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Sam Gill

President and CEO, Doris Duke Foundation

Sam Gill is the president and CEO of the Doris Duke Foundation (DDF), a private foundation based in New York, New Jersey and Hawai’i, which seeks to build a more creative, equitable and sustainable future through work across three areas: Arts & Culture, Nature, and Health & Well-being. He previously served as senior vice president and chief program officer at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and as a vice president at Freedman Consulting, LLC.