Eileen Rockefeller Growald

Eileen Rockefeller Growald (born 1952) is the youngest daughter of David Rockefeller, grandson of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller. She is a fourth-generation member of the Rockefeller family, known generically as "the Cousins". Her siblings are Abby, Richard, Peggy Dulany, Neva Rockefeller Goodwin, and David Rockefeller, Jr.

Growald is a graduate of Oldfields School in Maryland and she received her bachelor's degree from Middlebury College in 1974 and her master's in Early Childhood Education from Lesley College in association with the "Shady Hill School" in 1976.

In 1982, she founded and was president of the "Institute for the Advancement of Health", dealing principally with the scientific understanding of mind-body interactions in health and disease; this subject has evolved into what is now called Emotional Intelligence. She co-founded "The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Economic Learning" (CASEL) in 1992.

In 2000, she and her husband, "Paul Growald", founded "The Champlain Valley Greenbelt Alliance" (CVGA), a local non-profit organization to protect greenbelts along major corridors in Vermont.

Growald, who describes herself as a venture philanthropist, is also the founding chair of "Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors", set up in New York by various members of the family in 2002. The largest advisory service of its kind, its current chair is "Kevin Broderick", who served on the board of "Rockefeller Financial Services" and took over as chairman from Rockefeller in 2005. Its mission is to create thoughtful, effective philanthropy throughout the world.

Growald was also closely involved with The Gailer School, when it was located in Shelburne, Vermont, where she lives on the former Vanderbilt estate, Shelburne Farms. She was chair of that board for a number of years and has been succeeded recently by "Linda Kelliher Samets".

After her brother, David Rockefeller, Jr., she is seen as a leader of the family's fourth-generation, one of whose major funding priorities is reducing the threat of nuclear war.

ee also

*Rockefeller family
*David Rockefeller
*David Rockefeller, Jr.
*Neva Rockefeller Goodwin

External links

* [http://rockpa.org/2004/02/09/february-9-2004/ Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) website]
* [http://216.198.218.233/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/11-18%20monograph%20FINAL1.pdf#search=%22rockefeller%20family%22 An entrepreneurial spirit: Three Centuries of Rockefeller Family Philanthropy] This 2005 PDF document contains a history and philosophy of Rockefeller philanthropy, organised by the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA), founded and formerly chaired by Eileen Growald and set up in New York in 2002.
* [http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F50D1EF93A5C0C738FDDAB0994DC484D81 "The Cousins"] 1984 "New York Times" article on the cousins and the transition of power to the fourth-generation.
* [http://www.casel.org/ The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Economic Learning (CASEL)]