Loretta oversees the implementation of our Local Philanthropy Partnerships and the establishment and incubation of startup organizations alongside a coalition of community stakeholders, local philanthropies, and management talent.

She got her start in journalism at Newsday and the New York Daily News before covering tech and business for The Wall Street Journal. Loretta has also worked as a correspondent in Brazil and China, where she won awards for reporting on internet censorship and surveillance. Most recently, she was director of strategy and operations at VICE Media, where she oversaw editorial strategy for its first direct-to-consumer subscription product and worked on programming and execution of its first major live-streaming news production.

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