Daily Archives: 02/27/2009

Mark Kramer

(Community Matters) Prof. Mark Kramer, the keynote for today’s CSR conference arrived yesterday and spoke at a reception hosted by my dear friend Ken Gladish and the Austin Community Foundation. Amanda, Marion and I also had dinner with Mark. 

A former venture capitalist, an attorney and a Senior Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School, Mark collaborates with Professor Michael Porter in research and writing on philanthropy and corporate social responsibility.  We spent a lot of time talking about effective philanthropy, trends among community foundations, pricing at community foundations and the social venture philanthropy.

Superintendent Meria Carstarphen

(Community Matters) I met the new AISD Superintendent finalist briefly yesterday.  She is certainly being received enthusiastically – much buzz about her success in St. Paul/Minneapolis.