Sam Gill, President and CEO, Doris Duke Foundation

We are living through an historically unprecedented assault on the structure and status of the public and private institutions that comprise our modern liberal democracy. Why are our institutions under such vitriolic attack?  How can they be defended?  What does this moment portend for the these institutions and, with them, the fate of our democracy?

Dr. Sam Gill is the president and CEO of the Doris Duke Foundation (DDF), a New York-headquartered, national philanthropic organization that operates five national grantmaking programs—in the performing arts, the environment, medical research, child and family well-being, and mutual understanding between communities—as well as Duke Farms and Shangri La, two centers that serve the public directly. Prior to joining DDF, Gill was senior vice president and chief program officer at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, where he oversaw more than $100 million in annual grantmaking across the foundation’s programs, in addition to managing Knight’s research and assessment portfolio and its grants administration function.

Dr. Gill is giving a public lecture in conjunction with the SPI 415 course Contemporary Issues in Philanthropy taught by Dr. Aly Kassam-Remtulla, Lecturer in Public Policy and Vice Provost for International Affairs at Princeton.  Princeton affiliates and members of the public are warmly welcome to attend other public programming associated with the course. 

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