Peggy Dulany
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Peggy Dulany Rockefeller (born 1947) (Peggy Dulany) is a philanthropist and the fourth child of David Rockefeller
. She is a fourth-generation member ("the cousins") of the Rockefeller family
. Her siblings are Abby
, Richard, Neva Rockefeller Goodwin, Eileen Rockefeller Growald
, and David Rockefeller, Jr.
The surname Dulany is her middle name, taken from her mother's side of the family, as she early on relinquished the famed Rockefeller surname.
She graduated with honors in 1969 from Radcliffe College
and earned a masters and doctorate from Harvard's Graduate School of Education. For most of that time she was co-director of the STEP program for disadvantaged youth in Massachusetts; she also spent time during her student years working with the poor in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro
.
on nonprofit management and planning. For five years she served as Senior Vice President of the New York City Partnership, founded by her father in 1979, where she headed the Youth Employment and Education programs.
Like her father, she has had a long involvement with the United Nations
. She has been involved with consulting with the UN and the Ford Foundation
on health care and family planning in Brazil, the US and Portugal. In June, 2003, Dulany joined the UN Secretary-General's Panel on Civil Society and UN Relationships as the only US representative. The UN maintains the aim of the panel is to "review past and current practises and recommend improvements for the future in order to make the interaction between civil society and the United Nations more meaningful".
She is also Chair of ProVentures, a business development company for Latin America and Southern Africa. She sits on the boards of Cambridge College
, the Africa-America Institute, supports the family's Asia Society
, and was previously on the board of the family's principal philanthropic organisation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund
, as well as serving a five-year term on the board of trustees of the Rockefeller Foundation
(1989-1994). She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations
in New York, whose Honorary Chairman is her father.
Her most prominent public position is as founder and chair of the Synergos
Institute, which she established in New York in 1986. The mission of the organisation is to work together with its partners to "mobilize resources and bridge social and economic divides to reduce poverty and increase equity around the world". Its most prominent public event, the "University for a Night", brings together senior leaders from government, business and civil society in a positive dialogue on inter-sector collaboration and problem solving.
Synergos has throughout its history been actively involved with the United Nations; in 1998 it gave a dinner at UN headquarters in New York, billed as a University for a Night event, where world problems were discussed. In attendance was the Secretary-General Kofi Annan
, and James Wolfensohn
, then President of the World Bank
, who is a close associate of the family. The Institute has received contributions from Fortune 500
companies, foundations, Unicef, and a variety of private donors.
Synergos has also developed the "Global Philanthropists Circle" (GPC) (co-founded with her father), a dynamic network of leading international philanthropists dedicated to eliminating poverty and increasing equity worldwide. The GPC currently has more than 60 member families from 22 countries, including South Africa, Brazil, Pakistan and the Philippines. In addition, in the 1980s and '90s, with support from the United Nations Development Programme
and the Rockefeller Foundation
, Synergos conducted research on partnership approaches to large-scale social problems in Africa and Asia.
She was married to David Quattrone, but they have since divorced; she has been separated from her second husband. She has one child, Michael Dulany Quattrone (born 1977), who attended Northwestern University
, married the actress Krista Smith in 2004 and has a house on the Rockefeller family estate.
David Rockefeller
David Rockefeller, Sr. is the current patriarch of the Rockefeller family. He is the youngest and only surviving child of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, and the only surviving grandchild of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil. His five siblings were...
. She is a fourth-generation member ("the cousins") of the Rockefeller family
Rockefeller family
The Rockefeller family , the Cleveland family of John D. Rockefeller and his brother William Rockefeller , is an American industrial, banking, and political family of German origin that made one of the world's largest private fortunes in the oil business during the late 19th and early 20th...
. Her siblings are Abby
Abby Rockefeller
Abby Rockefeller, born 1943, is a member of the Rockefeller family.- Biography :Abby Rockefeller is the eldest and most rebellious daughter of David Rockefeller, Sr.. She was drawn to Marxism and was an ardent admirer of Fidel Castro and a late 1960s/early '70s radical feminist who belonged to the...
