The Ploughshares Fund welcomes former Sen. Chuck Hagel [2]to the Board of Directors and Jeff Skoll [3] to the Board of Advisors.  Skoll is founding president of eBay, as well as founder of the newly-launched Skoll Urgent Threats Fund [4].  Sen. Hagel (R-NE) served in the U.S. Senate from 1996 to 2008, and currently serves as chairman of the Atlantic Council of the United States [5].

“Senator Hagel is revered by colleagues on both sides of the aisle and around the world,” said Ploughshares President Joe Cirincione [6].  “He has served his country in Vietnam, in the Senate, and now as a champion of global engagement and a new direction in American security policy."  Senator Hagel is also a strong supporter of Global Zero [7], a Ploughshares-funded initiative to eliminate nuclear weapons globally.

Jeff Skoll, founder and chairman of the Skoll Foundation [8] and Participant Media [9], accepted Ploughshares Fund's invitation to join its advisory board the same day that he launched the Skoll Urgent Threats Fund [4], a new organization that will identify and support innovative high-impact initiatives to combat nuclear proliferation, climate change, water scarcity, pandemics and Middle East conflict.