Our Board of Trustees

 

Leadership, talent, and dedication to the cause are key traits shared by members of CRI’s volunteer Board of Trustees and Advisory Directors. Their experience in finance, communications, and other fields ensures exemplary fiscal operation and the success of our fundraising and public-relations events.

OFFICERS

Co-Chairmen of the Board

Donald J. Gogel
President & CEO
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc.
New York, New York

Andrew M. Paul
Chairman
Enhanced Capital Partners LLC
New York, New York

Vice Chairmen of the Board

Edgar R. Berner
Partner
John Lang, Inc.
New York, New York

Jacques C. Nordeman
Chairman
Nordeman Grimm, Inc.
New York, New York

Julian H. Robertson Jr.
Chairman
Tiger Management LLC
New York, New York

President

Patrick J. McGrath
Pelham, New York

Treasurer

Richard M. DeMartini 

Partner
Crestview Partners
New York, New York

Secretary

Thomas G. Mendell
New York, New York


TRUSTEES

Robert J. Appel
President
Appel Associates
New York, New York

Peter L. Bloom
Managing Director
General Atlantic LLC
Greenwich, Connecticut

Brian J. Brille
Global Head of Investment Banking
Banc of America Securities, LLC
New York, New York

Geoffrey O. Coley
New York, New York

Sandra Coudert, Esq.
Managing Director
Rattlestick Productions, Inc.
New York, New York

Peter J. Crowley
Rye, New York

Maurice J. Cunniffe
Chairman & CEO
Vista Capital Corporation
Greenwich, Connecticut

Glenn J. DeSimone
Greenwich, Connecticut

Carlos A. Ferrer
Founder and Managing Member
Ferrer Freeman & Company, LLC
Greenwich, Connecticut

John B. Fitzgibbons
J Fitzgibbons LLC
New York, New York

Margot Eisner Freedman
New York, New York

Oliver R. Grace Jr
Glen Head, New York

Anna-Maria Kellen
New York, New York

Alexander P. Lynch
Chairman, North American Mergers & Acquisitions Group
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
New York, New York

Lloyd J. Old, M.D.
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd
New York, New York

Lief D. Rosenblatt
Senior Principal
Satellite Asset Management, L.P.
New York, New York

Paul J. Sekhri
President & CEO
Cerimon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
S. San Francisco, CA

Paul C. Shiverick
Partner
Seminole Management Co., Inc.
New York, New York

Frank V. Sica
Tailwind Capital
New York, New York

Lara S. Trafelet
New York, New York

Thomas E. Tuft
Managing Director and Chairman of Global Equity Capital Markets
Goldman Sachs & Co.
New York, New York

Heidi Ueberroth
President, Global Marketing Partnerships and
International Business Operations
National Basketball Association
New York, New York

Lauren Veronis
New York, New York

Cynthia C. Weiler
New York, New York

Ronald G. Weiner 
President
Perelson Weiner
New York, New York


TRUSTEES EMERITI

Carter F. Bales
Managing Partner & Co-Founder
The Wicks Group of Companies, LLC
New York, New York

Howard P. Berkowitz
Managing Director
BlackRock Alternative Advisors
New York, New York

Donald G. Calder
President
G.L. Ohrstrom & Co., Inc.
New York, New York

Stuart P. Davidson
Managing Director
Labrador Ventures
Palo Alto, California

Bruce D. Dixon
Retired Partner
Ernst & Young
Greenwich, Connecticut

Mrs. Richard B. Englund
New York, New York

Mrs. Charles G. Gambrell
Charlotte, North Carolina

William O. Grabe
Managing Director
General Atlantic LLC
Greenwich, Connecticut

Charles M. Grace
Los Angeles, California

Mrs. Oliver R. Grace
New York, New York

Joyce Green
Westhampton Beach, New York

Ann W. Jackson
Executive Vice President, Global Director of Business Development
Sotheby's
New York, New York

Arthur L. Jacobson
Vice President, Investments
SmithBarney
Indian Wells, California

Robert A. Posner
Managing Director
Commonwealth Holding, LP
Brookline, Massachusetts

David H. Shepard
Coronado, California

Winthrop H. Smith Jr.
Chairman
WHS Holdings, LLC
Warren, Vermont

Vance Van Dine
Advisory Director
Morgan Stanley & Co.
New York, New York


FOUNDERS

Helen Coley Nauts, D.Sc., Hon.
1907-2007

Oliver R. Grace
1909-1992