Dean and Director of the Master in Public Administration Program at the Harvard Kennedy School.After serving Bryant University for ten years, Dr. Trueheart returned to Harvard as a Visiting Scholar.At the University of Connecticut, he served as the Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Assistant to the President, and American Council on Education Fellow.He currently serves as Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of Independent Sector, and on the Boards of the Commonfund, the University of Pittsburgh, the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, the Johnson and Wales Corporation, and Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield.He is a member of the National Panel on the Nonprofit Sector, and is a member of the Advisory Board for the Commonfund Benchmarks Study of Foundations.He has serviced as the co-chair of the Pittsburgh Mayor's Commission on Public Education, the chairman of the Rhode Island Independent Higher Education Association, the vice chairman of the National Council of Presidents of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, and on the Visiting Committee of the Harvard Kennedy School.Past board directorships include Fleet National Bank, Fleet National Bank Southern New England Banking Group, Narragansett Electric Company, New England Education Loan Marketing Corporation, the Rhode Island Public Education Fund, National Education Fund Network, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, the Rhode Island Children's Crusade, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and the AICPA Foundation.He earned his BA in political science and economics at the University of Connecticut, his MPA at the Harvard Kennedy School, and his EdD at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

3. 3. William E. Trueheart — Panel on the Nonprofit Sector

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   Published on: 8/28/2008   Last Visited: 8/28/2008

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   William E. TrueheartWilliam E. Trueheart is a Panel member.
   
   William E. Trueheart is president and chief executive officer of the Pittsburgh Foundation, which since 1945 has worked to improve the quality of life in its region by addressing community issues, promoting charitable giving, and connecting donors to critical needs.Dr. Trueheart has had a richly varied career with nonprofit organizations, including work at several major universities.After many years at the University of Connecticut, including as a Dean, he moved to Harvard University, where he was associate secretary of the university and assistant dean and director of the Master in Public Administration program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government.He then moved to Bryant College in Rhode Island, serving as executive vice-president before becoming the school's first African-American president.Immediately before his current position, he served as president of Reading Is Fundamental, Inc.Dr. Trueheart has consulted with the National Park Service, the Ford Foundation, the Lilly Endowment, and the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation.He has extensive experience on the boards of local and national nonprofits: he is chair of Independent Sector, and he was previously chair of the Rhode Island Independent Higher Education Association, vice chair of the National Council of Presidents for the Association of Governing Boards, and a director of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.He earned his B.A. from the University of Connecticut, his M.P.A. from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, and his Ed.D. from the Graduate School of Education at Harvard.