JOHN MCGUIRK REJOINS HEWLETT FOUNDATION

John McGuirk, a veteran Bay Area grantmaker and a former officer in The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s Performing Arts Program, will rejoin the Foundation as director of that program, officials announced today.

For the past three years, McGuirk has served as director of the Arts Program of The James Irvine Foundation. He served as an officer at the Hewlett Foundation—the largest funder of performing arts organizations in the Bay Area—from July 2002 until October 2006.

“It’s great to have John return,” said Hewlett Foundation President Paul Brest. “He comes with an even broader and deeper knowledge of the performing arts in California. In these difficult economic times for the arts, someone with John’s intimate knowledge of the terrain is invaluable.”