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4.27.2007 - 11:30am ET
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Aspen Institute Philanthropy Program Names Thomas J. Billitteri as Communications Director
(CSRwire) WASHINGTON DC - April 27, 2007- Thomas J. Billitteri, a veteran journalist
and former news editor for The Chronicle of Philanthropy, has been named
to the new position of director of communications for the Aspen
Institute's Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program.
Billitteri will direct the program's strategic communications, oversee
expansion of its online and published resources, and help lead the
Program’s outreach to nonprofit professionals, scholars, media
representatives, and policy makers.
"We are thrilled to have Tom Billitteri join our staff," said Alan J.
Abramson, director of the Aspen Institute’s Nonprofit Sector and
Philanthropy Program. "With Tom on board, we will be able to expand our
outreach to policymakers, journalists, and other leaders at a time when
they are paying much greater attention to nonprofit issues."
Billitteri has more than 30 years of experience as a reporter, editor and
independent journalist. He covered business and economics for the Dallas
Times Herald and Florida Trend, the nation’s oldest regional business
magazine, where he also served as managing editor. In addition, he wrote
on the intersection of religion with policy and culture for the St.
Petersburg Times and served as news editor and managing editor of Religion
News Service, owned by Newhouse News Service in Washington.
As a staff member of The Chronicle of Philanthropy between 1997 and 2004,
Billitteri covered a wide range of issues affecting the nonprofit world.
As a senior reporter he wrote on tax, legal, and financial matters,
including donor-advised funds, the estate tax, endowments, and venture
philanthropy. As co-news editor Billitteri helped to direct the work of
Chronicle reporters and edited the work of opinion-page columnists.
In 2005 the Aspen Institute’s Nonprofit Sector Research Fund
ommissioned Billitteri to research and write a working paper on the
history, theory, policy and practice of private-foundation payout. The
paper, "Money, Mission, and the Payout Rule: In Search of a Strategic
Approach to Founding Spending," is available at www.nonprofitresearch.org
Billitteri also has written on corporate pay practices and other policy
issues for the Congressional Quarterly Researcher, and he is the author of
two books for the young-adult market, on juvenile rights and alternative
medicine.
Billitteri holds a master's degree in journalism and bachelor’s degree
in English, both from Indiana University in Bloomington.
The Aspen Institute’s Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program seeks to
improve the operation of the nonprofit sector and philanthropy through
research and dialogue focused on public policy, management, and other
important issues affecting the nonprofit sector.
The Aspen Institute, founded in 1950, is an international nonprofit
organization dedicated to fostering enlightened leadership and open-minded
dialogue. Through seminars, policy programs, conferences and leadership
development initiatives, the Institute and its international partners seek
to promote nonpartisan inquiry and an appreciation for timeless values. The
Institute is headquartered in Washington, DC, and has campuses in Aspen,
Colorado, and on the Wye River on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Its
international network includes partner Aspen Institutes in Berlin, Rome,
Lyon, Tokyo, New Delhi, and Bucharest, and leadership programs in Africa,
Central America and India.
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