Joan Holmes 5295615 196841187 2008-03-08T20:11:47Z Ratagonia 382976 /* Erhard Seminars Training */ remove inappropriate editorial comment {{Like-resume|date=December 2007}} {{Infobox Celebrity | name = Joan Holmes | image = | imagesize = 110px | caption = | birth_date = [[1935]] | birth_place = [[United States]] | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = School [[Psychologist]]<br />Consulting Educational [[Psychologist]], [[Erhard Seminars Training]]<br />President, [[CEO]], [[The Hunger Project]] | salary = {{gain}}'''3%''' to [[United States dollar|US$]]232,010.00 (2004)<br />'''2.97%''' of total organization expenses<ref name="navigator">[[The Hunger Project]], [[Charity Navigator]], [http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/6427.htm ''CEO Pay FYE 2004''], % of Expenses - "Show Me."</ref> | networth = {{gain}}[[United States dollar|US$]] Unknown (2006) | spouse = | website = [http://www.thp.org/people/jh.htm/ Corporate Website],<br />[[The Hunger Project]] | footnotes = | children = }} '''Joan Holmes''' ([[1935]] - ), founding president of [[The Hunger Project]]<ref name="outrageous">[[Pressman, Steven]], ''[[Outrageous Betrayal]]: The dark journey of [[Werner Erhard]] from [[Erhard Seminars Training|est]] to exile''. [[New York]]: [[St. Martin's Press]], [[1993]]. ISBN 0-312-09296-2</ref>, also served as one of 31 members on 'Task Force 2 on Hunger'<ref name="taskforce">[http://www.unmillenniumproject.org/who/tf2members.htm UN Millennium Project | About Us<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> of the [[United Nations Millennium Project|UN Millennium Project]] of [[2000]]-[[2006]]. Ms. Holmes worked As a consulting educational psychologist for [[Erhard Seminars Training]] (est) prior to establishing The Hunger Project in [[1977]]. ==Education== Holmes has a [[B.A.]] in [[psychology]] from the [[University of Colorado at Boulder|University of Colorado]], and an [[Master's degree|M.A.]] in [[psychology]] from [[San Francisco State University]]<ref>[http://www.thp.org/people/jh.htm Corporate Website], The Hunger Project, '''Joan Holmes''', bio page</ref>. == Erhard Seminars Training == Joan Holmes held a position as Lecturer and Supervisor at [[California State University, East Bay|California State University, Hayward]] from 1971 to 1975<ref name="bionotes">Bio Notes: http://web.archive.org/web/20020310094158/http://www.thp.org/people/jh.htm</ref>. She subsequently served as a "consulting educational psychologist" for [[Erhard Seminars Training]]. "[[EST training]] altered everything for me", Holmes stated in 1975<ref>''quote, [[A look at est in education]]: Analysis, review and selected case studies of the impact of the est experience on educators and students in primary, secondary, and post-secondary education'', by [[Robert W. Fuller]] and [[Zara Wallace]], published January 1, [[1975]], by [[est, an educational corporation]]. Joan Holmes served as consulting educational psychologist for the preparation of the book.</ref>. She also had served as consulting educational psychologist for the preparation of the book ''[[est and Education|A look at est in education]]''. Sourced quote: [[Werner Erhard]]'s decision to utilize Joan Holmes in conjunction with The Hunger Project: <blockquote>To run the project, Erhard tapped ... Joan Holmes, a 1973 [[est graduate]] who had served in various est staff positions over the years.<ref name="outrageous" /></blockquote> In August [[1977]], the est organization presented Holmes to its "graduates" as: <blockquote>The [[est Foundation]]'s manager for the recently announced project that has been formally named The Hunger Project.<ref>''The Graduate Review'', public newsletter sent to graduates of [[Erhard Seminars Training]]/[[est]], August [[1977]].</ref></blockquote> In a [[1980]] memo<ref>''Joan Holmes'', memo, [[1980]], [[est, an educational corporation]]</ref>, Holmes stated: <blockquote>[[Est graduates]] represent the state of [[transformation]] in the world, the [[space]] of having the world work for everyone. Four years ago the graduates took on The Hunger Project and the end of starvation on our planet...</blockquote> ==The Hunger Project== She served as the principal author of the book ''Ending Hunger: An Idea Whose Time Has Come.'' ===Financial information=== Joan Holmes made $232,010.00 as president of [[The Hunger Project]] in 2004<ref name="navigator" />. Administrative and fundraising expenses in 2004 accounted for '''23.5%''' of total expenses. Based on this information, Charity Navigator gave [[The Hunger Project]] three out of four stars. The American Institute of Philanthropy give it an A- rating. According to Charity Navigator: <blockquote>Compensation for the CEO of this charity is equal to 2.97% of this organization's total functional expenses.<ref name="navigator" /></blockquote> == Associated publications == * In [[1975]], Joan Holmes served as consulting educational psychologist for the preparation of the book ''[[A look at est in education]]: Analysis, review and selected case studies of the impact of the est experience on educators and students in primary, secondary, and post-secondary education'', by [[Robert W. Fuller]] and [[Zara Wallace]]. * ''Ending hunger: An idea whose time has come'', [[1985]], by [[The Hunger Project]] (corporate author), Joan Holmes as principal author. ISBN 0-03-005549-0 ==References== <div class="references-small"> <references /> </div> == See also == * [[The Hunger Project]] * [[Oxfam Canada]] * [[World Food Conference]] * [[Erhard Seminars Training]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Holmes, Joan}} [[Category:International charities]] [[Category:Development charities]] [[Category:San Francisco State University alumni]] [[Category:Human Potential Movement]] [[Category:New Age authors]] [[Category:American chief executives]] [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:The Hunger Project]] [[de:Das Hunger Projekt]]