SAM KARP is chief information officer of the California Health Care Foundation, a
non-profit philanthropy that focuses on critical issues confronting a changing health
care marketplace. Prior to joining the Foundation, Mr. Karp was the executive officer
of HandsNet, a national, technology intermediary that assists non-profit organizations
in planning their use of new information technologies. He served as coordinator for
the USA for Africa Foundations Hands Across America public demonstration and
has been active in numerous non-profit organizations, grassroots coalitions, state and
national campaigns. Mr. Karp received a B.A. in political science from Washington
and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania. He previously served as a faculty
member at Salzburg Seminar Session 341, Non-Governmental Organizations: Towards
Effective International Partnerships, 1996.