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Lois Salisbury

Director, Children, Families, and Communities Program, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Description

From the website: Lois joined the Packard Foundation as the director of the Children, Families, and Communities Program in March of 2002. The Children, Families, and Communities (CFC) Program works to ensure opportunities for all children to reach their potential and has three goals: achieving preschool for California’s children, promoting access to health insurance for all children, and implementing after-school programs for all elementary and middle school-aged children in California. Lois leads a program staff of ten in devising grantmaking strategies to achieve these goals. She also participates in the senior management of the Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation, for over eight years Lois served as the chief executive of Children Now, a research and action organization recognized nationally for its policy expertise, up-to-date information, and work with the media. She also worked for 19 years at Public Advocates, where she conducted complex litigation and advocacy concentrating on civil rights, education, health, and consumer issues.

Topic(s): Cognitive Development & Learning, Legislation/Public Policy, Preschool

User Type(s): Academic, Advocate, Journalist, Policymaker

Address

The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
300 Second Street
Los Altos , California 94022

Contact Information

Phone(s): 650-948-7658
URL(s): http://www.packard.org

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