Kathryn S. Fuller
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Kathryn S. Fuller is the Chair of the non-profit charity, the Ford Foundation
, an occupation she has held since May, 2004.
Fuller graduated from Pembroke College (Brown University)
in Providence, RI in 1968, and from the University of Texas School of Law
in Austin, TX in 1976. She was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the World Wildlife Fund U.S., one of the world's largest nature conservation organizations. She was in that position from 1989 until July, 2005.
She had various responsibilities within World Wildlife Fund and The Conservation Foundation from 1982 to 1989, including executive vice president, general counsel and director of public policy and wildlife trade monitoring programs.
Earlier, she held several positions in the U.S. Department of Justice, culminating as Chief, Wildlife and Marine Resources Section, in 1981 and 1982. At the department, Ms. Fuller worked as an attorney in the office of Legal Counsel, where she prepared Attorney General opinions and provided advice to the President and Executive agencies on constitutional and federal statutory questions.
Other directorships: member of the board of trustees of the Brown University
Corporation, Fondo Mexicano para la Conservacion de la Naturalez, Mexico's nature conservation trust fund, Resources for the Future
, board member of Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences
at Duke University, Alcoa
(Governance and Nominating Committee, Public Issues Committee).
Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation is a private foundation incorporated in Michigan and based in New York City created to fund programs that were chartered in 1936 by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford....
, an occupation she has held since May, 2004.
Fuller graduated from Pembroke College (Brown University)
Pembroke College (Brown University)
Pembroke College in Brown University was the coordinate women's college for Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1891 and closed in 1971.-Founding and early history:...
in Providence, RI in 1968, and from the University of Texas School of Law
University of Texas School of Law
The University of Texas School of Law, also known as UT Law, is an ABA-certified American law school located on the University of Texas at Austin campus. The law school has been in operation since the founding of the University in 1883. It was one of only two schools at the University when it was...
in Austin, TX in 1976. She was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the World Wildlife Fund U.S., one of the world's largest nature conservation organizations. She was in that position from 1989 until July, 2005.
She had various responsibilities within World Wildlife Fund and The Conservation Foundation from 1982 to 1989, including executive vice president, general counsel and director of public policy and wildlife trade monitoring programs.
Earlier, she held several positions in the U.S. Department of Justice, culminating as Chief, Wildlife and Marine Resources Section, in 1981 and 1982. At the department, Ms. Fuller worked as an attorney in the office of Legal Counsel, where she prepared Attorney General opinions and provided advice to the President and Executive agencies on constitutional and federal statutory questions.
Other directorships: member of the board of trustees of the Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
Corporation, Fondo Mexicano para la Conservacion de la Naturalez, Mexico's nature conservation trust fund, Resources for the Future
Resources for the Future
Resources for the Future is a nonprofit organization that conducts independent research into environmental, energy, and natural resource issues, primarily via economics and other social sciences. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., RFF performs research around the world...
, board member of Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences
Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences
The Nicholas School of the Environment is one of ten graduate and professional schools at Duke University. The Levine Science Research Center is home to the vast majority of its programs, while a secondary facility is maintained in the coastal town of Beaufort, North Carolina...
at Duke University, Alcoa
Alcoa
Alcoa Inc. is the world's third largest producer of aluminum, behind Rio Tinto Alcan and Rusal. From its operational headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Alcoa conducts operations in 31 countries...
(Governance and Nominating Committee, Public Issues Committee).