2016 ANNUAL REPORT

SUPPORT FOR BROOKINGS
BROOKINGS WELCOMES
SIX NEW TRUSTEES
PHOTO: PAUL MORIGI
Co-Chair of the Board
David Rubenstein
Brookings elected six new Trustees to the Board
in 2016, joining a distinguished group of business,
community, and academic leaders who help govern
the affairs of the Institution. The Board, which
meets three times annually, reviews Brookings's
administration and finances, and safeguards the
independence of the Institution’s work. Brookings
warmly welcomes its newest members to the Board
of Trustees.
to engage with stakeholders, framing
the public debate over policy issues,
and developing pragmatic, effective
solutions. The many donors who
have contributed to the Campaign
are vital parts of the Brookings
family and the Institution is grateful
for their engagement and support.
Major Support for Brookings
2.0 and Foreign Policy
The Carnegie Corporation of New
York was one of Brookings’s first
donors, pledging $1.65 million
over 10 years in 1922 to establish
the Institute of Economics, which
eventually merged with the Institute
for Government Research and
the Robert S. Brookings Graduate
School to become today’s Brookings
Institution. Over the following
decades, the Carnegie Corporation
has generously supported work
across the Institution, with a
particular interest in work on foreign
policy, democracy, elections and
government, and the economy.
In 2016, Carnegie made a major
investment toward the goals of the
Brookings 2.0 strategic plan with
a gift to the President’s Special
Initiatives Fund. These flexible
resources will enable Brookings to
implement Brookings 2.0, making
for a stronger, more sustainable
Institution over the long term.
Carnegie also made a new investment
in the Foreign Policy program,
renewing support for work across
the full range of international challenges
facing policymakers, along
with a grant to the Governance
Studies program in support of
research and analysis to support
an efficient and effective transition
at the Department of Homeland
Security ahead of the 2017 presidential
inauguration.
Responding to the Challenges
and Promise of Global
Urbanization
Trustee Steve Denning and his wife
Roberta made a gift to Brookings
through the Sage Foundation to
support the work of Bruce Katz as
the inaugural Centennial Scholar at
Brookings. In this capacity, Katz is
working across programs and with
counterparts outside of Brookings to
bring a breadth of skills and expertise
to the many issues that face leaders
at all levels of government. As they
grapple with global trends that
reflect increasing numbers of people
living in cities and the devolution
of responsibility from national
governments, local policymakers are
looking for new models of finance
and sources of economic growth.
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Susan Crown
Chairman and Founder
The Susan Crown Exchange
Chairman and CEO
Owl Creek Partners
Feng Deng
Founder
Northern Light Venture Capital
Helene D. Gayle
Chief Executive Officer
McKinsey Social Initiative
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Sara Grootwassink Lewis
Chief Executive Officer
Lewis Corporate Advisors, LLC
Laxman Narasimhan
Chief Executive Officer
PepsiCo Latin America
David B. Weinberg
Chairman & CEO
Judd Enterprises
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