{{short description|American newspaper publishing executive, philanthropist and writer}} {{Infobox person | name = Alice Rogoff | birth_name = Alice Nicole Rogoff | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|11|10}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | education = Connecticut College (BA)<br>Harvard University (MBA) | spouse = {{marriage|David Rubenstein|1983|2017|reason=divorced}} | children = 3 | parents = Mortimer Rogoff (father) }}
'''Alice Nicole Rogoff''' (born November 10, 1951) is an American newspaper publishing executive, philanthropist, writer, and pilot.
==Early life and education== Rogoff is the daughter of Mortimer Rogoff (1921–2008), former chairman and president of Navigation Sciences; her mother is the artist and muralist Sheila Rogoff.<ref name=nytimes1983>{{cite news|title=D.M. Rubenstein Wed To Alice Nicole Rogoff|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/22/style/dm-rubenstein-wed-to-alice-nicole-rogoff.html|accessdate=April 10, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 22, 1983}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nantucketchronicle.com/notable-nantucketers/2012/sheila-rogoff-master-muralist-nantucket Nantucket Chronicle: "SHEILA ROGOFF--MASTER MURALIST ON NANTUCKET" by Sharon N. Lorenzo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804122723/https://www.nantucketchronicle.com/notable-nantucketers/2012/sheila-rogoff-master-muralist-nantucket |date=August 4, 2016 }} August 12, 2012</ref><ref>[http://www.hydro-international.com/content/article/mortimer-rogoff-1921-2008 Hydro International Magazine: "Mortimer Rogoff (1921 - 2008)" by Giuseppe Carnevali] August 27, 2008</ref> She has two siblings, Louisa Thompson and Julia Peach.<ref name=washingtonpost2008>{{cite news|title=Mortimer Rogoff, Inventor and Businessman|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/16/AR2008081601932.html|accessdate=April 10, 2014|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=August 17, 2008}}</ref> Rogoff attended the Dalton School, Connecticut College, and Harvard Business School<ref name=Medred2014 /> receiving an MBA degree in 1978.<ref name=alumni.hbs.edu>{{cite web|title=You're Never Done Learning|url=https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/stories/Pages/story-bulletin.aspx?num=919|publisher=Harvard Business School|accessdate=April 10, 2014|date=September 1, 2011}}</ref>
==Career== Rogoff served for over 10 years as the chief financial officer for the magazine ''U.S. News & World Report''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Duin |first=Julia |date=July 8, 2015 |title=What's this Washington insider and billionaire's wife doing in Alaska? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/whats-this-washington-insider-and-billionaires-wife-doing-in-alaska/2015/07/07/1102d5d6-0af4-11e5-9e39-0db921c47b93_story.html |access-date=May 22, 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> She worked at ''The Washington Post'' as an assistant to publisher Donald Graham, creating its online edition. From 1978 to 1980, Rogoff was a special assistant to the director of the Office of Management and Budget in the Carter administration.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/gcprogram.taf?function=bio&EventID=gc12&SPID=8074|title=Speaker's Biography: Alice Rogoff |publisher=Milken Institute|accessdate=April 9, 2014}}</ref>
Rogoff first went to Alaska in 2002.<ref name=Cole2012>{{cite web|last=Cole|first=Dermot|title=Billionaire philanthropist helps Alaskans share their story with world|url=http://www.newsminer.com/news/dermot_code/article_a075762b-9b3f-5ed6-83e1-ecea8f0c4ad4.html?mode=jqm|publisher=News-Miner|accessdate=April 10, 2014|date=December 26, 2012}}</ref> She was introduced to Alaska by Theron "Terry" Smith, a former chief pilot for Alaska Airlines. With Smith and his wife, Rogoff traveled around Alaska, meeting its people. She subsequently learned to fly an airplane herself.<ref name=Medred2014>{{cite news|last=Medred|first=Craig|title=You are here Alice Rogoff and Kay Fanning: Publishers who came home to the North|url=http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20140408/alice-rogoff-and-kay-fanning-publishers-who-came-home-north|accessdate=April 10, 2014|newspaper=Alaska Dispatch|date=April 8, 2014|archive-date=April 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413141122/http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20140408/alice-rogoff-and-kay-fanning-publishers-who-came-home-north|url-status=dead}}</ref> While visiting the Smiths, she bought a home in Anchorage. Rogoff became the majority owner of the ''Alaska Dispatch'' in 2008.