{"id":2734,"date":"2017-01-10T22:59:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T22:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/ubers-david-plouffe-will-run-politics-for-the-chan-zuckerberg-initiative.html"},"modified":"2017-01-10T22:59:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T22:59:23","slug":"ubers-david-plouffe-will-run-politics-for-the-chan-zuckerberg-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/ubers-david-plouffe-will-run-politics-for-the-chan-zuckerberg-initiative.html","title":{"rendered":"Uber\u2019s David Plouffe will run politics for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"


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If you want to cure all disease and educate everyone, you\u2019re going to need the government\u2019s help, even if you\u2019re as rich as Mark Zuckerberg. Today, he and his wife Priscilla\u2019s philanthropic vehicle the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative<\/a> announced it\u2019s hired away Uber\u2019s chief advisor and former Obama campaign manager David Plouffe to lead its policy and advocacy team. Plouffe will remain on Uber\u2019s board.<\/p>\n

Plouffe could help convince legislators to back or at least pave the way for CZI\u2019s programs. These include creating personalized educations systems<\/a> so children are taught in the format they learn best, and its recent $3 billion investment to fight disease<\/a> by supporting research collaboration through its \u201cBiohub.\u201d The money comes from Chan and Zuckerberg pledging to donate 99 percent of Mark\u2019s Facebook shares, worth $45 billion<\/a> at the time, toward improving life on earth.<\/p>\n

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Hiring Plouffe could also fan speculation that Zuckerberg wants to take a direct role in government <\/a>some day. Last year, he pushed Facebook board members to allow him to retain control of the company even if he takes a leave of absence to work in government.<\/p>\n

While it was misreported that Zuckerberg could only work in government for up to two years while controlling Facebook, TechCrunch found<\/a>\u00a0that there\u2019s actually no limit, as long as he owns enough of the company or has board approval. Plouffe could potentially help Zuckerberg to campaign or establish political allies. For now, though, he\u2019ll work to align the government with CZI\u2019s social good programs.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, CZI has also selected former leader of the Republican National Committee and George W. Bush campaign manager Ken Mehlman to lead its policy advisory board.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an excerpt of Zuckerberg\u2019s announcement<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cPart of creating sustainable social change is also helping to build movements around these issues \u2014 to fight for more science funding and better education for all children.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Advocacy has always been part of our approach\u2026we need to change that our government spends 50x more treating people who are sick than finding cures so people don\u2019t get sick in the first place.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m excited to work with David on this. He has great experience building movements as part of companies like Uber and as campaign manager for Barack Obama\u2019s presidential campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Plouffe<\/a>\u00a0wrote that:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen announcing the Initiative, Mark and Priscilla stated that, \u201cWe must participate in policy and advocacy to shape debates. Many institutions are unwilling to do this, but progress must be supported by movements to be sustainable.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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As the President of Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Policy and Advocacy, my job will be to find creative ways to lift the voices of those who want to build a better future \u2013 no matter where they live, their background or their ideology. Curing disease, improving education through personalized learning and building technology and tools to help organizations reach their full potential are areas with wide spread support and massive potential for mobilization, great storytelling and smart policy engagement.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

When the CZI was announced, it was met with skepticism and backlash, despite the obvious generosity. Critics worried it would meddle in areas of philanthropy it didn\u2019t understand and could do more harm than good. But the CZI has worked to hire experts like genomics professor David Haussler and former U.S. deputy secretary of the Department of Education James H. Shelton to lead its science and learning programs.<\/p>\n

With Plouffe running advocacy, CZI might have the storyteller it needs to inspire government, other philanthropists and the public to cooperate in harnessing the Zuckerberg fortune for the benefit of humanity.<\/p>\n

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