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Publications

  • "America's Next Top Philanthropist", Nonprofit Quarterly, December 2009.


  • One Degree of Separation: Prevalence of Paralysis in the U.S., Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, April, 2009.


  • “Nonprofits”: The DNA of Democracy,” Nonprofit Quarterly, January 2009.


  • The Leadership Ladder: Fostering Volunteer Engagement and Leadership at New York Cares,, New York Cares, January 2009.


  • Book Review: Clay Shirky’s Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations, Strategy Matters, Fall, 2008.


  • “Does the Public Deserve a Voice in Foundation Grantmaking?” Chronicle of Philanthropy, September 6, 2007


  • “Program Focus to Policy Change: Encouraging Support for Advocacy (co-authored with G. Mannion) in Power in Policy: Foundation’s Guide to Public Policy and Civic Engagement), D.F. Arons (Ed.), Wilder Publishing Center, January 2007


  • “Citizens at the Center: A Refocused Approach to Civic Engagement,” Nonprofit Quarterly, Winter 2006.


  • Citizens at the Center: A New Approach to Civic Engagement, The Case Foundation, September 2006


  • "Movement or Moment?", The Case Foundation, 2006


  • New Times Demand New Scholarship: Research Universities and Engaged Scholarship: A Leadership Agenda for Renewing the Civic Mission of Higher Education. Tufts University/Campus Compact, October 2006


  • “In Whose Interest: Do National Nonprofit Advocacy Groups Represent the Under-Represented?,” Nonprofit Quarterly, Summer, 2006


  • “The New Civics: A Seminal Moment, a Radical Proposal: A Comprehensive Approach to Civic Education,” Thresholds V. 1(1), September 2004


  • “Thinking Outside the [Ballot] Box: A Broader Strategy for Political Engagement,” National Civic Review, Summer 2004


  • "The Case for Support of the Nonprofit Infrastructure" (co-authored with Ruth McCambridge), Nonprofit Quarterly, 12, (Special Issue), April/May 2004


  • “The Path to Consensus: Coalition-Building, Advocacy, Research and Communications Converge for Success in Carnegie/CIRCLE Program” (co-authored with Peter Levine), Gold Book Online Case Study of the Month, Alliance for Nonprofit Management, 2004


  • “Consumer-Driven Health Care and Chronic Disease” (co-authored with Jessie Gruman), Consumer-Driven Health Care (R. Herzlinger, ed.), Harvard University Press, 2004


  • The Civic Mission of Schools (co-author), Carnegie Corporation of New York/Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE)/University of Maryland, 2003


  • "What Nonprofits Can Do For Us," Carnegie Reporter, June-July, 2002


  • From Inspiration to Participation: Perspectives on Youth Civic Engagement, Berkeley, CA: Grantmaker Forum on Community and National Service, 2001


  • Stronger Links: New Ways to Connect Low-Skilled Workers to Better Jobs, assessment of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Jobs Initiative, 2000


  • Better Information, Better Outcomes? The Use of Health Technology Assessment and Clinical Effectiveness Data in Health Care Purchasing Decisions in the United Kingdom and the United States, Milbank Memorial Fund, 2000


  • “Providing Leadership in Women’s Health,” written for president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, The 21st Century Health Care Leader, Emory University School of Medicine, 1999


  • “Strategic Communications and International Development,” monograph, Rockefeller Foundation, 1999


  • What it Takes: A Look at Black Achievers (Editor), Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 1999


  • Pathways to Better Endings: Mapping a Course for Better Health and Health Care, Center for the Advancement of Health, 1999


  • Keeping Track (an annual analysis of New York City children’s status), Citizens Committee for Children, 1996-1999


  • A Women-Led Economic Agenda for Change (contributing author), produced in conjunction with the White House Office of Women’s Initiatives and Outreach, 1998.


  • Western Community Policy Leadership Forum, a report on a newly-formed coalition of state legislators, Center for Policy Alternatives, 1998


  • Actions Speak Louder (advocacy guide), Citizens Committee for Children, 1998.


  • “Facing Off on Social Policy: Can the Left and the Right Find Middle Ground?” Social Service Review, June 1997


  • “Integrated Health Delivery Systems,” health policy briefing paper for W.K. Kellogg Foundation, 1997


  • Transforming the Practice of Healthcare: Collaborative Family Healthcare, Center for the Advancement of Health and the Collaborative Family Healthcare Coalition, 1997


  • Risky Business: Community Impact of Catholic Healthcare Expansion, Catholics for a Free Choice, 1995


  • The Catholic Health Care System and National Health Care Reform, Catholics for a Free Choice, 1994


  • Advocacy Guide, International Planned Parenthood Federation (A “how-to” manual on all facets of advocacy distributed to affiliates worldwide. Translated into Spanish.), 1994


  • "Empowerment Theory and Practice With Adolescents of Color in the Child Welfare System," Families in Society, September 1993.


  • "The Big Business of Healing” (Summer 1994);


  • “Opening Doors, Opening Minds," (Autumn1993); and "Feminists Debate RU-486" (Spring 1992)


  • Conscience Producer, fundraising/educational videos for People for the American Way featuring founder and television producer Norman Lear, 1983-84
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