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Eileen Rockefeller

Social Entrepreneur, Venture Philanthropist and Author of "Being a Rockefeller, Becoming Myself"

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Eileen Rockefeller Biography

Eileen Rockefeller is the great-granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller and the youngest child of David and Peggy Rockefeller. She has lived an inspiring and multifaceted life, and her memoir—Being a Rockefeller, Becoming Myself—shares her stories with disarming vulnerability, connecting the extraordinary experience of being a Rockefeller to the universal one of finding identity and purpose.

As a teenager, Eileen lived on a farm-based school in the Adirondack Mountains, sowing the seeds of her continuing passion for nature, health, and environmental sustainability. As a young woman, an extraordinary meeting with Georgia O’Keefe helped give her the courage to pursue her own path.

Inspired by her mentor, Norman Cousins (pioneering author on the healing powers of laughter), she played a pivotal role in legitimizing the field of mind/body connections in health and disease. She later introduced Daniel Goleman to the subject of his bestselling book, <em>Emotional Intelligence</em>. Together with several others, they founded the movement to teach social and emotional learning in schools.

The first Rockefeller woman to write a personal family memoir, Eileen reveals her family’s wholesome values that contrast with those often held by the rich and famous. Her intimate stories affirm how self-understanding helps make us whole, whatever the circumstances of our birth.

Although the Rockefellers are an intensely private family, they have been described as the closest America has to royalty. Their extraordinary contributions to the national and international landscape have influenced the global economy and science, and have created and preserved national parks and monuments, founded major universities, medical schools and museums, and have passionately supported the arts and culture in the U.S. and around the world.

Eileen is co-chair of her family’s generational association, the founding chair of the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisers, founder of the Institute for the Advancement of Health, and co-founder of the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL). Together with her husband and sons, Eileen manages a philanthropic fund that catalyzes actions to stem climate change.

Eileen frequently speaks on topics relating to legacy, family, philanthropy, and social & emotional learning.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/20/2024.

Eileen Rockefeller Speaking Topics

  • The Blessings and Roadblocks of Blending Spiritual Traditions

    Eileen was raised as a non-denominational Protestant. She became an Episcopalian in high school and later expanded to Judaism before giving birth to two sons. She will recount the trials and blessings of her spiritual path, what it has meant to share in different traditions, and raise children within one of them. Her honest and respectful presentation, involving regrets and benefits of her religious upbringing contribute to her metaphorical belief that “all rivers run into the same sea.”

  • Ten Lessons for Having Fun with Philanthropy and Service

    Eileen’s father, David Rockefeller, has often told her, “It’s easy to give money away, but it’s not easy to give it well.” Making a list of your common values is the first of many ways to turn the burden or confusion of deciding how and where to give money into pleasure and satisfaction. Eileen builds from the weight of her family’s expectations, which made her early years of philanthropy a chore, to the partnership with her husband that turned philanthropy into a thrilling adventure in measurable success. She gives tips along the way for how to make your own philanthropy more successful than you ever dreamed.

  • Family Values Through the Generations: What to Keep, What to Toss, and How to Tell the Difference

    Using her own family of origin as the blueprint, Eileen shares examples that both served and did not serve the sense of unity within her extended family. She describes how her generation learned from the examples of her uncles and aunts, and how she has sought alternate means of showing support and solidarity, from rituals that included everyone to structures for deep listening. She also outlines her family’s shared values around philanthropy and how it’s the glue that has held her family together for seven generations.

  • Social and Emotional Learning: How to Use it in Relationship, Parenting and Education

    Building on the recent Boston marathon bombing, Eileen will define social and emotional learning, and talk about how this kind of intelligence, which she learned as a child, is central to success in raising and educating children, and in building a healthy society. Using her own experience, she will describe various examples that can be used as tools for success in school, family, friendships, marriage and parenting.

  • What We Need Versus Saving the World in an Age of Materialism

    Exploring the values that contribute to a healthy family and life, Eileen talks about her own family’s legacy, and how nature became a great substitute for material pleasures. She describes it in the context of her paternal heritage of finding refuge and restoration in nature.

  • Being a Rockefeller/Becoming Myself: Strategies for a Meaningful Life

    Eileen shares her search for identity in one of America’s best-known families. Her authentic and often humorous stories will inspire others to find their own place of belonging. She will share stories of how she came to understand her siblings and find points of connection with each of them, as well with other family members.

Eileen Rockefeller Books

  • Being a Rockefeller, Becoming Myself: A Memoir
    Being a Rockefeller, Becoming Myself: A Memoir

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Eileen Rockefeller is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as The Blessings and Roadblocks of Blending Spiritual Traditions, Ten Lessons for Having Fun with Philanthropy and Service, Family Values Through the Generations: What to Keep, What to Toss, and How to Tell the Difference, Social and Emotional Learning: How to Use it in Relationship, Parenting and Education, What We Need Versus Saving the World in an Age of Materialism and Being a Rockefeller/Becoming Myself: Strategies for a Meaningful Life. The estimated speaking fee range to book Eileen Rockefeller for your event is available upon request. Eileen Rockefeller generally travels from and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Shirley MacLaine, Leena El-Ali, Gaur Gopal Das, Jenna Nicholas and Jake Wood. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Eileen Rockefeller for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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