¶ State of the World Forum
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The State of the World Forum, previously the Friends of the Foreign Policy Association, was an American non-profit public benefit corporation based in Mill Valley, California.[1][2]
Its website described it as "a global leadership network comprised of eminent individuals -- ranging from Heads of State to grass roots organizers, Nobel Laureates to business leaders, policy makers to social activists -- drawn from the governmental, business and civil society sectors, committed to discerning and implementing those principles, values and actions necessary to guide humanity wisely as it gives shape to an increasingly global and interdependent world."
¶ History
The organization was initially founded on July 30, 1991 by James Garrison as the Friends of the Foreign Policy Association.[3] On September 6, 1991, its name was changed to the International Foreign Policy Association (IFPA).[4]
The State of the World Forum was officially founded in 1995 by Garrison, with Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev serving as convening chairman.[1:1] The organization's name was formally changed on December 27, 1995.[5]
On December 17, 2008, M•CAM International announced that David Martin would address the State of the World Forum at its “Networking Creativity to Solve Global Challenges: A 2020 Vision” event, scheduled for November 12-14, 2009.[6]
¶ Organization
Partners of the State of the World Forum included:[7][8]
- 21st Century Learning Initiative
- Abraham Fund
- Akwekon Studios
- Alliance on Religion and Conservation
- American Printing & Copy
- Asian Foresight Institute
- BBC World Television
- Belfast City Council
- Bioneers
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- CNN
- Calistoga Water Company
- Capital Missions Company
- Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Caroline Myss Education Institute
- Center for Leadership Renewal
- Chemical Impact Project
- Children’s Defense Fund
- City College of San Francisco (CCSF)
- Club of Budapest
- Commonwealth Club of California
- Commonwealth Sustainable Development Projects
- Compton Foundation
- Comspan Communications
- Council for Global Education
- Covey Leadership Center
- CSRwire
- Departures Unlimited
- Drug Strategies
- Earth Child Institute
- Earth Communication Office
- Earth Council Alliance
- The Economist
- EnlightenNext
- Ethical Markets Media
- Fairmont Hotels and Resorts
- Fetzer Institute
- Finck Sorensen & Company
- Focus Media
- Forward Studies Unit, European Commission
- Foundation for Global Community
- Fourth Freedom Forum
- Free the Children
- Friends of the Earth
- Fritz Design
- Gaiasoft
- Generative Leadership Group
- Global Legislators for Balanced Environment (GLOBE)
- Global Urban Development (GUD)
- Gombe Stream Research Center
- Gorbachev Foundation
- Grameen Bank
- Habitat for Humanity
- Hague Center for Global Governance
- Harvard Global Peace Project
- Hewlett-Packard (HP)
- Higher Ground for Humanity
- Human Development Center, Pakistan
- Humanity's Team
- Swanee Hunt
- Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
- The Industrial Society
- Innovation and Emergence
- Innovative Leadership Services
- Institute for Liberty and Democracy
- Institute of Noetic Sciences
- Integral Institute
- Integral Life
- Intend Change
- International Center for Economic Growth (ICEG)
- International Child Resource Institute (ICRI)
- International Consultancy on Religion, Education and Culture
- International Diplomacy Council
- International Forum on Globalization
- International Science Organization
- International Youth Foundation
- Jane Goodall Institute
- Jean Houston Foundation
- Jennifer Altman Foundation
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- John Merck Fund
- Kaiser Permanente International
- KCBS
- King Hussein Foundation
- Kosmos Journal
- Lawyers Alliance for World Security (LAWS)
- M•CAM International[9]
- Middle Powers Initiative
- Mobium
- The Natural Step
- New York Open Center
- NextNow Collaboratory
- Ode Magazine
- Olmstead Productions
- Oracle
- Oscar Arias Peace Foundation
- Pachamama Alliance
- Pastel
- Ploughshares Fund
- Presidential Climate Action Project
- Presidio of San Francisco
- Progressio Foundation
- Project Planning International
- Resilient Cities Initiative
- Ringing Rocks Foundation
- Rockefeller Brothers Fund
- Rockefeller Family Services
- Rockefeller Foundation
- Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
- Roderick MacArthur Foundation
- Roots of Peace
- San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
- San Francisco State University
- Search for Common Ground
- Shaler Adams Foundation
- Sisterhood is Global Institute (SIGI)
- Alan Slifka
- Solaria
- Sound on Stage
- South North Development Initiative
- Surdna Foundation
- Union of Concerned Scientists
- United Nations (UN)
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
- University of California, Berkeley
- Wind Power Solutions
- Winslow & Associates
- Wisdom University
- World Affairs Council of Northern California
- WorldSpace
- World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
- Worldlink Foundation
- Worldwide Indigenous Science Network
- Yahoo!
