Top 15 Quotes & Sayings by Judith Rodin

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American public servant Judith Rodin.

Last updated on September 18, 2024.

Judith Rodin is a philanthropist with a long history in U.S. higher education. She was the president of the Rockefeller Foundation from 2005 until 2017. From 1994 to 2004, Rodin served as the 7th permanent president of the University of Pennsylvania, and the first permanent female president of an Ivy League university.

American - Public Servant | Born: September 9, 1944

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I think all philanthropy invests in product innovation, whether in a vaccine or a new kind of product of one sort or another, and I think we'll all continue to do that.

Judith Rodin

This was the invention of modern American philanthropy as we know it. The idea of systematizing giving to achieve human progress was the true innovation of John D. Rockefeller, and ultimately the Rockefeller Foundation's legacy.

Judith Rodin

A social impact bond is a new way of bringing financing into social and environmental support issues.

Judith Rodin

The extraordinary genius of John D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie 100 years ago was their recognition that the great wealth they had amassed could be put to public good and used to solve the complex problems for which there were no other sources of capital.

Judith Rodin

I have been honored and privileged to have led The Rockefeller Foundation for the last seven years, and I am excited to be leading the Foundation as we enter our centennial year.

Judith Rodin

There's a lot of work being done through the innovation arm of the World Bank, at the World Bank Institute. There's a lot of work that we at the Rockefeller Foundation are doing and funding towards that end, and increasingly, the U.S. government is getting engaged.

Judith Rodin

Never...stop at the boundaries of what you think your knowledge or training would suggest. If a problem grabs you, run with it and try to understand it from beginning to end, even if that means learning new techniques or developing them yourself.

Judith Rodin

It’s necessary but not sufficient to learn and then work. You must learn from the work and learn while you work.

Judith Rodin

We must do more and with more urgency to empower women.

Judith Rodin

The key to economic security - to food security in Africa is empowering the women.

Judith Rodin

Impact investing can be a powerful instrument of change.

Judith Rodin

Close observation of children at play suggests that they find out about the world in the same way as scientists find out about new phenonoma and test new ideas...during this exploration, all the senses are used to observe and draw conclusions about objects and events through simple, if crude, scientific investigations.

Judith Rodin

Without impact, innovation is just an idea with promise.

Judith Rodin

Philanthropy can take the risks that others cannot or will not.

Judith Rodin

Expectations have a way of being fulfilled.

Judith Rodin