A New Era for Development Assistance: How are NGOs Adapting? Charles MacCormack, Save the Children

Interview with one of our Guest Speakers at CID's Speaker Series: Speaker: Charles MacCormack, President Emeritus, Save the Children Recorded on September 16th, 2016. About the speaker: Charles MacCormack is President Emeritus of Save the Children U.S. and currently an advanced Leadership Fellow at Harvard University, where he is working on issues involving the role of private philanthropy in global health and development. Most recently, Dr. MacCormack has served as Executive Chair of the Millennium Development Goal Health Alliance; Executive in Residence at Middlebury College; and Senior Fellow at Interaction. He was previously CEO of Save the Children from 1993 to 2012 and CEO of World Learning/School for International Training from 1997 until 1993. He is a graduate of Middlebury College and holds his Masters and Ph.D degrees from Columbia University. www.cid.harvard.edu

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