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{{Infobox Celebrity
| name = Joan Holmes
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| birth_date = [[1935]]
| birth_place = [[United States]]
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| 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)
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| website = [http://www.thp.org/people/jh.htm/ Corporate Website],<br />[[The Hunger Project]]
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'''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==
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== See also ==
* [[The Hunger Project]]
* [[Oxfam Canada]]
* [[World Food Conference]]
* [[Erhard Seminars Training]]
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