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Board and staff section from the Presidential Center article[edit]

Don't know that devoting a section to this is necessary, but it seems worth saving here while I/we figure out how best to include it (infobox if nothing else). — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 16:00, 10 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

The Barack Obama Foundation board includes Chairman Marty Nesbitt, a close friend from Chicago; J. Kevin Poorman, president and CEO of PSP Capital Partners; David Plouffe; Obama's half-sister Maya Soetoro-Ng; venture capital financier, John Doerr; Studio Museum in Harlem Director and Chief Curator, Thelma Golden; fundraiser and former White House staffer, Juliana Smoot; investment managers John Rogers, and Michael Sacks, and former Governor of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick.^[1]^[2] Barack Obama has a home in Hyde Park.^[3]^[4]^[a] The foundation was formally established in January 2014.^[5]
Louise Bernard, outgoing Director of Exhibitions at NYPL, was named director of the Museum of the Obama Presidential Center in May 2017.^[6] Michael Strautmanis became the vice-president of civic engagement for the foundation in 2016.^[7]

References

^ David Jackson (January 31, 2014). "Obama library foundation is formed". USA Today.

^ "About the Foundation". Barack Obama Foundation.

^ Gima, Craig (March 3, 2016). "Obama: 'Hawaii is home,' but he probably won't live here". Star Advertiser. Honolulu. Retrieved March 3, 2016.

^ ^a ^b "Obamas likely to stay in DC for a few years". Reuters interview (rough cut with no reporter narration). March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.

^ Supporters Establish the Obama Foundation to Oversee Planning for Future Presidential Library, Barack Obama Foundation (January 31, 2014).

^ Pashman, Katherine Skiba, Manya Brachear (May 31, 2017). "Louise Bernard named museum director for future Obama Presidential Center". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved June 12, 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

^ "The Barack Obama Foundation Announces Hire of Michael Strautmanis as Vice President of Civic Engagement - Obama Foundation". Obama.org. November 23, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2018.

Collecting other sources to use[edit]

Additional references:

— Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 16:01, 10 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

History update[edit]

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest has now been answered.

Hi editors, I'm Rachel and I work for SKDK, here to request some edits on behalf of the Obama Foundation. First, I suggest making a couple of small updates to the History section:

Adding 2022 contributions and in-kind gifts totaling $311 million that year; adding net assets of $925 million, adding that the Foundation has raised $1.1 billion since 2017, all using this Chicago Tribune article
Adding that Valerie Jarrett has been CEO of the Foundation since 2021 using this Chicago Sun-Times article

Please let me know what you think! SKDKRachel (talk) 16:12, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Encoded Talk 💬 08:52, 8 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Encoded: Thanks for doing that! I am curious for your thoughts on a similar earlier sentence: "In 2018, contributions and in-kind gifts totaled $164.8 million, according to its filed annual report in June 2019 – a drop of $67.8 million from the $232.6 million raised in 2017."

This sentence is outdated now, do you think it's still needed? Or should it be removed? Let me know what you think! SKDKRachel (talk) 16:35, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's useful information to have and I think it is ok in its current form but perhaps it can be re-worded to be simpler/smaller section or put into something like a yearly gifts/contributions table if that sounds better? Am happy to support either way. Encoded Talk 💬 22:18, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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[1] David Jackson (January 31, 2014). "Obama library foundation is formed". USA Today.

[2] "About the Foundation". Barack Obama Foundation.

[StarAdvertiserHome-3] Gima, Craig (March 3, 2016). "Obama: 'Hawaii is home,' but he probably won't live here". Star Advertiser. Honolulu. Retrieved March 3, 2016.

[ReutersHomeDC-4] "Obamas likely to stay in DC for a few years". Reuters interview (rough cut with no reporter narration). March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 3, 2016.

[6] Supporters Establish the Obama Foundation to Oversee Planning for Future Presidential Library, Barack Obama Foundation (January 31, 2014).

[7] Pashman, Katherine Skiba, Manya Brachear (May 31, 2017). "Louise Bernard named museum director for future Obama Presidential Center". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved June 12, 2017. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[8] "The Barack Obama Foundation Announces Hire of Michael Strautmanis as Vice President of Civic Engagement - Obama Foundation". Obama.org. November 23, 2015. Retrieved January 29, 2018.

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