Montclair Resident Named Chair Of Partners For Health Foundation

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The Partners for Health Foundation recently announced that Douglas Bauer has been elected to serve as board chair for 2022-2023.

“I look forward to working with the Partners for Health Board, staff and our grantee partners over the next two years as we further explore the social determinants of health in our communities and help them achieve equity in the delivery of health and social services,” Bauer said.

Mr. Bauer has been a Partners for Health Trustee since 2014, and most recently served as the Foundation’s Second Vice Chair and Nominating Committee Chair. He is the Executive Director of The Clark Foundation, which focuses on helping people out of poverty and assisting individuals to lead independent and productive lives and supports nonprofits and programs in New York City and Cooperstown, NY. Doug is also Executive Director of The Scriven and Fernleigh Foundations and Senior Vice President with The Clark Estates, Inc. Prior to Clark, Doug was a Senior Vice President with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors from 2002 to 2009. Prior to joining RPA, Doug held management positions at Goldman, Sachs and Co., SmithKlineBeecham (now GlaxoSmithKline), and The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Doug’s opinions and ideas on philanthropy have been featured in the Associated Press, Bloomberg, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, City and State, The Financial Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Stanford Social Innovation Review, The Wall Street Journal and on CNBC, NPR and PBS. Doug co-authored, with Steven Godeke, Philanthropy’s New Passing Gear: Mission Related Investing, A Policy and Implementation Guide for Foundation Trustees.

Doug also serves on boards for The Melalucca Foundation, The National Council on Nonprofits, and is a past chair of Philanthropy New York. He is a member of the Leap of Reason Ambassadors Community, and is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania and the Columbia Business School where he teaches about philanthropy and the nonprofit sector.

Doug is a graduate of Michigan State University. He also has an M.J. from Temple University and a M.S. from Penn.

He and his wife, Alison live in Montclair, and have two sons Nate and Jeremiah.

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