The Foundation Welcomes New Employees

Lauren Libruk – Program Assistant, Philanthropy

A native to the East Coast, Lauren joins the Foundation from Boston, where she worked as a consultant for a strategic market research firm. Before that she lived in Israel, working as an English teacher and coordinating academic conferences sponsored by the Centre for the Study of European Politics and Society at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Lauren enjoys traveling and most recently spent time as a volunteer in Uganda, where she worked in a foster home and taught health and nutrition classes to local women’s empowerment groups. Lauren holds a B.A. in international relations from Mount Holyoke College.

Victor Vuchic – Associate Program Officer, Education

Victor’s focus in the Education Program is on technology-based grants in the area of Open Educational Resources. For eight years before joining the Foundation, he worked as an e-business management consultant for both start-ups and large-scale companies in Silicon Valley. His work has been in domains such as wireless, online retail, music and rich media, high tech, and content management. Vic’s skills are focused on user-centric business analysis, that is, helping companies refocus their strategies and operations around end users’ needs. He holds a B.S.E. in systems science engineering focused on telecommunications from the University of Pennsylvania, and most recently completed his Ed.M. in the Learning, Design & Technology Program at Stanford University. Vic also received a scholarship and attended the Berklee College of Music during his undergraduate years. When not working, Vic enjoys cooking, brewing, playing music, sports, mountain guiding, winter survival camping, and international travel.

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