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Linda Laird

As Executive Assistant in the Finance and Operations department, Linda works within a team of five people to process accounts payable, coordinate the administration of employee benefits and process payroll. She also handles special projects.

Prior to coming to the Skoll Foundation in 2003, Linda spent 11 years at David and Lucile Packard Foundation in Los Altos, Calif., where she worked in the Center for the Future of Children and the Organizational Effectiveness and Philanthropy (OEP) program.

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Skoll Foundation Adds Eleven Pioneering Organizations to its Global Portfolio of Leading Social Entrepreneurs : 3/11/2008
The Skoll Foundation today announced Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship for 11 organizations working around the world in the areas of tolerance and human rights, health, environmental sustainability, peace and security, and economic and social equity. The recipients, who will each receive three-year grants of $1,000,000, join a growing global network of Skoll social entrepreneurs, now numbering 59, who have created innovative, proven solutions for tackling the world’s most urgent social and economic challenges.

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