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Truda Jewett is Associate Executive Director, External Affairs of the Children s Aid Society (CAS) in New York City. One of the largest children s organizations in the country, CAS provides a broad spectrum of health, education, recreation, and emergency services to more than 150,000 needy children and families in New York City each year. For more than 20 years Jewett spearheaded the development efforts at CAS, attracting donors from government, foundations, and individuals to enable the agency to provide its needed services. Today she is contacting and making connections with governments and international organizations that want assistance in replicating the work of Children s Aid. She serves on the Visiting Committee of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and is a founding member of the Leadership Committee at the Harvard School of Public Health. She is also a trustee for a number of other organizations, including the Smith Barney Charitable Trust and Outward Bound. | 