Lundy Foundation in the News
2021
June 18, 2021 — The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned, award-winning digital news outlet based in Denver Colorado, publishes a Lundy Foundation opinion piece — "Medical science alone can't stop pandemics. The missing link is leadership" — calling for the funding of empirical research focused on measuring and applying the "Leadership Factor" in better managing pandemics including Covid-19.
April 13, 2021 — Chronicle of Philanthropy publishes the Lundy Foundation’s opinion piece "The Pandemic Shows Why Philanthropy Should Support Efforts to Improve Leadership Practices Across the Globe" on why grant makers should invest in applied pandemic leadership research.
March 16, 2021 — The International Leadership Association publishes the Lundy Foundation’s opinion piece "Science of Leadership Is Next Frontier in Eradicating COVID-19" on why science alone can not eradicate Covid-19. We need to research effective leadership practices in public health, not only to improve outcomes in the next critical phases of this pandemic, but to inoculate our leaders against future deadly failures to respond effectively to public health crises.
2020
October 5, 2020 — Lundy Foundation and its project partners launch a global research project focused on empirically measuring leadership practices and behaviors in the Covid-19 pandemic so as to improve current and future pandemic responses.
The partnership believes that “leadership” is a key quantifiable variable that significantly effects either positively or negatively pandemic outcomes (e.g. lives lost or saved). The project’s goal is to provide decision-makers useful information on how better to manage pandemic responses. Read the partnership's concept paper entitled Understanding How Leadership Affects Pandemic Responses.
2019
June 10, 2019 — Lundy Foundation and its project partners design a three-year national research project — Investing in High–Performing Campaign Teams Research to Enhance the Common Good of Democracy — The project is focused on determining if using high performance team/managerial theory can elevate how political campaigns are organized, managed and empirically assessed so as to create a healthier and more equitable democracy. The secondary goal of the project is to see if these practices can lead to more effective governance.
May 3, 2019 — Lundy Foundation’s Support of Test & Treat to End HIV/AIDS (TTEA) over the Past 10 Years Bears Fruit
Since 2010, the Lundy Foundation has supported the TTEA partnership that has been advocating for the immediate start of anti-viral HIV drugs for those who test positive to prolong lives and stop HIV transmissions.
In a landmark study published in The Lancet on May 2, 2019 the PARTNER study found that men whose HIV infection was fully suppressed by antiretroviral drugs had zero chance of infecting their partners. The treatment has already been shown to protect heterosexual partners where one person has HIV as reported by The Guardian. This study validates that the Test & Treat strategy that Lundy supports not only is effective but provides a pathway to eliminate HIV/AIDS around the globe killing over 35 million people to date.
2017
July 15, 2017 — Lundy Foundation Supports Award-Winning Documentary on Young African Women.
The Lundy Foundation continues to support Denver-based filmmakers in their efforts with an animated film on young women in Africa. The award-winning feature documentary LIYANA takes an in-depth look at the real lives of five orphaned children in Swaziland, Africa.
The Durban International Film Festival in South Africa featured the film in July 2017. It is a wonderful, uplifting film about the courage and tenacity of young women in Africa dealing with HIV/AIDS. Read reviews below.
"The standout film for me this year." — Huffington Post
"Actress Thandie Newton Turns to Producing for Animated-Live Action Documentary 'Liyana'" — Variety
"LIYANA is brilliant. Realer than any Disney animation I've ever seen" — Shadow & Act
An absolute must-see - one of the great finds of 2017 – Unseen Films
"Truly special and compelling to watch." "A testament to the power of story" — Cinemacy
2016
July 5, 2016 — Congress passes, President Obama signs the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act codifying key reforms that Lundy has been advocating for since 2006 to ensure U.S. foreign assistance is transparent and measures for impacts.
June 13, 2016 — New York Times editorial states "The World Could End AIDS if It Tried."
