Board of Directors

Doug Bauer, M.S., M.J.

Doug Bauer is Executive Director of The Clark Foundation which focuses on helping individuals lead independent and productive lives and supports nonprofits and programs in New York City and Cooperstown, NY. He is also Executive Director of The Scriven and Fernleigh Foundations and Senior Vice President of The Clark Estates, Inc. Prior to Clark, Mr. Bauer was a Senior Vice President with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) from 2002 to 2009 and led the organization’s Strategic Initiatives Team.

Prior to joining RPA, Mr. Bauer was a Vice President at Goldman, Sachs and Co. and President of the Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund. From 1997 to 2000, he was Director of Community Partnership at SmithKline Beecham (now GlaxoSmithKline) and Executive Director of the SmithKline Beecham Foundation, where he focused on community-based healthcare around the world. From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Bauer was a Program Officer for Culture at the Pew Charitable Trusts and from 1988 to 1992, he managed the Scott Paper Company Foundation.

Mr. Bauer’s opinions and ideas on philanthropy have been featured in the AP, Bloomberg, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Contribute, The Financial Times, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Post, The Stanford Social Innovation Review, The Wall Street Journal and on NPR, PBS, and CNBC. He co-authored, with Steven Godeke, Philanthropy’s New Passing Gear: Mission Related Investing.

Mr. Bauer serves on the board of The Melalucca Foundation, co-chairs Philanthropy New York’s public policy committee, and is the immediate past board chair of The Partners for Health Foundation. He is also a member of the Leap of Reason Ambassadors Community, and an adjunct faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania and the Columbia Business School where he teaches about philanthropy and the nonprofit sector.

Mr. Bauer is a graduate of Michigan State University. He also holds an M.S. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.J. from Temple University.