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词条 Stephen B. Heintz
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  1. Early life and education

  2. Career

  3. References

Stephen B. Heintz is an American nonprofit executive and public policy expert who serves as President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund.[1], a private, philanthropic foundation created by members of the Rockefeller family.[2] Earlier in his career, Heintz co-founded think tank Demos and worked at the EastWest Institute. Heintz also served as commissioner of economic development and commissioner of the department of income maintenance (social welfare) for the state of Connecticut[3]

Early life and education

In 1974, Heintz graduated magna cum laude from Yale University with a B.A. in American Studies[2]

Career

Heintz spent 15 years working in Connecticut state government, starting as the chief of staff to then-current senate majority leader Joseph Lieberman in 1974. From 1982 to 1988, he served as Connecticut’s Commissioner of the Department of Income Maintenance, responsible for managing all of the social services programs for low income residents of the state. For the next two years, he was Connecticut’s Commissioner of Economic Development.[3]

After working in state government, Heintz was executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Prague-based EastWest Institute, managing programs throughout Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union from 1990 to 1997. Heintz then served as founding president of Demos, a progressive think-tank, research and policy center, until 2001.

Heintz has been president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund since 2001[2] and oversaw the start of its divestment from fossil fuels in 2014[4]

In 2012, President Bronisław Komorowski of Poland granted him the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland for his contributions to building civil society and democratic institutions in Poland. The award was presented at the Polish Embassy in 2014.[5]

References

1. ^{{cite news|last1=Richards|first1=Nicole|title=Behind the headlines: Stephen Heintz and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund - Generosity Magazine|url=http://www.generositymag.com.au/behind-the-headlines-stephen-heintz-and-the-rockefeller-brothers-fund/|accessdate=24 October 2017|work=Generosity Magazine|publisher=Generosity Magazine|date=5 May 2016}}
2. ^1 2 {{cite web|last1=Nauffts|first1=Mitch|title=Stephen B. Heintz: A Conversation With the President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund|url=http://philanthropynewsdigest.org/newsmakers/stephen-b.-heintz-a-conversation-with-the-president-of-the-rockefeller-brothers-fund|website=Philanthropy News Digest (PND)|publisher=Foundation Center|accessdate=24 October 2017|language=en|date=5 November 2000}}
3. ^1 {{cite news|last1=Hamilton|first1=Robert|title=CONNECTICUT Q & A: STEPHEN HEINTZ; 'We Have Tremendous Brain Power'|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/29/nyregion/connecticut-q-a-stephen-heintz-we-have-tremendous-brain-power.html?pagewanted=all|accessdate=24 October 2017|work=The New York Times|date=January 29, 1989|ref=3}}
4. ^{{cite news|last1=Schwartz|first1=John|title=Rockefellers, Heirs to an Oil Fortune, Will Divest Charity of Fossil Fuels|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/22/us/heirs-to-an-oil-fortune-join-the-divestment-drive.html|accessdate=24 October 2017|work=The New York Times|date=21 September 2014}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Celebrating Poland's Independence Day at the Polish Embassy in Washington, D.C.|url=http://www.waszyngton.msz.gov.pl/en/news/celebrating_poland_s_independence_day_at_the_polish_embassy_in_washington__d_c___?printMode=true|website=www.waszyngton.msz.gov.pl|accessdate=24 October 2017|language=en}}
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