March 1, 2016 — Mounting scientific evidence points to test-and-treat as the most effective strategy to end HIV/AIDS until a vaccine is developed. The treatment strategy has won the support of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the World Health Organization and other leading global health organizations. As part of its advocacy efforts, the Lundy Foundation is advocating to fully fund test-and-treat implementation by exploring a range of financial options, including quantitative easing.
2015
March 27, 2015 — U.S. Department of State continues to refine its evaluation policies as advocated by the Lundy Foundation.
Since 2006, the Lundy foundation has called for the evaluation of all US foreign assistance programs to ensure that these programs are producing intended impacts and that US taxpayer dollars are spent effectively.
2013
July 24, 2013 — New York Times Editorial Board endorses test and-treat—a strategy that the Lundy Foundation has been urging global leaders to adopt—to stop HIV transmissions and begin eradicating the pandemic.
February 19, 2013 — Lundy Foundation’s president lectures at the University of Colorado Leadership Residential Academic Program and Newton Chair in Leadership on how each of us can use our passion and leadership skills to better the world we live in.
2012
June 19, 2012 — U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, Senior Technical Adviser for Test & Treat to End HIV/AIDS (TTEA) Dr. Brian Williams, and Lundy Foundation’s president conduct a briefing for members of the U.S. Congress and staff in Washington, D.C., regarding the use of test-and-treat as the lead global strategy to stop HIV transmissions and begin eradicating the disease.
- Watch 2-minute teaser.
- Watch full congressional briefing.
- Watch post-briefing interview with Dr. Brian Williams.
- Read congressional briefing handout.
March 15, 2012 — Lundy Foundation’s president interviewed on VoiceAmerica’s ”Capital Thinking“ radio show about using test-and-treat to stop the spread of HIV around the globe.
January 5, 2012 — Colorado Gov. John W. Hickenlooper congratulates the Lundy Foundation and its international partners on their efforts to end the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.
2011
November 28, 2011 — Lundy Foundation’s president interviewed on Colorado Public Radio about using early drug treatment to stop the spread of HIV around the globe.
November 8, 2011 — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton endorses Lundy Foundation’s test-and-treat strategy in a speech at the National Institutes of Health
September 23, 2011 — Lundy Foundation’s president featured in a new book (The Humanitarian Leader in Each of Us: 7 Choices That Shape a Socially Responsible Life) on global humanitarian leadership.
2010
October 7, 2010 — Lundy Foundation’s president receives 2011 humanitarian award from the University of Notre Dame.
January 29, 2010 — Lundy Foundation funds Christmas and New Year's festivities in Idweli, Tanzania.
2009
September 3, 2009 — Lundy Foundation calls on Congress to enact evaluation legislation for all foreign assistance programs.
2008
December 1, 2008 — New book Evaluation in Action: Interviews with Expert Evaluators shares challenges faced during Lundy Foundation’s evaluation work in Tanzania.
August 29, 2008 — The Denver Post interviews Lundy Foundation President Vic Dukay who fights to get foreign aid to those who really need it: "Crusader for Orphans Fights for Aid." Also available to read as a pdf.
July 31, 2008 — Patton Boggs LLP applauds Lundy’s PEPFAR measurement and evaluation legislative work.
July 25, 2008 — Guest commentary: George Grob addresses PEPFAR reauthorization.
2006
March 4, 2006 — President Bill Clinton endorses Lundy research.
February 23, 2006 — President Bill Clinton endorses Lundy Foundation efforts for African children.
2005
November 20, 2005 — The Sunday Denver Post: "Aid efforts bear fruit in Africa."
November 13, 2005 — The Sunday Denver Post: "Orphaned by AIDS ... embraced by strangers."
September 1, 2005 — Lundy Foundation wins Rockefeller grant to study impacts of Children’s Center on AIDS orphans in Tanzania.
June 24-30, 2005 — Denver Business Journal: "Giving, so far away. Locals help orphans in Tanzania."
June 11, 2005 — The Guardian (Tanzania): "New orphanage opened in Rungwe District."
June 8, 2005 — The Idweli Children Center opens in Idweli, Tanzania. Also: watch the video.