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A native of Dayton, Ohio, Calvin graduated from Purdue University in 1971.
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Kathy Calvin
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She joined the Foundation in 2003, following a diverse career in politics, journalism, public relations, and business. Kathy is one of The B Team B Leaders. She took a job with Kiplinger"s Education Service in Washington, District of Columbia, where she also became involved with a political group called the Democratic Forum, through which she met United States. Senator Gary Hart.
Hart hired her as his press secretary in 1976.
She worked for him until 1984 and served as press secretary for his first presidential campaign that year. Mort Zuckerman subsequently hired her as director of editorial administration for United States. News and World Report, where she worked for twelve years, during which time the magazine went from third to first among the "big three" American news magazines.
She went on to lead United States. media relations for the public relations company Hill & Knowlton. In 1997 Calvin joined America Online as senior vice president and chief communications officer
In 2001, following the America Online–Time Warner merger, she became the president of the newly created America Online Time Warner Foundation.
In that capacity, she also guided the company"s other philanthropic activities and was the chief architect of the company"s corporate responsibility initiatives. She reportedly earned millions of dollars from America Online stock and was described as one of the company"s "most familiar" executives. She joined the United Nations Foundation in 2003 and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer in 2009.
She took on the additional role of president of the United Nations Foundation in February 2013 following the retirement of Tim Wirth.
Calvin has long taken an active role in philanthropic activities. She currently serves on the boards of Internews and the Newseum.
Foreign her work with the United Nations Foundation, Calvin was recognized in 2011 by Newsweek magazine as one of "150 Women Who Shake the World."
A resident of the Washington, District of Columbia area, Calvin has two adopted children and remarried in 2006.
