Profile
Prior to joining the Ford Foundation in 2006, Ms. Starr was a senior program officer at the New World Foundation in New York.
Much of her grant making there focused on the Deep South and Appalachia, and she worked on developing programs to strengthen capacity and leadership among nonprofit groups.
She also was an associate producer for Public Interest Radio's In the Public Interest in New York, and executive director of the Weston-METCO Public School Program in Massachusetts.
Ms. Starr is on the board of the Seasons Fund for Social Transformation.
Previous board service includes the Progressive Technology Project and the Needmor Fund.
She has studied leadership and organizational development and has an M.F.A.
in writing from Bard College.
Former positions of Alta Starr
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Ford Foundation
 Ford Foundation Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Ford Foundation is an independent, nonprofit, non-governmental organization headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1936, the Foundation provides grants, projects and loans to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation and advance human achievement. The foundation funds derive from an investment portfolio that began with gifts and bequests of Ford Motor Company stock by Henry and Edsel Ford. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 31/12/2011 |
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| Bard College | Undergraduate Degree |
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Ford Foundation
Ford Foundation Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Ford Foundation is an independent, nonprofit, non-governmental organization headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1936, the Foundation provides grants, projects and loans to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation and advance human achievement. The foundation funds derive from an investment portfolio that began with gifts and bequests of Ford Motor Company stock by Henry and Edsel Ford. | Miscellaneous |
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