Ken White

Development Director

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Ken White has devoted much of his career to enhancing opportunities for people and communities. A graduate of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government's mid-career program, he has worked with nonprofits for nearly two decades. Previously, Ken was the coordinating director of the Chaordic Commons, Inc., a group created by Dee Hock, the founding director of VISA. He was the executive director of Common Cause Massachusetts, a citizen-led organization working for truly representative government. Prior to that, he directed communications for the Annenberg Institute for School Reform and Coalition of Essential Schools, and held similar posts with Oxfam America and the Institute for Defense & Disarmament Studies. Ken has also been a consultant to numerous nonprofits, and was a journalist not so long ago.

Latest Publications

From a Baby Boomer to a Boomeranger

Ken White    Oct 25, 2011   

Dear Twentysomething Friend: Please forgive us, your elders, for the many sins we have visited upon you. Specifically (for I know the list is long), for failing to foresee the end of growth. Given our quest for infinite … >>

Why are there no young people in the room?

Ken White    Mar 30, 2010   

PCI Development Director Ken White wrote Politics in a New Key: Breaking the Cycle of U.S. Politics with a Generational/Developmental Approach for Integral Review in response to the oft-heard but rarely answered lament: … >>