ROSENBERG FOUNDATION APPOINTS NEW PRESIDENT

October 17, 2008 - The board of directors of the Rosenberg Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Timothy P. Silard as the fifth president of the Foundation. Mr. Silard is recognized as an expert in racial justice, sentencing reform and urban policy, and as an advocate for children and youth.

Mr. Silard joins the Rosenberg Foundation from the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, where he served as Chief of Policy, developing reforms in criminal justice, civil rights and immigrants' rights. Mr. Silard distinguished himself by launching the nation's first civil rights division in a local prosecutor's office, designing model reentry programs that have proven to sharply reduce recidivism, and drafting and advocating for state and local legislation in the areas of human trafficking and sexual exploitation, expanded access to services for immigrants and low-income families, and public safety policy innovations. Mr. Silard also was a leader of San Francisco's nationally replicated approach to addressing commercial sexual exploitation, which won the Ford Foundation's Innovations in American Government Award. He previously was HOPE VI Director for the Corporation for National Service, where he developed nationally modeled programs for immigrants, refugees and severely low-income families living in public housing and served on the Community Enterprise Board and White House Urban Policy Working Group. Earlier in his career, Mr. Silard served as a Skadden Fellow at the Income Rights Project and Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights in San Francisco, and as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Togo, West Africa. Mr. Silard earned his bachelor's degree from Brown University and his law degree from Stanford Law School.

"We are extremely pleased that Tim has accepted the position of president of the Rosenberg Foundation and will be joining our team," said Judge Henry Ramsey, Jr., chairman of the board of directors. "Tim's human rights and criminal justice experience make him an excellent leader for our work in the areas of immigrant rights and integration, and the meaningful improvement of public safety through the material reduction of felony offenses and rates of recidivism. The Rosenberg Foundation board and staff members are eager to have the benefit of Tim's accomplishments and vision in providing leadership for the Foundation as our new president."

Mr. Silard succeeds Benjamin Todd Jealous, who now serves as President and CEO of the NAACP.

Rosenberg Foundation is an independent, grant-making foundation that has operated in California since 1935. The Foundation was established through the bequest of Max L. Rosenberg, a California businessman. Rosenberg Foundation has an endowment of $67 million and awards grants designed to improve public policy regarding justice and public safety and immigrants' rights and immigrant integration.