Veronica Hearst
Veronica Hearst at an event.
Veronica Hearst is a socialite well-known for her style and grace--but more importantly for her dedication to charitable causes. She was married to the late Randolph Hearst, who ran the Hearst Corporation until his passing in 2000. Despite her well-known last name, Veronica Hearst truly made a name for herself prior to her marriage to Mr. Randolph Hearst. She gained notoriety for her active work in the art community and within charity organizations.
She has been active in multiple organizations that fight for a variety of causes:
The Arts
In the arts, Veronica Hearst has played an active role in promoting preservation, education and celebration of achievements by artists of many different nationalities. She played a pivotal role in founding the Save America’s Treasures program which works towards the preservation and restoration of hundreds of sites of historical significance in the United States. The organization is a joint project of the White House and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Her efforts within this cause are best reflected in the restoration of the Walker Evans Archive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a collection which was considered to be among the most endangered historic sites in the U.S.
Mrs. Veronica Hearst has also been involved with the White House Millennium Council in a great capacity. She is a founding member and special advisor to this council which aims to preserve the history of the US for the sake of all Americans by honoring the major cultural and scientific contributions Americans had made in the 20th century.
Veronica Hearst has also headed the National Leadership Council for Americans for the Arts (AFTA) since 1998. This organization aims to create opportunities for all Americans to participate in the arts and does so throughout 4,000 local agencies. Veronica Hearst has also maintained the role as chairman of the National Awards programs for AFTA since 1998, a subset of the initiative that aims to recognize the grand achievements of exemplary Americans in the visual or performing arts, in arts education, advocacy, corporate giving and philanthropy.
Most recognizably, Veronica Hearst has been a proud supporter of the new Metropolitan Museum of Art since its inception. She is a founding member of the new museum and has been a member of the Committee on Photography for 15 years.
Publishing
Mrs. Veronica Hearst is also responsible for the publication of “Visions: 50 Years of the United Nations”, the first history in pictures of the organization. She is also responsible for the film documentary that accompanies the pictorial history.
The American Hunger Alliance
In founding the American Hunger Alliance (AHA), Veronica Hearst sought to provide emergency food supplies to the least fortunate Americans. Veronica Hearst has followed a “think global, act local” strategy and is proactive about taking her efforts to the streets in resolving the hunger crisis in America. She is passionate and driven to take this issue into her own hands and help those who are less fortunate eat nutritious foods.
Mrs. Hearst believes that early childhood malnutrition has led to greater social problems in America. Being fed proper meals at a young age is critical to the development of the brain and under-performance in scholastic settings could have strong ties to this fact. If children were all given proper nutrition at a young age and brought into a more stable food program, they could avoid learning issues later on. Mrs. Veronica Hearst is confident that providing children under the age of 4 with nutritious meals could drastically improve the development of the American workforce over the coming decades.
Veronica Hearst studies food that could help best treat those who suffer from malnutrition and aims for continual improvements to the effectiveness of her program. Under her guidance, the American Hunger Alliance is sure to make a lasting impact on the children of America's future.
She has been active in multiple organizations that fight for a variety of causes:
The Arts
In the arts, Veronica Hearst has played an active role in promoting preservation, education and celebration of achievements by artists of many different nationalities. She played a pivotal role in founding the Save America’s Treasures program which works towards the preservation and restoration of hundreds of sites of historical significance in the United States. The organization is a joint project of the White House and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Her efforts within this cause are best reflected in the restoration of the Walker Evans Archive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a collection which was considered to be among the most endangered historic sites in the U.S.
Mrs. Veronica Hearst has also been involved with the White House Millennium Council in a great capacity. She is a founding member and special advisor to this council which aims to preserve the history of the US for the sake of all Americans by honoring the major cultural and scientific contributions Americans had made in the 20th century.
Veronica Hearst has also headed the National Leadership Council for Americans for the Arts (AFTA) since 1998. This organization aims to create opportunities for all Americans to participate in the arts and does so throughout 4,000 local agencies. Veronica Hearst has also maintained the role as chairman of the National Awards programs for AFTA since 1998, a subset of the initiative that aims to recognize the grand achievements of exemplary Americans in the visual or performing arts, in arts education, advocacy, corporate giving and philanthropy.
Most recognizably, Veronica Hearst has been a proud supporter of the new Metropolitan Museum of Art since its inception. She is a founding member of the new museum and has been a member of the Committee on Photography for 15 years.
Publishing
Mrs. Veronica Hearst is also responsible for the publication of “Visions: 50 Years of the United Nations”, the first history in pictures of the organization. She is also responsible for the film documentary that accompanies the pictorial history.
The American Hunger Alliance
In founding the American Hunger Alliance (AHA), Veronica Hearst sought to provide emergency food supplies to the least fortunate Americans. Veronica Hearst has followed a “think global, act local” strategy and is proactive about taking her efforts to the streets in resolving the hunger crisis in America. She is passionate and driven to take this issue into her own hands and help those who are less fortunate eat nutritious foods.
Mrs. Hearst believes that early childhood malnutrition has led to greater social problems in America. Being fed proper meals at a young age is critical to the development of the brain and under-performance in scholastic settings could have strong ties to this fact. If children were all given proper nutrition at a young age and brought into a more stable food program, they could avoid learning issues later on. Mrs. Veronica Hearst is confident that providing children under the age of 4 with nutritious meals could drastically improve the development of the American workforce over the coming decades.
Veronica Hearst studies food that could help best treat those who suffer from malnutrition and aims for continual improvements to the effectiveness of her program. Under her guidance, the American Hunger Alliance is sure to make a lasting impact on the children of America's future.