, Richard, Neva Rockefeller Goodwin, Eileen Rockefeller Growald
Eileen Rockefeller Growald
Eileen Rockefeller Growald is the youngest daughter of David Rockefeller, great-granddaughter of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller. She is a fourth-generation member of the Rockefeller family, known generically as "the Cousins"...
, and David Rockefeller, Jr.
David Rockefeller, Jr.
David Rockefeller Jr. is an American philanthropist and an active participant in nonprofit and environmental areas. The eldest son of Margaret "Peggy" McGrath and David Rockefeller, he is a leading fourth-generation member of the prominent Rockefeller family, serving on many boards of the...
The surname Dulany is her middle name, taken from her mother's side of the family, as she early on relinquished the famed Rockefeller surname.
She graduated with honors in 1969 from Radcliffe College
Radcliffe College
Radcliffe College was a women's liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was the coordinate college for Harvard University. It was also one of the Seven Sisters colleges. Radcliffe College conferred joint Harvard-Radcliffe diplomas beginning in 1963 and a formal merger agreement with...
and earned a masters and doctorate from Harvard's Graduate School of Education. For most of that time she was co-director of the STEP program for disadvantaged youth in Massachusetts; she also spent time during her student years working with the poor in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
.
Interests and programs
Dulany has worked with the National Endowment for the ArtsNational Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created by an act of the U.S. Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. Its current...
on nonprofit management and planning. For five years she served as Senior Vice President of the New York City Partnership, founded by her father in 1979, where she headed the Youth Employment and Education programs.
Like her father, she has had a long involvement with the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
. She has been involved with consulting with the UN and the Ford Foundation
Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation is a private foundation incorporated in Michigan and based in New York City created to fund programs that were chartered in 1936 by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford....
on health care and family planning in Brazil, the US and Portugal. In June, 2003, Dulany joined the UN Secretary-General's Panel on Civil Society and UN Relationships as the only US representative. The UN maintains the aim of the panel is to "review past and current practises and recommend improvements for the future in order to make the interaction between civil society and the United Nations more meaningful".
She is also Chair of ProVentures, a business development company for Latin America and Southern Africa. She sits on the boards of Cambridge College
Cambridge College
Cambridge College is a private, non-profit college based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializing in adult education.It offers distance learning and blended learning programs toward undergraduate and graduate degrees in education, counseling, psychology, management, health care management, and...
, the Africa-America Institute, supports the family's Asia Society
Asia Society
The Asia Society is a non-profit organization that focuses on educating the world about Asia. It has several centers in the United States and around the world Hong Kong, Manila, Mumbai, Seoul, Shanghai, and Melbourne...
, and was previously on the board of the family's principal philanthropic organisation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund , , is an international philanthropic organisation created and run by members of the Rockefeller family. It was set up in New York City in 1940 as the primary philanthropic vehicle of the five famous Rockefeller brothers: John D...
, as well as serving a five-year term on the board of trustees of the Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation is a prominent philanthropic organization and private foundation based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The preeminent institution established by the six-generation Rockefeller family, it was founded by John D. Rockefeller , along with his son John D. Rockefeller, Jr...
(1989-1994). She is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs...
in New York, whose Honorary Chairman is her father.
Her most prominent public position is as founder and chair of the Synergos
Synergos
Synergos is a non-profit organization with a mission to reduce global poverty through “inclusive partnerships” that bring together government, business, civil society and local communities.- History :...
Institute, which she established in New York in 1986. The mission of the organisation is to work together with its partners to "mobilize resources and bridge social and economic divides to reduce poverty and increase equity around the world". Its most prominent public event, the "University for a Night", brings together senior leaders from government, business and civil society in a positive dialogue on inter-sector collaboration and problem solving.
