Mari Kuraishi

Mari Kuraishi President of The Jessie Ball duPont Fund Jacksonville, Florida Connect Connect with Mari Kuraishi The Jessie Ball duPont Fund Harvard Business School See contact info 500+ connections Seasoned social entrepreneur with unique perspective spanning the public, private and civil sectors. Proven track record creating and growing winning innovative teams around compelling values and vibrant culture. Specialties: social entrepreneurship, strategy formation and execution, philanthropy, business innovation, consulting, government negotiations at all levels, public sector reform. Named one of Foreign Policy's top 100 Global Thinkers for "crowdsourcing worldsaving" in 2011. Show less Show less of Mari’s summary Articles & activity 2,718 followers We can't see the whole for the offending part ... Mari’s profile photo Mari Kuraishi Published on LinkedIn Boston MFA forced to pull back museum goers from posing with kimono as homage to Camille Monet's "La Japonaise."I realize I'm not Japanese-American. I'm just Japanese. But I did grow up outside of Japan and know how easy it is to be pigeon-holed as a minority. But how does forcing the MFA to cancel an interactive exhibit that might otherwise have sparked greater engagement with Camille Monet, Impressionism, or japonisme actually help combat cultural appropriation? Why assume the basest motives and takeaways from museum-goers experience? Did the protesting Asian-Americans not notice that the offending kimono had been "commissioned by the Japanese broadcaster NHK to accompany “La Japonaise” for the recent traveling exhibit “Looking East”; visitors to museums in Tokyo, Kyoto, and the MFA’s sister museum in Nagoya could try them on as part of the exhibit?" That in fact Japanese museumgoers had worn the kimono and posed in front of the blonde in the painting and imagined themselves as her? And would they have censured it as appropriation of Western culture? 3 Comments Like Comment Share See all articles No alt text provided for this image Congratulations!!! Mari commented No alt text provided for this image Looping in James Beresh to answer that question for you. Mari replied to a comment No alt text provided for this image Can't say enough about why I love this. The A/B testing! The financial care! The sharing! Thank you Nick Hamlin, Kevin Conroy and James Beresh Mari shared this 19 Likes 4 Comments See all activity Experience The Jessie Ball duPont Fund President Company NameThe Jessie Ball duPont Fund Dates EmployedJan 2019 – Present Employment Duration4 mos LocationJacksonville, Florida Leap Ambassadors Community Ambassador Company NameLeap Ambassadors Community Dates EmployedFeb 2015 – Present Employment Duration4 yrs 3 mos Ambassador The Leap of Reason Ambassadors Community is a private community of nonprofit thought leaders and practitioners. Ambassadors are experts, leader practitioners, and instigators. They bring depth of knowledge and experience, passion for inspiring others to b... See more GlobalGiving Co-founder and President Company NameGlobalGiving Dates EmployedJan 2002 – Dec 2018 Employment Duration17 yrs LocationWashington D.C. Metro Area Originated and grew a self-organizing system from one insight that even in the most vulnerable communities, people can solve their own problems given enough time and resources. From there it was a matter of finding and vetting those community organizations and connecting them to the people and organizations who are willing to support ... See more The power of us | Mari Kuraishi | TEDxTraverseCity The power of us | Mari Kuraishi | TEDxTraverseCity World Bank Company NameWorld Bank Total Duration9 yrs 1 mo TitleManager, Innovation and Corporate Strategy Dates EmployedJan 1998 – Oct 2000 Employment Duration2 yrs 10 mos LocationWashington D.C. Metro Area Starting with an internal experiment in 1998, led the launch of the first ever effort to crowdsource innovation for development: the Development Marketplace (featured in the Harvard Business Review). It was mainstreamed for over a decade since its launch, and inspired other public sector agencies to consider similar initiatives.... See more The World Bank's Innovation Market The World Bank's Innovation Market TitleCountry Officer and acting Anchor (Russia) Dates EmployedOct 1991 – Dec 1997 Employment Duration6 yrs 3 mos LocationWashington D.C. Metro Area Worked closely with Yeltsin's reformers to support all economic aspects of the Russian reforms: legal reform, enterprise housing, energy efficiency, fiscal federalism, housing reform, privatization with financing and knowledge. Brokered tradeoffs between political feasibility and economic impact on loans ranging form $80 million to $1.2 billion. Education Harvard Business School Harvard Business School Degree NameExecutive MBA Dates attended or expected graduation 1998 – 1999 World Bank Executive Development Program led by Harvard but included faculty from Stanford, INSEAD, IESE Harvard University Harvard University Degree NameMA Field Of StudySoviet Studies Dates attended or expected graduation 1987 – 1989 Harvard University Harvard University Degree NameBachelor of Arts (BA) Field Of StudyHistory Grademagna cum laude Dates attended or expected graduation 1983 – 1987 Produced the Harvard International Review where I met some of the smartest people at the college. Studied Russian verbs of motion until the wee hours. Did research for a couple of professors I admired immensely. Pushkin State Russian Language Institute Pushkin State Russian Language Institute Field Of StudyRussian Language and Literature Dates attended or expected graduation 1986 – 1986 International School of Dusseldorf International School of Dusseldorf Degree NameInternational Baccalaureate diploma Dates attended or expected graduation 1980 – 1983 Show fewer education Volunteer Experience GuideStar Board Chair Company NameGuideStar Dates volunteeredDec 2011 – Dec 2018 Volunteer duration7 yrs 1 mo DataKind Board member Company NameDataKind Dates volunteeredNov 2014 – Present Volunteer duration4 yrs 6 mos APOPO vzw US Board chair Company NameAPOPO vzw Dates volunteeredSep 2014 – Present Volunteer duration4 yrs 8 mos Cause Disaster and Humanitarian Relief Benevolent Board member Company NameBenevolent Dates volunteeredJan 2012 – Present Volunteer duration7 yrs 4 mos Cause Social Services Harvard University Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies Advisory Board member Company NameHarvard University Dates volunteeredJun 2016 – Present Volunteer duration2 yrs 11 mos Cause Education Global Business School Network Board member Company NameGlobal Business School Network Dates volunteeredNov 2009 – Dec 2015 Volunteer duration6 yrs 2 mos Cause Economic Empowerment Candid Co-chair of board Company NameCandid Dates volunteeredJan 2019 – Present Volunteer duration4 mos