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Markle President Beth Cobert Announces Departure from Foundation; Board Announces Interim Leader

After seven years of exceptional leadership at the Markle Foundation, President Beth Cobert has informed the Board of Directors that she intends to leave the Foundation on February 9, 2024. The Board has announced that it has begun its search for a new President, and that Ellen V. Futter, former President of the American Museum of Natural History and of Barnard College, will serve as Markle’s Interim President.

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Skills-First Talent Movement Receives Major Boost as Rework America Alliance Transitions to National Nonprofit Jobs for the Future

Jobs for the Future (JFF), a national nonprofit that drives transformation of the U.S. education and workforce systems, and the Markle Foundation, which works to improve the economic security, national security, and health of all Americans, announced plans to transfer one of the foundation’s marquee initiatives, the Rework America Alliance, to JFF.

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March 16, 2010

Broad Collaboration Agrees on Priorities for ‘Meaningful Use’ Success

WASHINGTON, DC—The success of the new federal incentives program for health information technology (IT) will depend on a specific set of health improvement goals, a…

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March 3, 2010

AMA & Markle Foundation Present PHR Survey Research at HIMSS

ATLANTA, GA—The American Medical Association (AMA) and the Markle Foundation joined together to conduct coordinated surveys that examine physician and patient views of electronic personal health records…

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October 5, 2009

Slade Gorton Joins Markle Board of Directors

NEW YORK, NY—Following its Board of Directors meeting on Tuesday, September 29, 2009, the Markle Foundation announced that Slade Gorton, former United States Senator from…

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July 29, 2009

Markle Task Force Member to Testify on Information Sharing with Recommendations to Strengthen National Security, Protect Privacy

WASHINGTON, DC—Jeffrey Smith, an expert on information sharing and a Member of the Markle Task Force on National Security in the Information Age, will testify…

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July 15, 2009

Health Information Technology and Health Care Reform Must Be Well-Aligned To Improve Health and Lower Costs

WASHINGTON, DC—Dramatic improvements in health and reductions in cost growth are achievable if efforts to boost health information technology (IT) are aligned with broader health…

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June 25, 2009

Broad Coalition Says Consumer Role Is Key to Improving Health and Health Care

NEW YORK, NY—The future of health care should encourage expanded use of information tools to help consumers better manage their health, 56 diverse organizations said…

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April 30, 2009

Meaningful Investment of $19 Billion on Health Information Technology

WASHINGTON, DC—Today the Markle Foundation hosts a forum to discuss the $19 billion allocated to investments in health information technology (IT) under the American Recovery and…

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April 27, 2009

Markle Special Collection of Policy Publications Now Available at PolicyArchive.org

NEW YORK, NY—The Markle Foundation today announces the launch of the Markle Special Collection of public policy research documents at the PolicyArchive, a project of…

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April 23, 2009

PolicyArchive Launches New Online Portal for National Security and Health Research Papers

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (PR Newswire)–PolicyArchive.org, the leading digital library of public policy research developed by the Center for Governmental Studies (CGS) and IUPUI University Library,…

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