Karla Jurvetson
| Karla Jurvetson | |
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 Karla jurvetson headshot.jpg Karla Jurvetson in 2018 | |
| Born | Karla Tinkleberg |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 🏫 Education | Stanford University (B.A.) University of California (M.D.) |
| 💼 Occupation | physician, psychiatrist philanthropist, political organizer |
| 🏡 Home town | Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Steve Jurvetson (m. 1990; divorce 2016) |
| 👶 Children | 2 |
| 👴 👵 Parent(s) |
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Karla Tinklenberg Jurvetson is an American psychiatrist,[1] philanthropist, and political organizer who lives in Silicon Valley.[2]
Early life and education[edit]
Jurvetson grew up in Palo Alto, California, the daughter of a nurse Mae Tinklenberg and physician Jared Tinklenberg.[3] She earned a bachelor’s degree in human biology with honors and with distinction from Stanford University (1988), a Medical Doctorate from the University of California (1993), and completed her psychiatry residency at Stanford (1997).[4][5]
Career[edit]
Jurvetson is board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She works as a private practice physician in Los Altos, California.[6]
Philanthropy[edit]
Jurvetson has been active in supporting causes both domestically and internationally, primarily related to the environment and education.
Domestic causes[edit]
Jurvetson served on the board of directors of Peninsula Open Space Trust (2003-2006) and has supported organizations such as Wildlife Conservation Network, and the Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative, through which she sponsored a 1,000 tree legacy forest (2016).[7][8] She has served as a trustee on several non-profit boards, including San Francisco Ballet (2000-2003).[9] She was named by Gentry Magazine as one of the top 50 philanthropists in the San Francisco Bay Area (2013, 2014) and by Silicon Valley Social Venture with the SV2 Social Impact Award (2014) and as part of the SV2 Visionary Leadership Circle (2018).[10][11][12]
After touring deforestation on the slopes of Mauna Kea on the Hawai‘i Island in March 2016, she and fellow family members dedicated a 1,000-tree Family Forest, the first of its kind, to The Nueva School, an independent K-12 school near her home in the San Francisco Bay Area. She serves as a volunteer board member at the school, which teaches environmental stewardship as part of its curriculum.[8] Also, she is a trustee at Nueva, where she co-chaired the school's $50 million capital campaign, which resulted in the construction of the Bay Meadows campus and the addition of a high school to Nueva (2011-present).[13]
International causes[edit]
Internationally, Jurvetson is a supporter of the Jane Goodall Institute, Conservation International, Global Heritage Fund and is a top donor to One Acre Fund, which is dedicated to serving smallholder farmers in Africa.[14][15]
Jurvetson was an executive producer of The Singing Revolution, a film about how Estonia successfully gained peaceful independence as a nation.[16]
Political activism[edit]
Beginning in 2016 and spanning two years, Jurvetson gave $6.9 million to Democratic candidates and causes, launching herself from obscurity to one of the top political donors in the country, making her the third highest female donor in the country to federal political campaigns and committees after Miriam Adelson, wife of casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson.[17]
In 2018, Jurvetson donated $1 million to the Arizona Democratic Party.[18]
Jurvetson has also actively supported progressive political leadership through organizations, including EMILY's List and WomenCount.[19] Controversy arose with her largest donation of $5.4m to Women Vote!, the Super Pac run by EMILY's List. Jurvetson's donation of $5,402,259, valued at 21,635 shares, came from Baidu Inc., a Chinese technology company. The donation represented more than half the money the super PAC collected during May 2018.[20] The donation was unusual because it was a payment in equity, in the form of shares. The controversy arose because only American citizens can donate to U.S. elections. The super Pac, however, has said, "We cleared the donation through our lawyers.”[21]
In November 2018, Jurvetson was named by Money Makers as one of five "surprising million dollar donors" to the US midterm elections.[21]
Personal life[edit]
Jurvetson was married in 1990 to Silicon Valley venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson, an early-stage investor in companies including SpaceX and Tesla.[22][23] They were married for 25 years and have two children. They separated in 2015[24] and she filed for divorce in 2016.[25] In 2017, to honor her father’s 50-year career as a medical school professor, Jurvetson helped fund the construction of the new Stanford Medical Center and endowed a professorship in her parents’ names.[3][26]
References[edit]
- ↑ Jones, Natalie (2 November 2018). "Midterm big spenders: the top 20 political donors this election". The Guardian.
- ↑ "Dr. Karla Jurvetson". Sharecare. ShareCare. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bach, Becky. "Seven Stanford Medicine faculty members appointed to endowed professorships". Stanford Medicine. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ↑ Jurvetson, Karla (2014). "Characteristics of Medical Students and Residents Who Select Psychiatry". Academic Psychiatry. 19 (3): 125–131. doi:10.1007/BF03341422. PMID 24442583.
- ↑ Sussman, Diane. "Illuminating the doubting disease". Palo Alto Online. Palo Alto Online. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- ↑ Brown, Julia. "People: POST names two to board of directors". The Almanac. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ↑ Garrod, Jan. "2016 Peninsula Open Space Trust Annual Report". Issuu. Peninsula Open Space Trust. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "One Family's Visit to Hawaii Island Grows with the Planting of a 1000-Legacy-Tree Forest". Green Magazine. Green Magazine. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
- ↑ Ross, Janice (2007-11-12). San Francisco Ballet at Seventy-Five. Google Books Preview. Chronicle Books. ISBN 9780811856980. Retrieved 2 October 2018. Search this book on
- ↑ Badger, Melissa. "The Gentry 50". Gentry Magazine. Brenda Beck. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ↑ Du, Justina (2018-03-06). "2018 Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Social Impact Award Nominations". Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund. SV2. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ↑ Du, Justina. "Visionary Leadership Circle". Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund. SV2. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ↑ Rosenberg, Diane. "The Nueva School: Letter from Head of School". The Nueva School. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ↑ Shawn, Sweeney. "The Power of Commitment: Jane Goodall Institute 2014 Annual Report" (PDF). Jane Goodall. Jane Goodall Institute. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ↑ "One Acre Fund Annual Report" (PDF). One Acre Fund. One Acre Fund. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ↑ Leydon, Joe. "The Singing Revolution". variety.com. Variety. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ↑ "Meet Karla Jurvetson, the Bay Area megadonor who helped make 2018 the 'year of the woman'". 25 November 2018.
- ↑ "Republicans have cash edge in expensive campaigns for Arizona's statewide offices".
- ↑ "Women Count (Take the House)". WomenCount. Women Count. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ↑ Levine, Marianne (June 21, 2018). "National Restaurant Association lawyer warns of possible lawsuit (scroll down to "Democratic Super PAC Hits Jackpot with Chinese Company Stock)". Politico.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Kramer, Melanie (6 November 2018). "5 Surprising Million-Dollar Donors to the US Midterms". Money Makers.
- ↑ Bronson, Po (1999-06-20). "Surfing On the Slippery Skin Of a Bubble". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ↑ Crunchbase. "Space X Tesla Board". Crunchbase.
- ↑ Levitsky, Allison (27 May 2018). "Recall Persky campaign raises more than $1 million - Palo Alto Daily Post". Palo Alto Daily Post.
- ↑ "Karla Jurvetson Vs Stephen Jurvetson (Divorce Record)". UniCourt. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ↑ "Stanford University Medical Center Renewal Project". Stanford Medicine. Stanford Medicine. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
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