Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen | |
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Education |
BA, MA in Art History, Stanford University MA in Education, Stanford School of Education MBA, Stanford Graduate School of Business. |
Occupation | Philanthropist, educator, entrepreneur, author |
Spouse(s) | Marc Andreessen (m. 2006) |
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen is an American philanthropist, philanthropy educator, entrepreneur, author, and wife of Silicon Valley venture capitalist/entrepreneur Marc Andreessen.[1] She is the founder and CEO of Giving 2.0, a philanthropic âinnovation labâ[2] and the author of Giving 2.0: Transform Your Giving and Our World. Arrillaga-Andreessen also founded the Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2), a venture philanthropy fund.[3] She is the founder and chairman of Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS).[3] Arrillaga-Andreessen also serves as president of the Marc and Laura Andreessen Foundation[4] and teaches four philanthropy courses at Stanford University.[4]
Arrillaga-Andreessen is known for advising Silicon Valley technology leaders, such as Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, on their philanthropic efforts.[1] Priscilla Chan, Zuckerbergâs wife, has said Arrillaga-Andreessen takes an âengineering approachâ to philanthropy by âlooking at the problem, looking for solutions and encouraging people to have parameters in which they measure success.â[5]
Early life and education
Arrillaga-Andreessen was born in Palo Alto, California, the daughter of the late philanthropist Frances C. Arrillaga and real estate developer/philanthropist John Arrillaga, Sr.[1] She received a BA (1992) and MA (1999) in Art History from Stanford University, an MA (1998) in Education from Stanford School of Education, and an MBA (1997) from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.[6]
Arrillaga-Andreessen has said her motherâs volunteer work was a strong influence on her when she was growing up in Palo Alto.[7] âIt was the first time I really understood how blessed my family was with resources and how it was our responsibility to share them,â she told Barronâs.[7] Arrillaga-Andreessen became active in philanthropy after her motherâs early death from cancer.[1]
Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2)
While attending the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Arrillaga-Andreessen developed a business plan for an organization to teach philanthropy and make grants based on venture capital firm investment strategies.[1] The organization became the Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2), which Arrillaga-Andreessen founded in 1998 and served as its chairman until 2008; she is currently its chairman emeritus.[1][3][2] SV2 makes grants to nonprofits in Silicon Valley. As of 2013, SV2 had a portfolio of 38 grantees and nearly 400 investors including Jeff Skoll, Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki, and Gary and Laura Lauder.[8] The organization won the Silicon Valley Association of Fundraising Professionals Philanthropic Organization of the Year in 2008.[2]
Stanford PACS (Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society)
In 2006, Arrillaga-Andreessen founded and serves as board chairman of Stanford PACS (Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society).[3] Stanford PACS is a global research center with the goal of exchanging ideas between the academic and philanthropic communities to create social change.[9] The organization publishes the quarterly Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR), which won a 2013 MAGGIE award.[10]
Stanford University faculty
Arrillaga-Andreessen joined the Stanford Graduate School of Business faculty in 2000, when she began teaching a course entitled Strategic Philanthropy, the first field-based philanthropy course taught in higher education.[11] In 2003, she joined Stanford Universityâs faculty in the Public Policy department and School of Education. She currently teaches four philanthropy courses at Stanford.[6]
Giving 2.0
Arrillaga-Andreessen is the founder and CEO of Giving 2.0, a philanthropic innovation lab with the purpose of educating, empowering and engaging people to give âin a way that matters more.â[6]
In 2013, she launched Giving 2.0 ProjectU, an open-source initiative providing educational resources with the goal of inspiring colleges to offer philanthropy as a required course.[12] Giving 2.0 ProjectU makes 100 percent of Arrillaga-Andreessenâs Stanford teaching materials, case studies and research available free online to educators and philanthropists.[12] In a June 2013 blog post, Paul Brest, a notable American scholar of constitutional law, former Stanford Law School dean, and former President of the Hewlett Foundation, wrote:
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessenâs Giving 2.0 Project UâŚrepresents a tremendous gift to the increasing number of teachers and students of philanthropyâŚLaura also has written a series of Giving 2.0 âactivity guidesâ to help instructors teach...in a way that advances studentsâ critical thinking and creative application of core theories and frameworksâŚIn this way, Laura practices what she teaches: philanthropy for the greatest benefit of society. One couldnât ask for more.[13]