- Young Presidents Organization (YPO)
- Zimmer Family Foundation
¶ Funding
Funding for the State of the World Forum has come from:[10][11]
- Alan B. Slifka Foundation
- American Express
- American Stock Exchange
- Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM)
- Arkay Foundation
- Aurora Foundation
- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Boston Foundation
- Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
- Centrinity
- Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
- Cigna
- Comptom Foundation
- Conference Board
- Digitas
- Dodd Smith Dann Layher
- Esena Foundation
- Ford Foundation
- Foundation for Spiritual Democracy
- Fourth Freedom Fund
- FranklinCovey
- General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC)
- George Gund Foundation
- Goldcare Indutiae
- Good Works Foundation
- Heidrick & Struggles
- International Advisory Group (IAG)
- Jacoby & Meyers
- Jewish Community Foundation
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- John Merck Fund
- John Templeton Foundation
- Koret Foundation
- KRW International
- Lieberman & Nowack
- Link Foundation
- Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
- Marin Community Foundation
- McKinsey & Company
- Munchkin
- Nathan Cummings Foundation
- NYC & Company
- Peninsula Community Foundation
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Rabobank
- Ringing Rocks Foundation
- Rockefeller Brothers Fund
- Rockefeller Foundation
- ROI Direct
- Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
- Rudolf Steiner Foundation
- San Francisco Foundation
- Second Chance Foundation
- S.H. Cowell Foundation
- Shaler Adams Foundation
- Solaria
- Steelcase
- Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation
- Surdna Foundation
- The Philanthropy Collaborative (TPC)
- Three Swallows Foundation
- Threshold Foundation
- Time Magazine
- Time Warner
- W. Alton Jones Foundation
- William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
- William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation
- WorldSpace
¶ Spin-off organizations
Initiatives and spin-off organizations of the State of the World Forum include:[12]
- =access!
- The Coexistence Initiative
- Commission on Globalization
- Ethical Globalization Initiative
- Global Equal Access
- Global Security Institute (GSI)
- Whole Child Initiative
¶ Personnel
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| James Garrison | Founder, Chairman and President[1:2][13] | Gorbachev Foundation USA, International Foreign Policy Association, Diomedes, Esalen Institute,[14] Wisdom University, Mosaic Networks[15] |
| Amy Vossbrinck | Co-founder, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Secretary[4:1][16] | Center for Citizen Initiatives, Foundation for Global Community, Dennis Kucinich, World Business Academy, United States House of Representatives, Wikimedia Foundation |
| Jim Hickman | Director of Operations and Business Relations,[17] Chief Financial Officer[18] | Rustel, HeartMath Institute, Social Venture Network, Wall Street Journal Europe, Moscow Times, =access!, AJ Ventures, Gorbachev Foundation, Citizens Democracy Corps, Inc. Magazine, Mosaic Networks, Polarnet Project Holdings |
| Mark Gunther | Chief Finance Officer,[17:1] Secretary[19] | - |
| June Timberlake | Secretary[18:1] | - |
| Steven Donovan | Board member (1995-); Chief Executive Officer (1997)[13:1] | Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Esalen Institute |
| Caroline Myss | Board member | Institute for the Science of Medical Intuition, Wisdom University |
| Gail Koff | Board member[20] | Jacoby & Meyers, New York City Bar Association, Committee of 200 |
| Huguette LaBelle | Board member | Transport Canada, Public Service Commission of Canada, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Canadian Red Cross Society, University of Ottawa |
| Richard Medley | Board member | Medley Global Advisors, International Center for Finance, Soros Fund Management, United States Congress |
| Marcello Palazzi | Board member | Progressio Foundation |
