Stuart C Burden

Stuart C. Burden has twenty years of experience in private and corporate philanthropy, and works as a senior consultant for Monitor Institute. His passion for justice, equality, and human rights fuels his pursuit of lasting solutions to complex social problems. Stuart works out of Monitor’s San Francisco office, and his work concentrates on advancing best practices and next practices in philanthropy -- in the US and globally. Prior to joining the Monitor Institute, Stuart developed and implemented funding strategies as a senior executive, program director, and senior program officer for Levi Strauss & Co., the Levi Strauss Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation. In addition, he has managed both policy- and community-level initiatives at the Ford Foundation and the New York Foundation. Presently, he serves on the boards of the International Women's Health Coalition, the Stanford Alumni Association, and the National Sexuality Resource Center. From April 2000 to January 2003, Stuart was invited to serve on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, crossing both the Clinton and Bush administrations. Stuart earned his bachelor's degree from Stanford University and his master's degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.