  Marguerite Sallee
President and CEO, America's Promise
Marguerite Sallee embodies three core principles that drive the
Case Foundation -- leadership, entrepreneurship, and collaboration.
Even before she took the top spot at America's Promise: The Alliance
for Youth, a nonprofit that advocates for children, she had
demonstrated an ability to bring government agencies, businesses, and
nonprofits together to achieve common goals.
Fighting for children has been the common denominator throughout her career -- in state and federal government, the private sector, and the nonprofit sector. She has been CEO of three businesses, including helping to create the nation's largest provider of workplace child care, and a tireless champion for children and families. Q + A with Jean Case JEAN CASE: You are one of the few people I know who has so successfully crossed all sectors in her business career. As you've moved between the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, how have you found leadership differing? MARGUERITE SALLEE: There are many common traits across the sectors. There are also some unique differences, and I think that what I have tried to do here with America's Promise is bring the best of what I saw and learned from others and experienced along the way to this unique opportunity. ... Complete Q+A |
MARGUERITE'S LINKS:
Q+A with Jean Case
Bio America's Promise The Five Promises 100 Best Communities for Children and Youth Bright Horizons Family Solutions PERSONAL INTERESTS:
Hiking (particularly at "home" in the Tennessee mountains) Golf (recently stepped down after 10 years on the board of the LPGA) Reading RECENTLY READ: Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare, Jason DeParle Inequality in America: What Role for Human Capital Policies?, Dr. James Heckman and Alan Krueger |
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