| Michel Saint-Sulpice | Board member[15:1] | Community Environmental Council (CEC), Gaia Globes |
| Jeffrey Clark | Incorporator[3:1] | - |
| Askar Akaev | Co-Chair[21] | President of Kyrgyzstan |
| Oscar Arias | Co-Chair | Nobel Peace Prize Laureate |
| Jean-Bertrand Aristide | Co-Chair | President of Haiti (1991-1996) |
| James Baker | Co-Chair | United States Secretary of State |
| Tansu Ciller | Co-Chair | Prime Minister of Turkey |
| Marian Wright Edelman | Co-Chair | Children's Defense Fund |
| Sonia Gandhi | Co-Chair | Rajiv Gandhi Foundation |
| Jane Goodall | Co-Chair | Primatologist |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | Co-Chair | President of the Soviet Union (USSR), Club of Rome |
| Ruud Lubber | Co-Chair | World Wildlife Fund (WWF) |
| Thabo Mbeki | Co-Chair | President of the Republic of South Africa |
| Gertrude Mongella | Co-Chair | Fourth World Conference on Women |
| Wally N'Dow | Co-Chair | Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements |
| Noor Al Hussein | Co-Chair | Queen of Jordan |
| Yasuhiro Nakasone | Co-Chair | Prime Minister of Japan |
| Lea Rabin | Co-Chair | First Lady of Israel |
| Jose Ramos-Horta | Co-Chair | Nobel Peace Prize Laureate |
| Jehan Sadat | Co-Chair | First Lady of Egypt |
| George Shultz | Co-Chair[22] | U.S. Secretary of State |
| Maurice Strong | Co-Chair | Earth Council Alliance, Club of Rome, World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) |
| Ted Turner | Co-Chair | Time Warner |
| Desmond Tutu | Co-Chair | Nobel Peace Prize Laureate |
| Elie Wiesel | Co-Chair | Nobel Peace Prize Laureate |
| Muhammad Yunus | Co-Chair | Grameen Bank |
| Tom Rautenberg | Director of Strategic Relations and Business Development[17:2] | von Rothbard & Company, Mythic Studios, University of California, Berkeley, Brown University, University of Pennsylvania, The Diversity Channel, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs |
| Carman Melendrez | Vice President; Director of Development | Forum 2000, Commission on Globalization |
| Steven Liebes | Director of Public Relations | Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), World Economic Forum (WEF) |
| Claire Ryle Garrison | Coordinator, Whole Child Initiative | Radiation and Health Information Service, Medical Campaign Against Nuclear Weapons (MCANW), Esalen Institute |
| Michael Bosse | Project Coordinator, =access! | - |
| Richard Gale | Public Relations/Media Consultant & Webmaster | - |
| Erin Hill | Administrative Assistant | - |
| Stacey Hunter | Bookkeeper | - |
| Barbara Kaufman | Program Associate | University of Texas at Austin, UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences |
| Andy Krochalk | Program Coordinator | Peace Corps |
| Karin Martin | Associate Director of Communications | California Preservation Foundation |
| Amy Freeberg | Associate Director of Development | Participation 2000, Bill Bradley, Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) |
| Courtney McCubbin | Marketing Assistant | - |
| Rebecca Nelson | Program Assistant | Guru.com |
| Sophia Allen | Program Assistant | Commission on Globalization |
| Pat Ogata | Administrative Director | Laurel Burch, Red Rose Collection |
| Molly Pelton | Program Assistant (January 2000-) | Semester at Sea |
| Deanna Travis | Director of Marketing | Tiffany & Co. |
| Cynthia Abbott | Office Manager & Receptionist | - |
| Darren Villeneuve | Administrative Assistant & Receptionist | Naropa University |
| Michael Olmstead | Executive Producer | Olmstead Productions |
| Lynne Winslow | Events Coordinator | Winslow & Associates |
| Amy Fritz | Graphic Designer | Fritz Design |
¶ External links
About Us - Overview. State of the World Forum. Retrieved September 3, 2008, from https://web.archive.org/web/20080903050806/http://www.worldforum.org/overview.htm ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Contact Information. State of the World Forum. Retrieved October 25, 2012, from https://web.archive.org/web/20121025011707/http://www.worldforum.org/contact.htm ↩︎