Synergos has throughout its history been actively involved with the United Nations; in 1998 it gave a dinner at UN headquarters in New York, billed as a University for a Night event, where world problems were discussed. In attendance was the Secretary-General Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan
Kofi Atta Annan is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the UN from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006...
, and James Wolfensohn
James Wolfensohn
Sir James David Wolfensohn AO KBE FKC was the ninth president of the World Bank Group.-Early life:James Wolfensohn was born in Sydney, Australia, on 1 December 1933...
, then President of the World Bank
World Bank
The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
, who is a close associate of the family. The Institute has received contributions from Fortune 500
Fortune 500
The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks the top 500 U.S. closely held and public corporations as ranked by their gross revenue after adjustments made by Fortune to exclude the impact of excise taxes companies collect. The list includes publicly and...
companies, foundations, Unicef, and a variety of private donors.
Synergos has also developed the "Global Philanthropists Circle" (GPC) (co-founded with her father), a dynamic network of leading international philanthropists dedicated to eliminating poverty and increasing equity worldwide. The GPC currently has more than 60 member families from 22 countries, including South Africa, Brazil, Pakistan and the Philippines. In addition, in the 1980s and '90s, with support from the United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Development Programme
The United Nations Development Programme is the United Nations' global development network. It advocates for change and connects countries to knowledge, experience and resources to help people build a better life. UNDP operates in 177 countries, working with nations on their own solutions to...
and the Rockefeller Foundation
Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation is a prominent philanthropic organization and private foundation based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The preeminent institution established by the six-generation Rockefeller family, it was founded by John D. Rockefeller , along with his son John D. Rockefeller, Jr...
, Synergos conducted research on partnership approaches to large-scale social problems in Africa and Asia.
She was married to David Quattrone, but they have since divorced; she has been separated from her second husband. She has one child, Michael Dulany Quattrone (born 1977), who attended Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
, married the actress Krista Smith in 2004 and has a house on the Rockefeller family estate.
See also
- Rockefeller familyRockefeller familyThe Rockefeller family , the Cleveland family of John D. Rockefeller and his brother William Rockefeller , is an American industrial, banking, and political family of German origin that made one of the world's largest private fortunes in the oil business during the late 19th and early 20th...
- David RockefellerDavid RockefellerDavid Rockefeller, Sr. is the current patriarch of the Rockefeller family. He is the youngest and only surviving child of John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, and the only surviving grandchild of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil. His five siblings were...
- Kofi AnnanKofi AnnanKofi Atta Annan is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the UN from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006...
- United NationsUnited NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
- Asia SocietyAsia SocietyThe Asia Society is a non-profit organization that focuses on educating the world about Asia. It has several centers in the United States and around the world Hong Kong, Manila, Mumbai, Seoul, Shanghai, and Melbourne...
- Ford FoundationFord FoundationThe Ford Foundation is a private foundation incorporated in Michigan and based in New York City created to fund programs that were chartered in 1936 by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford....
- Rockefeller FoundationRockefeller FoundationThe Rockefeller Foundation is a prominent philanthropic organization and private foundation based at 420 Fifth Avenue, New York City. The preeminent institution established by the six-generation Rockefeller family, it was founded by John D. Rockefeller , along with his son John D. Rockefeller, Jr...
- Council on Foreign RelationsCouncil on Foreign RelationsThe Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs...
- SynergosSynergosSynergos is a non-profit organization with a mission to reduce global poverty through “inclusive partnerships” that bring together government, business, civil society and local communities.- History :...
External links
- Public Lives: Out of the Shadow of a Noted Family Name A May, 1998 New York Times article profile.
- Reform at the United Nations: Panel on Civil Society; Biographies
- The Reluctant Rockefeller A 1999 Forbes Magazine brief profile.
- The Synergos Institute website: Brief Biography
- An Organizational Overview of Synergos
- Outline of the Global Philanthropists Circle