Jeff Morgan
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Jeff Morgan is an American
conservationist
. He is best known for founding Global Heritage Fund (GHF)
, a non-profit organization
that works internationally to preserve cultural heritage sites
in the developing world. Since 2002, Morgan has served as GHF's Executive Director.
to James C. Morgan, who served as CEO of Applied Materials
for 26 years, and Becky Morgan
, a former Republican
California State Senator
. Morgan grew up in Palo Alto and later attended Cornell University
, where he earned a degree in urban and regional planning, and Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where he earned a master's in management. He is married with three children.
and Sun Microsystems
. He traveled extensively during this time, and lamented that in regions where increased tourism revenue could potentially yield the greatest benefits to local communities, there seemed to be a disregard for cultural heritage conservation.
Morgan founded GHF in 2002, and since then, the organization has invested over $20 million and secured $18 million in co-funding for 16 global heritage sites to ensure their sustainable preservation and responsible development. The organization, which works exclusively in the developing world, currently has conservation projects in Cambodia
, China
, Colombia
, Guatemala
, India
, Iraq
, Laos
, Libya
, Peru
, and Turkey
.
Morgan is co-author of two books: Cracking the Japanese Market: Keys to Success in the New Global Economy (Free Press, 1991) and Saving Our Global Heritage (GHF Press, 2004). He also serves on the advisory board of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
(SIEPR).
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
conservationist
Conservationist
Conservationists are proponents or advocates of conservation. They advocate for the protection of all the species in an ecosystem with a strong focus on the natural environment...
. He is best known for founding Global Heritage Fund (GHF)
Global Heritage Fund
Global Heritage Fund is a non-profit organization that operates internationally. Its mission statement says that it exists to protect and preserve significant and endangered cultural heritage sites in the developing world, through scientific excellence and community development...
, a non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
that works internationally to preserve cultural heritage sites
Cultural heritage
Cultural heritage is the legacy of physical artifacts and intangible attributes of a group or society that are inherited from past generations, maintained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations...
in the developing world. Since 2002, Morgan has served as GHF's Executive Director.
Personal life
Morgan was born in Palo Alto, CaliforniaCalifornia
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
to James C. Morgan, who served as CEO of Applied Materials
Applied Materials
Applied Materials, Inc. is a capital equipment producer serving the semiconductor, TFT LCD display, Glass, WEB and solar manufacturing industries....
for 26 years, and Becky Morgan
Becky Morgan
Becky Morgan is a Welsh professional golfer who plays mainly on the U.S. based LPGA Tour but is also a member of the Ladies European Tour.-Amateur career:...
, a former Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
California State Senator
California State Senate
The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. There are 40 state senators. The state legislature meets in the California State Capitol in Sacramento. The Lieutenant Governor is the ex officio President of the Senate and may break a tied vote...
. Morgan grew up in Palo Alto and later attended Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, where he earned a degree in urban and regional planning, and Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where he earned a master's in management. He is married with three children.
Professional Life
Prior to founding GHF, Morgan worked as an international sales and marketing executive in software and network computing, including at Hewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, USA that provides products, technologies, softwares, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including...
and Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
. He traveled extensively during this time, and lamented that in regions where increased tourism revenue could potentially yield the greatest benefits to local communities, there seemed to be a disregard for cultural heritage conservation.
Morgan founded GHF in 2002, and since then, the organization has invested over $20 million and secured $18 million in co-funding for 16 global heritage sites to ensure their sustainable preservation and responsible development. The organization, which works exclusively in the developing world, currently has conservation projects in Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
, China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, Laos
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
, Libya
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
, and Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
.
Morgan is co-author of two books: Cracking the Japanese Market: Keys to Success in the New Global Economy (Free Press, 1991) and Saving Our Global Heritage (GHF Press, 2004). He also serves on the advisory board of the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research
The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research is a nonpartisan economic research institution housed at Stanford University. It was founded in 1982 as a way to bring together economic scholars from different parts of the University. George Shultz was a key player in its inception...
(SIEPR).