[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 137 (Tuesday, August 20, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1066]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO CAROL S. LARSON

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, August 20, 2019

  Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor and celebrate the career of 
Carol S. Larson, President and CEO of the David and Lucile Packard 
Foundation, who is retiring at the end of 2019 after 30 years with the 
Packard Foundation and 15 years serving as its President and CEO. 
Carol's dedication to helping children and families in California, the 
United States, and around the world has improved countless lives and 
made immeasurable contributions to the field of philanthropy.
  A graduate of Stanford University and Yale Law School, Carol joined 
the Packard Foundation in 1989 and assumed the role of Director of 
Research and Grants, Law and Public Policy at the then-titled Center 
for the Future of Children where she focused her grantmaking on child 
health and welfare issues. She edited and contributed to the journal 
publication The Future of Children on topics ranging from drug-exposed 
infants, to school-linked services, to home visiting, to juvenile 
courts, and taught two courses at Stanford Law School on child abuse 
and neglect.
  Carol became President and CEO of the Packard Foundation in 2004. 
Under her leadership, the Foundation averaged $300 million in annual 
grantmaking and deployed $500 million in total mission investments to 
hundreds of partners, ranging from community-based organizations around 
the world to renowned institutions in the Bay Area. During Carol's 
tenure, the Foundation also provided $349 million in funding to 
organizations and efforts working to improve the health and well-being 
of children through the Packard Foundation's Children, Families, and 
Communities program. This funding has helped increase health care 
coverage for uninsured children; enrolled more children in preschool 
and introduced a new Transitional Kindergarten for four-year-olds; 
improved pediatric and obstetric care through the world-renowned Lucile 
Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University; strengthened the 
quality of early childhood programs; and ushered in a new understanding 
that the well-being of children must be viewed through the lens of the 
whole family. The Packard Foundation's integration of two-generation 
strategies that seek better outcomes for parents and children together 
into its work promoting the well-being of children has shaped how 
philanthropy, policymakers, and advocates act on behalf of families.
  Under Carol's tenure, the Packard Foundation has also reinforced the 
Packard family's strong commitment to Northern California. Since 2008, 
the Foundation has devoted over $156 million through its Local 
Grantmaking program to organizations committed to increasing 
opportunities for families and communities in the Bay Area, raising the 
bar for other Silicon Valley philanthropists to support local 
organizations.
  In recognition of her work and her contributions to the field of 
philanthropy, Carol received the Council on Foundation's Distinguished 
Service Award in 2016; the American Leadership Forum--Silicon Valley's 
2019 John W. Gardner Award; and the World Affairs 2019 Global 
Citizenship Award for her leadership and dedication to the public good.
  Madam Speaker, I ask the entire House of Representatives to join me 
in congratulating Carol S. Larson on her extraordinary career and 
expressing our deepest appreciation to her for dedicating her life to 
improving the lives of children and families, and strengthening our 
county immeasurably.

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