Google Chief for Charity Steps Down on Revamp

Dr. Brilliant said he would become chief philanthropy evangelist for Google.

Megan Smith, a longtime Google executive with experience in engineering and business development, will manage Google.org, while retaining her job as vice president for new business development at Google.

The announcement represents a shift in Google’s approach to philanthropy. Dr. Brilliant wrote on a Google blog that he and others at Google had been reviewing Google.org’s progress in its three years of operation.