The appointment was effective Sept. 1. As chairholder, Hollie will direct the Kiplinger Mid-Career Program in Public Affairs Reporting at the school. The interdisciplinary program, which this year celebrated its 25th anniversary, each year accepts a small group of mid-career journalists to study public affairs reporting and the relationships between media and society.
Students earn a master's degree at the end of their year-long program.
Hollie comes to the position following a distinguished career in journalism and foundation management. D.C. Hollie also was a university officer and lecturer in business at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism from 1987-1990, and served as an analyst and consultant on media for the New York Stock Exchange in the late 1980s. Most recently, Hollie was deputy director for The Nature Conservancy's Asia Pacific Region, working in the areas of government relations, development, fund raising and conservation policy. Previously she was a representative to the Philippines and Pacific Island Nations for the Asia Foundation. Hollie also is a former director of the Kraft General Foods Foundation and directed the Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Business and Economics Journalism at Columbia University in New York.