Harvard Kennedy School Creates a Student Fellowship in Honor of Lisa Garcia Quiroz and Her Commitment to Developing Latino Leaders March 20, 2018
Cambridge, MA & New York, NY - The Harvard Kennedy School announced today the creation of a graduate student fellowship in honor of the late Lisa Garcia Quiroz, a champion of a stronger Latino presence at Harvard for some 30 years. The fellowship is designed for emerging student leaders at HKS with a strong commitment to the Latino community. Its lead donor is Time Warner Inc., where she was until recently its Senior Vice President of Cultural Investments and Chief Diversity Officer.
This fellowship in Lisas name represents a very sad but heartwarming story, said David Gergen, director of the Schools Center for Public Leadership (CPL), where the fellowship will be housed. Words hardly capture how much we are honored by our friendship with her and how much we will miss her.
When Ms. Quiroz came to Harvard three decades ago, she was one of the few Latino undergraduates. Before and then after graduation, she served as a minority recruiter for the college, working closely with William Fitzsimmons, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid. Her path eventually took her to the Harvard Business School where she earned an MBA before joining Time Warner. There she became Senior Vice President of Cultural Investments. In 2004, she was promoted to be the companys Chief Diversity Officer and President of the Time Warner Foundation.
We had the great good fortune to discover Lisa several years ago and she fast became a wonderful partner for our Center, said Gergen. She worked tirelessly with us to strengthen the leadership development of Hispanic students and others devoted to that community. Through her, Time Warner has sponsored two conferences on the Latino future.
Months ago, he continued, Lisa told us that upon her retirement from Time Warner this winter, she would join us at CPL to become a Hauser Leader in Residence. She was fiercely committed to our mission and to helping us raise funds for students. We were thrilled at the prospect.
Tragically, said Gergen, she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and as it progressed, her life was turned upside down. She relocated to Denver, CO, for her final months, where she died on Friday, March 16, surrounded by friends and family.
Lisa was a model of bravery who was dedicated to the development of young Hispanic leaders. When asked by senior leadership at Time Warner how they might honor her, she immediately asked that they contribute to this new fellowship at the Kennedy School.
Time Warner Chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes said, As leader of Time Warners Cultural Investments team and the company's first Chief Diversity Officer, Lisa had always been an industry-leading proponent-and shining example-of the benefits of workforce diversity. She was a passionate warrior for social justice and a relentless advocate for underserved and under-represented communities and artists. In recognition of her lifetime of inspirational leadership, we are proud to establish the Lisa Garcia Quiroz Graduate Fellowship.
About the Lisa Garcia Quiroz Graduate Fellowship
Housed at Harvard Kennedy Schools Center for Public Leadership, the Lisa Garcia Quiroz Graduate Fellowship will provide funding for emerging student leaders who have demonstrated an interest in reducing disparities in U.S. Latino and other underserved communities. The fellowship will offer tuition, fees and living expenses to admitted applicants to any of the master's degree programs at HKS and will complement the Center's existing U.S. Latino Leadership Fellowship and U.S. Latino Leadership Initiative Program.
The establishment of the Lisa Garcia Quiroz Graduate Fellowship at Harvard Kennedy School will draw emerging leaders who share Lisas passion for service-oriented leaders committed to serving the public good across sectors.
For more information about the Lisa Garcia Quiroz Graduate Fellowship please contact Erika Carlsen at erika_carlsen@hks.harvard.edu or 617-495-1386.
To contribute to the fund, please contact Jody Sharpe at jody_sharpe@hks.harvard.edu or 617-495-9626.
About Lisa Garcia Quiroz
Garcia Quirozs tenure at Time Warner was marked by a series of firsts. She joined the company in 1993, rising to become Time Warners first-ever Chief Diversity Officer. Before joining Time Warner's corporate division, Lisa was at Time Inc., where she launched two businesses that identified and successfully served new markets: People en Espa ol and Time for Kids. As founding Publisher of People en Espa ol, the magazine grew to become the iconic best-selling Hispanic magazine in the United States. Time for Kids, an award-winning classroom news magazine for elementary school kids, currently has a circulation of over 4.0 million and has won numerous awards for its journalism and storytelling.
Garcia Quiroz received her AB from Harvard College in 1983 and her MBA from Harvard Business School in 1990. Lisa served on the boards of the Public Theater and the Apollo Theater Foundation in New York City. She also chaired the Board of Directors for the Hispanic Scholarship Fund and was appointed chair of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service by President Barack Obama.
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Harvard Kennedy School Creates a Student Fellowship in Honor of Lisa Garcia Quiroz and Her Commitment to Developing Latino Leaders March 20, 2018
