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Donald K. Ross spent two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer teaching in a rural village in Nigeria
Donald K. Ross spent two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer teaching in a rural village in Nigeria
Donald K. Ross has spent 35 years working on public policy issues. After graduating from Fordham College, he spent two years as a Peace Corps Volunteer teaching in a rural village in Nigeria. He then attended NYU Law School and in 1970 went to work for Ralph Nader in Washington, DC. Donald spent three years traveling throughout the country organizing Public Interest Research Groups. In 1973, he moved to New York as NYPIRG’s founding director. During his tenure, NYPIRG became the first student PIRG to launch a canvass, create non-student affiliates, and establish a large scale nonprofit fuel buying service. Ross played a lead role in the May 6, 1979 March on Washington following the Three Mile Island meltdown and as coordinator for the September 23rd NO NUKES Rally at Battery Park City. After leaving NYPIRG, he spent 14 years as the Director of the Rockefeller Family Fund, and helped conceive, launch and fund several public interest organizations, including the Environmental Support Center, Taxpayers for Common Sense, and the Environmental Grantmakers Association. Currently, he is a partner in the lobbying law firm of Malkin & Ross; the CEO of M&R Strategic Services, a government affairs firm headquartered in Washington, DC; and a philanthropic advisor to several foundations and individual donors. His pro bono activities include service on the boards of directors for the League of Conservation Voters, the National Environmental Trust and Greenpeace USA. He lives in New York City with his wife Helen and his daughters Margaret and Katherine.