Leader of George Soros’s U.S. Giving Unit Departs

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Where she’s going: Ann Beeson, 47, is leaving the Open Society Foundations, on May 1 after four years as its head of U.S. programs. She plans to move back to her home state of Texas, where she will help develop a national plan to strengthen the role of arts and culture in advancing social change.

Her next step: Ms. Beeson says that plays, photographs, and other types of art often inspire people to get involved in their communities or change the