Board of Trustees


Iris Weinshall Schumer
Chairperson
Vice Chancellor for Facilities Planning, Construction, and Management
City University of New York
  • Beth L. Chapin
    Vice Chairperson
    Former Senior V.P.
    OgilvyOne
  • Pamela J. Sheiffer
    Vice Chairperson

    President
    P. Joyce Associates
  • Ellen L. Needham
    Secretary
    New York, NY
  • Lauren Blum
    Treasurer
    Investment Analyst
    Capital Counsel LLC

  • Paul Ashley
    Director
    Pfizer Global Sourcing
    Pfizer, Inc.
  • Edith A. Cassidy
    Managing Director
    U.S. Trust Bank of America
    Private Wealth Management
  • Phyllis A. Chernin
    New York, NY
  • Marianne D. Cooper
    Vice President
    Public Sector Americas
    IBM
  • George P. Davison
    Headmaster
    Grace Church School
  • Cynthia Greenleaf Fanton
    Director of Partnerships
    Chicago Public Schools
  • Nancy B. Fessenden
    New York, NY
  • William Gridley
    Former Managing Director
    Goldman, Sachs & Co.
  • Jeremy B. Koch
    Executive Vice President
    Magazine Publishers of America
  • Caryn L. Magid
    New York, NY
  • Elizabeth Manocha
    New York, NY
  • Cayre Michas
    New York, NY
  • John S. Redpath, Jr.
    Former Senior VP & General Counsel
    Time Inc.
  • Joshua Solomon
    Assistant Principal
    East-West School of International Studies
  • Deborah Stewart
    Substitute Mathematics
    Instructor-Middle School
    The Dalton School
  • The Hon. Merryl Tisch
    Member
    New York State Board of Regents
  • Dana Tyler
    Anchor
    WCBS-TV News
  • M. David Zurndorfer
    Attorney
    Proskauer Rose LLP

Honorary Trustees

  • Elsie V. Aidinoff
  • Arlyn S. Gardner
  • Alice L. Halsted
  • Mary W. Heller
  • Anne K. Jones
  • Margery Oakes
  • Julie Patterson
  • Marge Scheuer
  • Joan Blum Shayne


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