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Elisabeth “Lisa” Allen LeFort ’72
Chair (2020); Chair-Elect (2019), Chair (2015-2017)
Winter Park, FL
Trustee since: 2008
Committees: Advancement, Facilities, Executive, Investment, Governance, Finance and Audit, DEI
Education: BA Medieval History | MS Secondary Education from University of Pennsylvania
Occupation: Trustee International Yacht Restoration School, Member Trustee Council of Penn Women
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Megan Toohey Scremin ’00
Chair-Elect (2022)
Denver, CO Trustee since: 2018
Committees: Advancement, Chair; Executive - Chair-Elect; Governance
Education: BA in Integrated Strategic Communications from the University of Kentucky | MS in Tourism and Non-profit Management from Arizona State University
Occupation: President & CEO at Special Olympics Colorado
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Ann Gambling Hoffman ’70
Secretary
New Hope, PA
Trustee since: 2012
Committees: Executive, Secretary; Governance, Finance and Audit
Education: BA from Lake Forest College Occupation: Former Institutional Municipal Bond Salesperson; Director of Development The Eastern New York Chapter of The Nature Conservancy; Senior Managing Director, NYC for Foundation Source
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Elizabeth “Betsy” Gifford Gross ’72
Treasurer (2018)
Bethesda, MD
Trustee since: 2017
Committees: Finance and Audit, Chair; Executive, Treasurer; Investment, Ex Officio
Education: BS from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Occupation: Former accountant at Baker & Miller, PLLC, former computer programmer for a life insurance company
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Linda Gill Anderson ’77
Silver Spring, MD
Trustee since: 2021
Committees: Governance
Education: BA Dartmouth College; Executive training Stanford University and Babson College
Occupation: Director of Membership for the American Public
Transportation Association (APTA) |
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Katharine “Kate” Berry ’76
Boca Raton, FL
Trustee since: 2017
Committees: Facilities
Education: BS in hotel management from Cornell University, School of Hotel Administration
Occupation: Consultant, former Vice President with The Ritz Carlton Company
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Rachel Birnboim ‘93
New York, NYTrustee since: 2021 Committees: Facilities, Co-chair; Executive Education: BArch from Carnegie Mellon University Occupation: Associate Principal, Studio Leader, Senior Project Manager for Perkins Eastman |
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Karen Brifu-Lacy '04
Mount Vernon, NY
Trustee since: 2022
Committees: DEI
Education: BA Mathematics & Economics from Fordham University | MBA International Business & Information Systems from Zicklin, CUNY Baruch
Occupation: Advisor and Chief of Staff for Market Operations, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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James Dawson New York, NY Trustee since: 2020 Education: BS and PhD from State University of New York at Albany Occupation: Head of School, Professional Children’s School |
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Stephen Gonick P’16 ’20 Rexford, NY Trustee since: 2017, Parent Trustee (2015-2017) Committees: Advancement; Executive; Governance Education: BS in Personnel and Industrial Relations from Ithaca College Occupation: Co-Founder, Passport for Good; Co-Owner of The Palette Cafe; Executive and Entrepreneur in Residence at his alma mater, the Ithaca College School of Business |
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Valerie Gonyea ’82 Novato, CA Ex-officio member since: 2020 AAC President Committees: Advancement; Facilities; Finance and Audit Education: BA in Broadcast Communications from SUNY Oswego | MS in Instructional Technology & Curriculum Design from SUNY Albany | MS in Accountancy from Golden Gate University in San Francisco Occupation: Certified Public Accountant, Corporate Controller |
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Wendy S. Graham ’85 Hoboken, NJ Trustee since: 2020 Committees: Advancement; Finance and Audit Education: BA Bates College | MBA Cornell University Occupation: Vice President Human Resources and Business Partner, Wiley Publishing |
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James Hackett P’20 Milton, MA Trustee since: 2019 Committees: Finance and Audit; Investments Education: BA from College of the Holy Cross | JD from Cornell Law School Occupation: Jim worked at the law firm of Choate, Hall & Stewart in Boston for 20 years, where he was a partner. He then served as General Counsel and VP of Business Development of Crane & Co., Inc., until the sale of the company. He is currently the General Counsel and Head of Acquisitions of Creation Technologies Inc. |