In 2011, Arrillaga-Andreessenâs book Giving 2.0: Transform Your Giving and Our World became a New York Times bestseller.[3] She writes about philanthropy for The Huffington Post and other publications, was named to Vanity Fairâs 2012 Next Establishment of innovators in their fields,[14] and was profiled as one of Barronâs five most fascinating philanthropists in 2011.[7] In September 2012, Arrillaga-Andreessen was featured on the cover of Forbes with other philanthropy leaders including her husband Andreessen, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates and Melinda Gates.[15]
Foundations, boards, and honors
Arrillaga-Andreessen is president of the Marc and Laura Andreessen Foundation, a director of the Arrillaga Foundation, a board member of Sand Hill Foundation, SIEPR (Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research), and an Advisory Council Member of the Global Philanthropy Forum.[6] She is a former Public Affairs Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a former trustee of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, The Hoover Institution, Castilleja School, Menlo School, Eastside Preparatory School, San Francisco Art Institute and Childrenâs Health Council.[16]
In 2001, Arrillaga-Andreessen received the Jacqueline Kennedy Award for Women in Leadership and in April 2005 became a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute.[16] She was awarded the Presidentâs Volunteer Service Award from the Points of Light Foundation in June 2005 and Children and Family Servicesâ Outstanding Silicon Valley Philanthropist Award in 2009.[16] In 2010, she was the first individual awarded SV2âs âLaura Arrillaga-Andreessen Social Impact Awardâ and also received the Distinguished Alumna Award from Castilleja School.[16] In 2011, she and Andreessen received the Global Citizen Award from the World Affairs Council and its Global Philanthropy Forum.[16]
Personal life
Arrillaga-Andreessen married Marc Andreessen in 2006 at Stanford University. The couple supports organizations such as local police departments and the CIA Foundation, veteran services and disaster preparedness research. In 2007, the couple invested a $27.5 million grant to build a new emergency care center and research department at Stanford Hospital & Clinics.[15]
References
- â 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Cain Miller, Claire (17 December 2011). "Rebooting Philanthropy in Silicon Valley". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- â 2.0 2.1 2.2 "A Note From Laura". About. Giving 2.0. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- â 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Kanani, Rahim (24 May 2012). "Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen on 21st Century Philanthropy and Smarter Giving". Forbes. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- â 4.0 4.1 Korn, Melissa (6 June 2013). "How to Turn Your Generosity Into Philanthropy". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- â Cain Miller, Claire (18 December 2011). "Could Silicon Valley Rethink Philanthropy?". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- â 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen". About Giving 2.0/Founder. Giving 2.0. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- â 7.0 7.1 7.2 Slatalla, Michelle. "Five Fascinating Philanthropists". Cover Story. Barron's. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- â "SV2 Building & Scaling Social Innovations". SV2 Brochure. SV2. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- â "Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen". Bio. Stanford PACS. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- â "2013 MAGGIE Winners". List of award winners. Western Publishing Association. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- â "PACS Courses". Course listing. Stanford PACS. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- â 12.0 12.1 Arrillaga-Andreessen, Laura (7 June 2013). "Philanthropy and the Wild West". Huffington Post. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- â Brest, Paul. "Laura Arrillaga-Andreessenâs Gift to Philanthropy". Blog post. Stanford Social Innovation Review. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
- â Chafkin, Max (7 September 2012). "The Next Establishment". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- â 15.0 15.1 "The $126 Billion Forbes Cover". Forbes.com. Forbes. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
- â 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 "Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen". Stanford Graduate School of Business Web site. Stanford Graduate School of Business. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
External links
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- Stanford GSB Faculty Page
- SSIR Web site
- Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Huffington Post blog page