Clark, J. F. (1990, July 30). Articles of Incorporation - Friends of the Foreign Policy Association. Internet Archive; Secretary of State of the State of California. https://archive.org/details/friends-of-the-foreign-policy-association-articles-of-incorporation/mode/2up ↩︎ ↩︎
Garrisson, J., & Vossbrink, A. (1991, September 6). International Foreign Policy Association - Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation. Internet Archive; Secretary of State of the State of California. https://archive.org/details/international-foreign-policy-association-certificate-of-amendment-of-articles-of-incorporation ↩︎ ↩︎
Garrison, J., & Vossbrinck, A. (1995, December 27). State of the World Forum - Certificate of Amendment of Articles of Incorporation. Internet Archive; Secretary of State of the State of California. https://archive.org/details/state-of-the-world-forum-certificate-of-amendment-of-articles-of-incorporation ↩︎
M·CAM CEO to address State of the World Forum in 2009. (2008, December 17). M•CAM International. http://archive.today/2023.12.30-192523/https://www.m-cam.com/2008/12/17/ma·cam-ceo-to-address-state-of-the-world-forum-in-2009/ ↩︎
Partners. State of the World Forum. Retrieved August 18, 2000, from https://web.archive.org/web/20000818221420/http://www.worldforum.org/about/partners.html ↩︎
Washington, D.C. State of the World Forum Sponsors and Partners. State of the World Forum. Retrieved January 5, 2010, from http://archive.today/2010.01.05-161010/http://www.worldforum.org/2009sponsors-partners.htm ↩︎
Alliances. M•CAM International. Retrieved July 3, 2011, from https://web.archive.org/web/20110703020808/http://www.m-cam.com/alliances ↩︎
Supporters. State of the World Forum. Retrieved October 4, 2002, from http://archive.today/2002.10.04-220825/http://www.worldforum.org/about/supporters.htm ↩︎
Supporters. State of the World Forum. Retrieved January 21, 2005, from http://archive.today/2005.01.21-054318/http://www.worldforum.org/about/supporters.htm ↩︎
Initiatives. State of the World Forum. Retrieved February 3, 2001, from https://web.archive.org/web/20010203223000/http://worldforum.org/initiatives/initiatives.html ↩︎
Board. State of the World Forum. Retrieved August 18, 2000, from http://archive.today/2000.08.18-221402/http://www.worldforum.org/about/board.html ↩︎ ↩︎
Staff. State of the World Forum. Retrieved April 1, 2002, from http://archive.today/2002.04.01-231229/http://worldforum.org/about/staff.html ↩︎
About Us - Board of Directors. State of the World Forum. Retrieved September 3, 2008, from https://web.archive.org/web/20080903011201/http://www.worldforum.org/board.htm ↩︎ ↩︎
Experience | Amy Vossbrinck. LinkedIn. Retrieved December 30, 2023, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyvossbrinck/details/experience/ ↩︎
Staff. State of the World Forum. Retrieved August 18, 2000, from https://web.archive.org/web/20000818221411/http://www.worldforum.org/about/staff.html ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Timberlake, J. (2011, July 29). State of the World Forum - Statement of Information. Internet Archive; Secretary of State of the State of California. https://archive.org/details/state-of-the-world-forum-certificate-of-amendment-and-reinstatement-of-the-articles-of-incorporation ↩︎ ↩︎
Garrison, J., & Gunther, M. (2000, July 26). State of the World Forum - Certificate of Amendment and Reinstatement of the Articles of Incorporation. Internet Archive; Secretary of State of the State of California. https://archive.org/details/state-of-the-world-forum-restated-articles-of-incorporation ↩︎
Board. State of the World Forum. Retrieved October 31, 2001, from https://web.archive.org/web/20011031225354/http://worldforum.org:80/about/board.html ↩︎
Co-Chairs. State of the World Forum. Retrieved June 21, 2000, from http://archive.today/2000.06.21-155846/http://www.worldforum.org/about/cochairs.html ↩︎
Garrison, J. (2004). America as empire: global leader or rogue power? (p. 220). Berret-Koehler Publishers. http://archive.today/2024.01.01-084543/https://vdoc.com.br/text/v547e10dyglz/america-as-empire-global-leader-or-rogue-power/28 ↩︎