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Katherine Casey, Education Pioneers -
Matt Finick -
Randy Goldstein -
Kate Kennedy, Bank of America Merrill Lynch -
James Lee, BizWorld Foundation -
Doug Mandell, Mandell Law Group, PC -
Tanya Marston, The San Francisco Foundation - Aaron McDaniel, AT&T -
Dee Dee Nguyen, Marin Community Foundation -
Jane Penner, Google, Inc. -
Joe Ross, Cisco Systems, Inc. -
Ritu Sharma -
Heidi Sieck, City and County of San Francisco -
Jacob Stiglitz, Strive for College Collaborative -
Elizabeth Teasdale, Marin Country Day School -
Vien Truong, Green For All -
Derrick Wong, AT&T
(since April 1, 2010)
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 I’m proud that our partnership developed the new UC Berkeley Economics of Philanthropy course, based on Full Circle Fund's model. Together, we’re guiding the next generation of philanthropists to embrace strategic grantmaking.
Dr. Nora Silver
Director, The Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership, University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business
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Ella Baker Center Green Jobs Toolkit Launches, Goes Nationwide
 As communities across the nation strive to recover economically, they are increasingly seeking guidance on how to create green job training programs. While the green economy has tremendous potential to positively transform communities, sustain the environment and lift the quality of all our lives, it won’t happen by chance.
Until now, green collar job training best practices were not consolidated in one easily accessible place. We are excited to announce that this is no longer the case, since in Spring 2010, the Ella Baker Center, Full Circle Fund, and Oakland Apollo Alliance officially launched Making Green Work, a guidebook of best practices and case studies on green workforce development.
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Full Circle Fund Leverages Social Business Software to Push Engaged Philanthropy Field
 With a growing network of more than 180 Members, 44 current and former grantees, plus staff, and board, Full Circle Fund has increased its size and scope each year. Yet, members and key stakeholders realized that as the organization grew, there was an increased need for a more universal and convenient way to share information, manage knowledge, and communicate. This spring, after months of research, testing, and feedback, Full Circle Fund launched a new Member Platform, via a partnership with Jive Social Business Software. With the new Jive platform, members, staff, and grant project teams will be able to network, collaborate, and engage in a way more efficient than ever before. Members will have information about their project, their Circle, other members, and issues in the field, at their fingertips.
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Five New Grant Projects Bring Opportunities for Impact and Engagement
 After a significant period of of issue-area exploration, inquiry, and research known as the Grant Cycle, both the Environment / Energy Circle and the Education Circle members have selected five compelling grantee organizations for 2010. The new grant projects are with Beyond 12, UC Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry, Green Schools Initiative, and Rising Sun Energy Center. Additionally, the Environment/Energy Circle will continue to partner with Imagine H2O.
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San Francisco Business Times "Forever Influential Honor Roll" Inducts Amy Lesnick
 At an awards dinner in May, the San Francisco Business Times officially inducted Amy Lesnick, Full Circle Fund’s Executive Director/CEO, into its “Forever Influential Honor Roll,” a first-class index of outstanding women leaders who have made sustained and widespread contributions to the Bay Area business community. This is the third year Amy has been honored, having been named a member of the Bay Area’s Most Influential Women in Business in both 2008 and 2009.
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AT&T
 AT&T currently holds the title of #1 Corporate Philanthropist in the Bay Area as ranked last year by the San Francisco Business Times. It’s clear the company takes seriously the responsibilities of being a good corporate citizen, developing and retaining great talent, and consistently investing in areas that will help strengthen communities. So it’s also a natural fit that the company has became one of Full Circle Fund’s newest corporate partners. AT&T’s commitment to citizenship and sustainability is not new, however; it has been a part of the company’s heritage for more than 130 years.
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SIRUM
 Every year 18 million patients visit an estimated 7,000 free clinics in the U.S. to receive healthcare. These clinics face a hard choice. A clinic can either spend a large portion of its budget on medicine and medical supplies or refer its patients elsewhere for treatment. Some clinics are able to procure medical donations but they are often inconsistent and time-consuming. Meanwhile, billions of dollars of usable medicine and medical supplies go to waste every year due to logistical challenges. That’s where the Global Economic Opportunity Circle’s Grantee, SIRUM (Supporting Initiatives to Redistribute Unused Medicine) steps in.
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