On the one year anniversary of the launch of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan took to the platform that set them on the journey of directing tens of billions of dollars toward big global challenges: Facebook.
In a Facebook Live conversation on Thursday, Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook, and Chan, a pediatrician and educator, expanded on their progress over the past year and their goals for the future. A major focus of the conversation was the kind of team they are putting together to pursue their stated mission of “advancing human potential and promoting equal opportunity.”
CZI had one staff member at this time last year, but the team has been growing quickly around the priority areas of science and education, as well as on the tech side to support that work.
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Catherine Cheney is the Senior Editor for Special Coverage at Devex. She leads the editorial vision of Devex’s news events and editorial coverage of key moments on the global development calendar. Catherine joined Devex as a reporter, focusing on technology and innovation in making progress on the Sustainable Development Goals. Prior to joining Devex, Catherine earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Yale University, and worked as a web producer for POLITICO, a reporter for World Politics Review, and special projects editor at NationSwell. She has reported domestically and internationally for outlets including The Atlantic and the Washington Post. Catherine also works for the Solutions Journalism Network, a non profit organization that supports journalists and news organizations to report on responses to problems.
