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Category Archives: Skirball
Skirball Cultural Center Salaries
I went to Guidestar.org and found this 990 form filed for 2012, which listed salaries as follows: * Kathryn Girard (CEO): ~$212,000 * Bob Kirschner: ~$167,000 * Jocelyn Tetel: ~$154,000 * Adele Burke: ~$123,000 * Marilyn Delanoeye: ~$125,000
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Sweet Salaries At The Skirball Cultural Center
According to the Skirball‘s 2007 990 filing found on guidestar.org: Uri D. Herscher: $523,000 Robert Kirschner: $154,000 Jocelyn Tetel: $136,000 Robert Harrison (Controller): $134,000 Kathryn Girard (Chief of Staff): $215,000 Richard Cherry (Operations): $157,000 In 2006, Uri D. Herscher made … Continue reading
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Author George Gilder Speaks About His New Book ‘The Israel Test’
6 pm. Jan. 12. 2010. Skirball lobby. George Gilder paces nervously. A man promises to get him a cup of coffee. George walks off and drinks some cold water. “Now’s my chance,” I think. I summon my courage and I … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Technique, George Gilder, hp 95, lips move, men and marriage, nervous nelly
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Skirball Cultural Center
I took a tour April 8 and this is what it sounded like.
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