Board of Directors

Provided here are the membership lists of our Board of Directors and Board Committees:

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DIRECTORS*

Harvey P. Dale, Founding President
University Professor of Philanthropy and the Law, New York University School of Law
Director, National Center on Philanthropy and the Law

Christine V. Downton
Former Partner, Pareto Partners

Charles F. Feeney, Founding Chairman

Gara LaMarche, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Atlantic Philanthropies

Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Professor of Education, Harvard University

Elizabeth J. McCormack, Deputy Chairman
Advisor, Rockefeller Family & Associates

Thomas N. Mitchell
Director, Trinity Foundation
Former Provost, Trinity College Dublin

Frank H. T. Rhodes, Chairman
Professor of Geological Sciences and President Emeritus, Cornell University

Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Deputy Chairman
Senior Counsel, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York
Senior Counsel, The Brennan Center for Justice
Chair, New York City Campaign Finance Board

Peter Smitham
Chairman of Actis
Partner in Permira

Michael I. Sovern
President Emeritus and Chancellor Kent Professor of Law, Columbia University, New York

Cummings V. Zuill
Senior Vice President, Bank of Bermuda, Retired
Bermuda Charity Commissioner

* Directors of The Atlantic Foundation, which is the largest charitable fund within The Atlantic Philanthropies.

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BOARD COMMITTEES

Audit Committee*
Michael I. Sovern - Chair
Thomas N. Mitchell
Peter Smitham
Cummings V. Zuill

Governance Committee*
Thomas N. Mitchell - Chair
Christine V. Downton
Charles F. Feeney
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Elizabeth J. McCormack

Compensation Committee*
Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr. - Chair
Elizabeth J. McCormack
Michael I. Sovern
Peter Smitham

Investment Committee**
Peter Smitham - Chair
Harvey P. Dale
Christine Downton
B. Grady Durham, President, Monticello Associates, Inc.
David Erskine
David A. Salem, President, The Investment Fund for Foundations

* Frank H.T. Rhodes attends Committee meetings on an ex-officio basis in his capacity as Board Chair.

** Messrs. Durham, Erskine and Salem sit on the Investment Committee but not on the Board.

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