Kathy Bushkin is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the United Nations Foundation, created in 1998 with businessman and philanthropist Ted Turner's historic gift to support UN causes. Prior to joining the UN Foundation, Ms. Bushkin served as President of the AOL Time Warner Foundation and was the chief architect of the company's corporate responsibility initiatives. Ms. Bushkin joined America Online in 1997 as Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer. Immediately prior to joining AOL, she was a Senior Managing Director at Hill and Knowlton, a global public relations company and, for 12 years before that, was the Director of Editorial Administration for U.S. News & World Report. From 1976 through 1984, Ms. Bushkin served as Senator Gary Hart's press secretary. Ms. Bushkin currently serves on the boards of City Year, the International Women's Media Foundation, Internews, Share Our Strength, the National Women's Law Center, and the United Nations Association of the United States of America. In 1999 she and Art Bushkin founded the Stargazer Foundation, which provides free online tools for nonprofits through the web platform StargazerNET.net. Ms. Bushkin is a graduate of Purdue University and the recipient of numerous awards for leadership and philanthropy.