David Van Buren Britt

Background

Britt, David Van Buren was born on July 30, 1937 in Needham, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Paul Merwyn and Ellen Sibront (Bent) Britt.

Education

AB, Wesleyan University, 1959; Master of Public Administration, Harvard University, 1967.

Career

Operations management staff, Northern Trust Company, Chicago, 1959-1962; legislation chief, United States Agency for International Development, Washington, 1962-1968; chief programs and plans, United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, 1968-1969; deputy director policy planning, United States Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Washington, 1969-1970; independent consultant, Washington, 1970-1971; from vice president to chief operating officer, Children's television Workshop, New York City, 1971-1990; Chief Executive Officer, Children's television Workshop, New York City, since 1990.

Achievements

• David Van Buren Britt has been listed as a noteworthy educational communications executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Council on Foreign Relations. Member advisory board Initiative on Social Enterprise, Harvard Business School. Trustee New World Foundation, New York City, 1978—1986, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1989—1992, Education Trust, since 2005, chair, since 2008.

Board directors Inmed Partnerships Children, since 2005.

Connections

Married Marjorie Joan Britt, February 15, 1958 (divorced 1984). Children: Pamela Britt-Schneider, Barbara B. Schaefer, Paul David. Married Sue Cushman, July 22, 1989.

Father:

Paul Merwyn Britt

Mother:

Ellen Sibront (Bent) Britt

Spouse:

Sue Britt Cushman

Spouse:

Marjorie Joan Hoag

child:

Pamela B. Barr Britt

child:

Barbara B. Schaefer Britt

child:

Paul David Britt