<ref name=ap2014>{{cite web|title=Alaska's largest daily newspaper sold for $34M|url=https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/alaskas-largest-daily-newspaper-sold-211701800.html|publisher=Associated Press|accessdate=April 10, 2014|date=April 8, 2014}}</ref> In April 2014, it was announced that Rogoff and the ''Alaska Dispatch'' would purchase the ''Anchorage Daily News'', the largest newspaper in Alaska by circulation, for US$34 million. The transaction placed Alaska's largest newspaper under the control of Rogoff and the ''Alaska Dispatch''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ktoo.org/2014/04/08/alaska-dispatch-buys-anchorage-daily-news/|title=Alaska Dispatch buys Anchorage Daily News|date=April 8, 2014 |publisher=KTOO-TV|accessdate=April 9, 2014}}</ref> She announced in 2017 that she was giving up control of the newspaper and it was being reorganized under Chapter 11 bankruptcy laws.<ref>Rogoff, Alice. "A message from Alice Rogoff," ''Alaska Dispatch News,'' 13 Aug. 2017. Retrieved 13 Aug. 2017.</ref>
==Personal life== Rogoff wed David Rubenstein, co-founder and co-chief executive officer of The Carlyle Group, in 1983. They have three children, two daughters and a son.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-04-10 |title=What's this Washington insider and billionaire's wife doing in Alaska? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/whats-this-washington-insider-and-billionaires-wife-doing-in-alaska/2015/07/07/1102d5d6-0af4-11e5-9e39-0db921c47b93_story.html |access-date=2024-07-04 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2010-05-28 |title=Alexandra Rubenstein, Evan Rachlin |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/fashion/weddings/30RUBENSTEIN.html |access-date=2024-07-04 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The couple divorced on December 8, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/billionaire-david-rubenstein-and-his-wife-alice-rogoff-divorce/2017/12/08/ba41a5f4-dc49-11e7-b859-fb0995360725_story.html|title=Billionaire David Rubenstein and his wife, Alice Rogoff, divorce|first=Roxanne|last=Roberts|date=December 8, 2017|publisher=|access-date=December 18, 2017|via=www.WashingtonPost.com}}</ref>
In addition to her business ventures, Rogoff helped found Alaska House New York and the Alaska Native Arts Foundation.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/22/style/dm-rubenstein-wed-to-alice-nicole-rogoff.html|title=D.M. Rubenstein Wed To Alice Nicole Rogoff|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 22, 1983 |accessdate=April 9, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/09/business/media/mcclatchy-to-sell-anchorage-daily-news-to-alaska-dispatch-publishing.html?nlid=67524431&_r=0|title=McClatchy to Sell Anchorage Daily News to Alaska Dispatch Publishing|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 8, 2014 |accessdate=April 9, 2014|last1=Kaufman |first1=Leslie }}</ref> Rogoff and her ex-husband have funded the participation by Juneau, Alaska in the Any Given Child program, which promotes arts in education.<ref name=Brown2013>{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Benjamin|title=Any Given Child comes to Juneau|url=http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-02-24/any-given-child-comes-juneau#.U0YQ9scwKmE|newspaper=Juneau Empire|accessdate=April 10, 2014|date=February 24, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413154927/http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-02-24/any-given-child-comes-juneau#.U0YQ9scwKmE|archive-date=April 13, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2014, Rogoff piloted her own plane to track the Iditarod sled race.<ref> {{Cite news |date=2023-04-10 |title=What's this Washington insider and billionaire's wife doing in Alaska? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/whats-this-washington-insider-and-billionaires-wife-doing-in-alaska/2015/07/07/1102d5d6-0af4-11e5-9e39-0db921c47b93_story.html |access-date=2024-07-04 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
In late August, 2015, Rogoff hosted President Barack Obama in her Anchorage home for a private dinner party during the first day of a three-day trip Obama made to Alaska to address global warming. Rogoff has known the Obama family for several years.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Herz|first1=Nathaniel|last2=Martinson|first2=Erica|title=Obama cites Alaska in address urging action on climate change|url=http://www.adn.com/article/20150831/obama-cites-alaska-address-urging-action-climate-change|newspaper=Juneau Empire|accessdate=31 August 2015|date=31 August 2015}}</ref>
On July 3, 2016, Rogoff was the pilot and sole occupant of a Cessna 206 float plane that crashed upon landing in Halibut Cove, Alaska. Her plane was damaged but she was uninjured. She was able to leave the scene of the crash on her own.<ref>{{cite news|last=Joling|first=Dan|title=Alaska newspaper publisher survives floatplane crash|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/alaska-newspaper-publisher-survives-floatplane-crash/|newspaper=The Seattle Times|accessdate=5 July 2016|date=5 July 2016}}</ref>
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