Shawn White, a former lawyer and executive for Prudential Financial Inc. who has held in-house leadership and advisory roles with public service organizations on both coasts, is the new general counsel of The Broad Foundations.

The Los Angeles-based foundations have more than $3 billion in assets and include The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation and The Broad Art Foundation, which were established to foster entrepreneurship in education, science and the arts.