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Julia Pettengill

Investor

Executive Director of the Schooner Foundation at Schooner Capital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

About

Julia Pettengill is Executive Director of the Schooner Foundation, where she directs global grantmaking and operations across more than eighty partnerships in areas including human rights, global health equity, mental health, education, and environmental resilience. She has developed and managed philanthropic funds such as the Foundation's crisis response fund and global mental health portfolio. She holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Education from the University of Cape Town.

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Experience

  1. The Schooner FoundationExecutive Directorcurrent2018 — presentBoston, Massachusetts
  2. African Food and Peace FoundationExecutive Director2014 — 2018
  3. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbHConsultant2008 — 2014
  4. EDC (Education Development Center)Research And Development Associate2001 — 2003
  5. UNESCOProgramme de stages1994Paris, Île-de-France, France

Education

  1. University of Cape TownMasters Degree in Education, Applied Language and Literacy Studies
  2. University of Cape TownHonors Degree, Educational Leadership
  3. University of Cape TownPost Graduate Degree in Higher Education HDE
  4. University of Cape TownBachelor of Arts - BA
  5. Ecole Lemania
  6. Peterhouse Boys
  7. Harvard UniversityEducation School | Family Literacy Project, Education2000 — 2001

Skills & more

Languages English · German

  • 21/64 Approach Training Certification — 21/64
  • EDI Certification — Executive Director Institute
  • Education for Philanthropy Professionals – Certificate of Completion — Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS)

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Also attended Peterhouse Boys1

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Also attended Harvard University1,470

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Shared employers

Also worked at Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH19

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Also worked at EDC (Education Development Center)3

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Also worked at UNESCO19

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