J. Douglas Holladay

J. Douglas Holladay is a general partner in Park Avenue Equity Partners, LP and a Senior Fellow of the Case Foundation. He is a former Trustee of the Trinity Forum and a frequent Moderator.

Doug Holladay

Prior to his involvement in Park Avenue Equity Partners, Doug was a senior officer with the international investment banking firm, Goldman, Sachs and Company, headquartered in New York. At that time, he also served as founding President of One to One Mentoring Partnership, an initiative of the New York financial community to bring imaginative solutions to some of our nation's most pressing urban youth challenges.

Prior to joining Goldman, Sachs, Doug held senior positions in both the State Department and the White House. He was appointed to the personal rank of Ambassador, charged with coordinating major aspects of the U.S. response to the challenges posed by South Africa's policy of apartheid.

Doug has written numerous articles that have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, Leaders Magazine, and other major journals, in addition to appearing on national television.

Doug holds degrees from the University of North Carolina, Princeton, and Oxford University, and has been an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia. He sits on numerous boards and Presidential Commissions, including Morehouse College, United Way International, and Oxford Analytica, Ltd. He and his wife, Ann, live outside Washington, DC. They have three children.

It is essential that the student acquire an understanding of and a lively feeling for values. He must acquire a vivid sense of the beautiful and the morally good. Otherwise he—with his specialized knowledge—more closely resembles a well-trained dog than a harmoniously developed person.

Albert Einstein

Featured Resource from the Fellows

Cover image via AmazonThe Rise of Global Civil Society: Building Communities and Nations from the Bottom Up by Don Eberly.

A sweeping and hopeful overview of the extraordinary new forces that are prying open closed societies and cultivating democratic norms across the globe.