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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
TRIBUTE TO CAROL S. LARSON
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HON. ANNA G. ESHOO
of california
in the house of representatives
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor and celebrate the career of
Carol S. Larson, President and CEO of the David and Lucile Packard
Foundation, who is retiring at the end of 2019 after 30 years with the
Packard Foundation and 15 years serving as its President and CEO.
Carol's dedication to helping children and families in California, the
United States, and around the world has improved countless lives and
made immeasurable contributions to the field of philanthropy.
A graduate of Stanford University and Yale Law School, Carol joined
the Packard Foundation in 1989 and assumed the role of Director of
Research and Grants, Law and Public Policy at the then-titled Center
for the Future of Children where she focused her grantmaking on child
health and welfare issues. She edited and contributed to the journal
publication The Future of Children on topics ranging from drug-exposed
infants, to school-linked services, to home visiting, to juvenile
courts, and taught two courses at Stanford Law School on child abuse
and neglect.
Carol became President and CEO of the Packard Foundation in 2004.
Under her leadership, the Foundation averaged $300 million in annual
grantmaking and deployed $500 million in total mission investments to
hundreds of partners, ranging from community-based organizations around
the world to renowned institutions in the Bay Area. During Carol's
tenure, the Foundation also provided $349 million in funding to
organizations and efforts working to improve the health and well-being
of children through the Packard Foundation's Children, Families, and
Communities program. This funding has helped increase health care
coverage for uninsured children; enrolled more children in preschool
and introduced a new Transitional Kindergarten for four-year-olds;
improved pediatric and obstetric care through the world-renowned Lucile
Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University; strengthened the
quality of early childhood programs; and ushered in a new understanding
that the well-being of children must be viewed through the lens of the
whole family. The Packard Foundation's integration of two-generation
strategies that seek better outcomes for parents and children together
into its work promoting the well-being of children has shaped how
philanthropy, policymakers, and advocates act on behalf of families.
Under Carol's tenure, the Packard Foundation has also reinforced the
Packard family's strong commitment to Northern California. Since 2008,
the Foundation has devoted over $156 million through its Local
Grantmaking program to organizations committed to increasing
opportunities for families and communities in the Bay Area, raising the
bar for other Silicon Valley philanthropists to support local
organizations.
In recognition of her work and her contributions to the field of
philanthropy, Carol received the Council on Foundation's Distinguished
Service Award in 2016; the American Leadership Forum--Silicon Valley's
2019 John W. Gardner Award; and the World Affairs 2019 Global
Citizenship Award for her leadership and dedication to the public good.
Madam Speaker, I ask the entire House of Representatives to join me
in congratulating Carol S. Larson on her extraordinary career and
expressing our deepest appreciation to her for dedicating her life to
improving the lives of children and families, and strengthening our
county immeasurably.
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