Tricia Raikes

Tricia Raikes is an American businesswoman and philanthropist. She is the co-founder and co-president of the Raikes Foundation, and has held this position since 2002.[1][2] Her husband is Jeff Raikes, former CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.[3][4]

Tricia Raikes
OccupationCo-founder, co-president of the Raikes Foundation
Board member ofCollege Success Foundation,
Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Spouse(s)Jeff Raikes
ChildrenMichaela, Connor, and Gillian
Websitehttp://raikesfoundation.org/tricia-raikes

Career

Prior to co-founding the Raikes Foundation, Tricia was Director of Creative Services and Marketing Communications at Microsoft.[5] Tricia holds a position on the Board of Directors for the College Success Foundation for Washington DC and Washington State.[6] Additionally, Tricia serves on the Board of Directors for the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management with her husband, Jeff Raikes.[7] Tricia has held other leadership roles, working with Stanford University’s Task Force on Undergraduate Education, and serving the United Way of King County as the co-chair of their 2006-2007 campaign.[8] Additionally, Tricia has served on boards for the Washington State University Foundation and the King County Boys & Girls Club.[8]

Tricia has been recognized as one of the Puget Sound Business Journal's Women of Influence in 2007,[9] named the 2012 ParentMap Humanitarian Superhero,[10] and selected as one of the White House's Champions of Change for her work addressing youth homelessness.[8]

gollark: Oh, they did.
gollark: The irony is that the copypastas advertise pizza *far* more than me.
gollark: Looks like a webhook.
gollark: Despite the importance of accurate time for computers basically nobody actually uses secure time sync.
gollark: If it is "turned off" per device you can trivially change MAC address, although if it just disconnects anyone ever that would probably be harder and you'd either need access to the controls for that or some kind of NTP spoofing.

References
  1. "Tricia Raikes". Raikes Foundation. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  2. "White House to honor Wisconsin man as 'Champion of Change'". Wisconsin Gazette. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  3. Payne, Patti. "Raikes Foundation receives major award for its work to end youth homelessness in King County". Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  4. Todd, Leah. "Robert Craves co-founded Costco, nonprofit that sent thousands to college dies at 72". Seattle Times. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  5. "Tricia Raikes | LinkedIn". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  6. "Board of Directors - About Us - College Success Foundation". www.collegesuccessfoundation.org. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  7. Network, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Web Developer. "Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management". raikes.unl.edu. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  8. "Tricia raikes". The White House. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  9. "The Business Journals - Puget Sound Business Journal". Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  10. "2012 Superheroes for Washington Families - ParentMap". www.parentmap.com. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.