Marcia Parker joined The New York Times as vice president, philanthropic partnerships. Parker previously worked as the publisher and chief operating officer of CalMatters and an editorial director for Patch’s West Coast local news sites. She also held previous roles as an assistant dean at U.C. Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism and an adjunct professor at Northwestern University’s San Francisco campus and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. She is the board chair of the Institute for Nonprofit News and is on the advisory board of the Emma Bowen Foundation. Marcia completed the Exponential Fundraising Executive Education Program at Harvard University and the Sulzberger Executive Leadership Program for media leaders at Columbia University. (June 2022)