Gara LaMarche

Gara LaMarche is board chair of The New Press, a senior fellow at the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership at City College of New York, and former president of Democracy Alliance and the Atlantic Philanthropies.

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Opinion

Grant Makers Should Act Like Talent Scouts

By Gara LaMarche August 31, 2006

I recently met William L. Ury, one of the authors of the classic negotiation book Getting to Yes. “I work for a foundation,” I quipped. “We’re all about ‘getting to no!’” Like all jokes, mine contained a strong grain of all-too-serious truth: In philanthropy we spend most of our time turning things…
Opinion

When To Lead and When To Get Out of the Way

By Gara LaMarche June 24, 2004

The press pays scant attention to foundations except when trumpeting mega-grants or reporting on scandals involving bad management or the exorbitant sums paid to some foundation officials and trustees. These are undoubtedly important issues. Philanthropy is a public trust, and some individuals in…