| For Immediate Release 1/15/2003 |
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| PHILANTHROPIC REFORM GROUP HIRES NEW RESEARCH DIRECTOR | |||
| Nonprofit Scholar Jeff Krehely to Head NCRP's Research Team | |||
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WASHINGTON - The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) today announced the hiring of Jeff Krehely as its new research director. Respected for his scholarship on nonprofit issues, Krehely will join NCRP's staff Feb. 1 to head the philanthropic accountability group's research program. "Jeff brings us a unique mix of excellence in scholarly philanthropic research, program administration, public policy expertise and foundation experience," said NCRP Executive Director Rick Cohen. "I am tremendously excited that he will be leading our research team and applying his talents toward our philanthropic research and reform efforts." Krehely is currently special assistant to the president of The Atlantic Philanthropies, Inc. Before that, he served in research capacities at the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy at the Urban Institute; the Center for the Study of Voluntary Organizations and Service at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute; and the Income and Benefits Policy Center at the Urban Institute. He has also worked as director of nonprofit services at Pfau Englund Nonprofit Associates, Inc. Krehely holds a master's degree in public policy with a concentration in nonprofit studies from Georgetown University. Krehely's research has appeared in publications by the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute, and in conference presentations sponsored by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action, Georgetown University, Independent Sector, the United Kingdom's National Council of Voluntary Organizations and Volunteers of America. "I am very eager to begin working with NCRP's team dedicated to producing sound research and promoting sensible reform to help philanthropy become as effective as we all hope it can be," said Krehely. "NCRP has an ambitious research agenda - one that has great potential to help the field of grantmaking - so I am grateful for this terrific opportunity to make a difference." |
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