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David Howson
Westport, NY
Trustee since: 2022
Committees: Facilities; Finance and Audit
Education: BA and MLA from University of Richmond | MFA Theater Management from David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University
Occupation: Senior Teaching Professor and the Arthur Zankel Executive Director of Arts Administration at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs
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Susan “Susie” Hunter ’68 Vero Beach, FL Trustee since: 2015 (Board Chair 2017-2020) Committees: Finance and Audit, Governance Education: BA from Smith College | MSW from Rutgers University Occupation: Board of Overseers at WGBH in Boston, Board of The Learning Alliance, a literacy program in Vero Beach, FL |
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Samantha Jones '92
Stamford, CT
Trustee since: 2022
Committees: Governance
Education: BA in Political Science from Williams College | MBA in General Management from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Occupation: Vice President, Strategy and Business Development at Pitney Bowes
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Sharon Khanuja-Dhall ’89 Katonah, NY Trustee since: 2015 Committees: Advancement; Finance and Audit Education: BS in Information Sciences & Technology from Syracuse University | Executive MBA from the University of Connecticut | MA in Organizational Psychology from Teachers College at Columbia University Occupation: Chief Information Officer at Kroll |
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Wendy Shuang Liu ’95
New York, NY
Trustee since: 2018
Committees: Investment, Chair; Finance and Audit, Ex Officio
Education: BA in History from Columbia University | MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Occupation: Business Development Group Lead, Rare Disease at Pfizer
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Eleanor H. Lumsden ’94 Lisbon, Portugal Trustee since: 2021 Committees: DEI, Co-chair Education: BA Princeton | JD NYU Law Occupation: Attorney, Founder of Eleanor Lumsden Consulting |
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Sarah “Sally” Klingenstein Martell ’85 New York, NY Trustee since: 2020 (previously 1998-2012) Committees: Advancement; DEI, Co-chair; Executive Education: BA Tulane University | MFA Stony Brook University Occupation: Executive Director, Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation |
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Denise Mormino Slingerlands, NY Trustee since: 2013 Committees: Finance and Audit Education: BBA from Siena College | MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Occupation: Chief Accounting Officer at St. Peter’s Health Partners |
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Betts Howes Murray ’73 South Dartmouth, MA Trustee since: 2016 (previously 1994-1997) Committees: Advancement; Governance, Chair Education: BA in history, Brown University | JD Boston College Law School Occupation: Retired Executive Director/Program Director at Cohasset Maritime Institute and Duxbury Bay Maritime School | Former attorney at Ropes & Gray, Hutchins & Wheeler |
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Elizabeth “Lisa” Radcliffe ’82 Brooklyn, NY Trustee since: 2014 Committees: DEI, Co-chair; Governance Education: BA College of William and Mary | MBA Baruch College Occupation: Founder and CEO of PunkinFutz, Director & Chair of the Board of Powered by Inclusion |
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Jennifer Schmelter ’85 Boston, MA Trustee since: 2016 Committees: Facilities; Finance and Audit Education: BA Barnard College | MBA Boston University Occupation: Investment Professional |
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Roger Tennent P'24
Brooklyn, NY
Trustee since: 2022
Committees: Investments
Education: BA in English Literature from Dartmouth College | Executive MBA in Finance from The Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania
Occupation: Head of Counterparty Risk for Millennium Management
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Timothy Winstead Durham, NC Trustee since: 2015 Committees: Facilities, Co-Chair Education: BArch and BEDA (Environmental Design in Architecture) North Carolina State University Occupation: Regional Director |