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Mr. Marcus Escobedo

VP of Communications & Sr. Program Officer,
The John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc.
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The John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc.
New York, NY

Mr. Marcus Escobedo


VP of Communications & Sr. Program Officer,
The John A. Hartford Foundation, Inc.

Bio

Marcus R. Escobedo, MPA, is a Program Officer at the John A. Hartford Foundation, a national private foundation working to improving the health of older adults. He is overseeing the development of the Foundation’s new Policy and Communications grantmaking portfolio. He also manages grants within the Medicine portfolio, part of the Foundation's legacy strategy to building academic geriatrics capacity in the health professions. Mr. Escobedo currently serves as a board member of Hispanics in Philanthropy, a national non-profit organization dedicated to increasing philanthropic resources to Latino communities. He has previously held positions at the Women’s Foundation of California and Communities in Schools of Georgia and taught elementary school in Oakland, California through the Teach for America program. He received bachelor’s degrees in sociology and communications from the University of Texas at Austin and he earned his master’s of public administration in public and nonprofit management and policy at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service.

Education

New York University
Master of Public Administration (MPA)
2008 To 2011

The University of Texas at Austin
BA Sociology, BS Speech Communications
1992 To 1997

Job History

The John A. Hartford Foundation
Program Officer
January 2011 - present

John A. Hartford Foundation
Program Associate
January 2006 - January 2010

Areas Of Expertise

  • Ageism
  • Caregiving
  • Geriatrics
  • Gerontology
  • Media

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