Carnegie Corporation Oral History Project [Staging]

Richardson, Yolonda C

Name: Richardson, Yolonda C (Interviewee)
Format: oral histories
Date: 1999
Collection Name: Carnegie Corporation project. Part 2
Abstract: Childhood in Louisiana; family history; education at Dillard University and Yale Law School; travels in Africa during law school; recruitment by New York law firms; employment at Carnegie Corporation; difficulty adapting to atmosphere of Carnegie offi ce; changes in the foundation's leadership; role of program officers in the corporation; comparison of Carnegie Corporation to other organizations; experiences seeing how other foundations operate budgets at Beijing Conference; involvement in Carnegie initiatives: establishment of gender sector in South Africa, public health initiatives at University of Ghana, Preventing Deadly Conflict initiative; lack of communication with grantees; decision to leave Carnegie Corporation.

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