New York, New York, United States
Doug Bauer is Executive Director of The Clark Foundation which focuses on helping individuals lead independent and productive lives and supports nonprofits and programs in New York City and Cooperstown, NY. Doug Bauer is also executive director of The Scriven and Fernleigh Foundations and Senior Vice President of The Clark Estates, Inc. Prior to Clark, Doug was a Senior Vice President with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) from 2002 to 2009 and led the organization’s Strategic Initiatives Team. Prior to joining RPA, he was a Vice President at Goldman, Sachs and Co. and President of the Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund. From 1997 to 2000, Doug was Director of Community Partnership at SmithKline Beecham (now GlaxoSmithKline) and Executive Director of the SmithKline Beecham Foundation, where he focused on community-based health care around the world. From 1992 to 1996, Doug was a Program Officer for Culture at the Pew Charitable Trusts. And from 1988 to 1992, he managed the Scott Paper Company Foundation. Doug’s opinions and ideas on philanthropy have been featured in the AP, Bloomberg, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Contribute, The Financial Times, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Post, The Stanford Social Innovation Review, Vital City, The Wall Street Journal and on NPR, PBS, and CNBC. Doug co-authored, with Steven Godeke, Philanthropy’s New Passing Gear: Mission Related Investing. Doug serves on boards of The Melalucca Foundation, Leatherstocking Corporation, and Trust for America's Health. He has served on the Boards of BBB Wise Giving Alliance, National Council of Nonprofits, Partners for Health Foundation (and the immediate past Board Chair) and The Rockefeller Institute of Government. Doug was chair of Philanthropy New York and is a member of its public policy committee. Doug is also a member of the Leap of Reason Ambassadors Community, and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania and the Columbia Business School where he teaches about philanthropy and the nonprofit sector. Doug is a graduate of Michigan State University. He also holds a M.S. from Penn and a M.J. from Temple University.
Also President of the Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund
Also Executive Director of the SmithKline Beecham Foundation