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PPAF Staff
David Stillman, PhD, Executive Director, Ex Officio Member of the Board
Marc Perry, Online Marketing Director
Grace Sosa, Executive Assistant to the PPAF Chair
David Stillman
Executive Director, Ex Officio Member of the Board
David Stillman is a founder and the first Executive Director of the Public-Private Alliance Foundation. He was formerly the general manager of the United Nations Public-Private Alliance for Rural Development, for which Madagascar and the Dominican Republic are pilot countries. Stillman also consults on human security issues, peace-building, human rights, gender and United Nations system development cooperation. David and Jeanne Stillman established Strategies for Development, Inc., a consulting firm, in 1998.
Stillman worked with the United Nations Secretariat from 1974 to 2004. As a Senior Officer in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, he was a member of the team that supports the deliberations of the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly. Previously he was an Advisor in the Office of the Under-Secretary-General for Development Support and Management Services. In the mid-1980s he served as Assistant Resident Representative in Islamabad, Pakistan, with the UN Development Programme, responsible chiefly for agricultural programs. Before joining the UN he worked in Togo, Ghana and Kenya.
Stillman is past-president of the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) Westchester Chapter (2003-2007), a member of the board of the New York State Southern Division of UNA-USA, a member of the board of JumpStart International and an honorary board member of the North Carolina-based American Freedom Association.
Stillman holds a BA from the School of International Service of the American University and an MA and PhD in political science from Duke University. He has traveled extensively internationally. Stillman speaks English and French. Honors include Who's Who in America.
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Marc Perry
Online Marketing Director
Marc Perry created the PPAF website and leads online marketing intitiatives. Mr. Perry is the Founder & CEO of Elite Training Partners, a private company that develops fitness products and services for busy individuals with demanding lifestyles.
Mr. Perry began his career as a hedge fund analyst. He received a B.A. in History from Yale University where he was an officer of the Yale Entrepreneurial Society and Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Yale Entrepreneur magazine.
Elite Training Partner's Website: Best Fitness Training Exercise Programs
Marc's Fitness Blog: Fitness Tips to Get Lean, Toned, and Lose Body Fat
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Grace Sosa
Executive Assistant to the PPAF Chair
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"The United Nations can only do its job properly with partners. We will need to forge even closer ties to civil society groups, foundations, academic institutions, the media, labour unions, and the private sector. Each has unique contributions to make."
-Ban Ki-moon
UN Secretary-General,
Address to UNA-USA Business Council for the UN,
New York, 10 January 2007
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