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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

Dear Wall Street: I Quit.

Ken White    Mar 15, 2012   

News flash: The culture at Goldman Sachs is “toxic and destructive,” and “purely about how [Goldman Sachs] can make the most possible money off of [clients].”   So says a Greg Smith, who ended 12 … >>

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: … >>