Bits: Benton Foundation Names Gloria Tristani President

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

April 6, 2006 | Read Time: 1 minute

The Benton Foundation, in Washington, has appointed Gloria Tristani, a former Federal Communications Commissioner, as president. The Benton Foundation works to promote communications policies that serve the public interest. For more information: Go to http://www.benton.org.
Cisco Systems, in San Jose, Calif., has announced a $20-million gift over three years to help rebuild and improve schools in Louisiana damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Approximately half of the donation will be cash, the other half equipment and expertise. The company announced a similar $20-million gift for Mississippi schools in October. For more information: Go to http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/2006/corp_031506.html.

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NICOLE WALLACE

Features Editor

Nicole Wallace is features editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has written about innovation in the nonprofit world, charities’ use of data to improve their work and to boost fundraising, advanced technologies for social good, and hybrid efforts at the intersection of the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, such as social enterprise and impact investing.Nicole spearheaded the Chronicle’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast and reported from India on the role of philanthropy in rebuilding after the South Asian tsunami. She started at the Chronicle in 1996 as an editorial assistant compiling The Nonprofit Handbook.Before joining the Chronicle, Nicole worked at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs and served in the inaugural class of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.A native of Columbia, Pa., she holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.