Howard W Buffett

Partnership Advisor

Howard W Buffett is a partnership advisor for the United Nations Office of Partnerships. Since 2007, Mr. Buffett has served as a resource for the Office on matters such as private foundation and public charity strategy development, in identifying and developing new partnership opportunities, and in designing an emerging leader's network.

While attending Columbia University's Executive MPA Program in 2007, Mr. Buffett founded Cliffspringer LLC, a strategic advisory organization. Cliffspringer works to bridge philanthropic, corporate and government sector organizations such as the United Nations, the Gerson Lehrman Group, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Mr. Buffett has served as a board member for the Clark and Hinman Foundation, the Cougar Fund, and the FEED Foundation, and has served on advisory and program committees for the Center on Philanthropy, the Aspen Institute, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, and the Hewlett Foundation's Philanthropy Workshop West.

For nearly ten years, Mr. Buffett has assisted his father in domestic and international travel activities of his family's foundation, including site visits, photography, and field data collection. Mr. Buffett has traveled in over 50 countries on 6 continents, has a BA from Northwestern University and an MPA from Columbia University.