Joan Holmes

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Joan Holmes

Born: 1935
United States
Occupation: School Psychologist
Consulting Educational Psychologist, Erhard Seminars Training
President, CEO, The Hunger Project
Salary: 3% to US$232,010.00 (2004)
2.97% of total organization expenses[1]
Net worth: US$ Unknown (2006)
Website: Corporate Website,
The Hunger Project

Joan Holmes (1935 - ), the founding president of The Hunger Project (a group founded by Werner Erhard[2]), served as one of 31 members on Task Force 2 on Hunger of the UN Millennium Project of 2000-2006. Ms. Holmes worked as an educational consultant on projects such as the desegregation of the Seattle schools system[citation needed], and as a consulting educational psychologist for Erhard Seminars Training (est) prior to establishing The Hunger Project in 1977.

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[edit] Education

Holmes has a B.A. in psychology from the University of Colorado, and an M.A. in psychology from San Francisco State University[3].

[edit] Erhard Seminars Training

According to biographical notes published on the Hunger Project website, Joan Holmes held a position as Lecturer and Supervisor at California State University, Hayward from 1971 to 1975. She subsequently served as a "consulting educational psychologist" for Erhard Seminars Training.

"EST training altered everything for me", Holmes stated in 1975[4]. She also had served as consulting educational psychologist for the preparation of the book A look at est in education.

Sourced quote: Werner Erhard's decision to utilize Joan Holmes in conjunction with The Hunger Project:

To run the project, Erhard tapped ... Joan Holmes, a 1973 est graduate who had served in various est staff positions over the years.[5]

In August 1977, the est organization presented Holmes to its "graduates" as:

The est Foundation's manager for the recently announced project that has been formally named The Hunger Project.[6]

In a 1980 memo[7], Holmes stated (using typical estian jargon):

Est graduates represent the state of transformation in the world, the space of having the world work for everyone. Four years ago the graduates took on The Hunger Project and the end of starvation on our planet...

[edit] The Hunger Project

Ms. Holmes has advocated gender-equality, local democracy and social mobilization for grassroots self-reliant development, having testified before Congress and numerous international conferences[citation needed]. She has worked in South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America at both the grassroots and policy levels[citation needed]. She served as the principal author of the book Ending Hunger: An Idea Whose Time Has Come.

[edit] Financial information

According to Charity Navigator, Joan Holmes made $232,010.00 as president of The Hunger Project in 2004. Administrative and fundraising expenses in 2004 accounted for 23.5% of total expenses. Based on this information, Charity Navigator gave The Hunger Project three out of four stars. The American Institute of Philanthropy give it an A- rating. According to Charity Navigator:

Compensation for the CEO of this charity is equal to 2.97% of this organization's total functional expenses.[8]

According to the Combined Federal Campaign 2004,

Under OPM regulations, if an organization’s administrative and fundraising expenses exceed 25 percent of total support and revenue, it must certify that the expenses are reasonable under the circumstances and include a formal plan to reduce such expenses below 25 percent.[9]

[edit] Associated publications

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Hunger Project, Charity Navigator, CEO Pay FYE 2004, % of Expenses - "Show Me."
  2. ^ Pressman, Steven, Outrageous Betrayal: The dark journey of Werner Erhard from est to exile. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. ISBN 0-312-09296-2
  3. ^ Corporate Website, The Hunger Project, Joan Holmes, bio page
  4. ^ quote, A look at est in education: Analysis, review and selected case studies of the impact of the est experience on educators and students in primary, secondary, and post-secondary education, by Robert W. Fuller and Zara Wallace, published January 1, 1975, by est, an educational corporation. Joan Holmes served as consulting educational psychologist for the preparation of the book.
  5. ^ Pressman, Steven, Outrageous Betrayal: The dark journey of Werner Erhard from est to exile. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. ISBN 0-312-09296-2
  6. ^ The Graduate Review, public newsletter sent to graduates of Erhard Seminars Training/est, August 1977.
  7. ^ Joan Holmes, memo, 1980, est, an educational corporation
  8. ^ The Hunger Project, Charity Navigator, CEO Pay FYE 2004, % of Expenses - "Show Me."
  9. ^ Combined Federal Campaign, Office of Personnel Management, 2004.

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[edit] See also

Preceded by
Founding Consulting
Educational Psychologist		 Consulting Educational Psychologist,
Erhard Seminars Training
January 1, 1975 - 1977		 Succeeded by
Jack Mantos, M.D.,
Research Director[10]
Preceded by
Founding President		 President, Chief Executive Officer,
The Hunger Project
1977 - Present		 Succeeded by
Current President and
Chief Executive Officer
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