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Henry Timms

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About the Author

Henry Timms is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. He is the creator of the largest global philanthropic movement in history, #GivingTuesday, which has raised over $7 billion in donations for good causes. He is also the co-author of the international best-selling book New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected Worldand How to Make it Work for You, and former President and Chief Executive Officer of the 92nd Street Y.

Henry serves at the Harvard Kennedy School as a Hauser Leader and is a Senior Fellow at both the Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society at Stanford University and the United Nations Foundation.