We would like to thank the following individuals for serving as Board Chairs:
1979–1980
John R. Coleman, President, The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
1981–1982
Jane Lee Eddy, Executive Director, Taconic Foundation
1983–1984
Arnold Shore, Senior Program Officer, Exxon Education Foundation
1985–1986
Albert Rees, President, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation *
1987–1989
David M. Nee, Executive Director, Florence V. Burden Foundation
1989–1991
Hildy Simmons, Vice President, Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York
1991–1993
Anita Nager, Grants Administrator, Fund for the City of New York
1993–1995
David S. Ford, Vice President & Director of Philanthropy, The Chase Manhattan Bank
1995–1997
Ilene Mack, Senior Program Officer, William Randolph Hearst Foundation *
1997–1999
Gloria Primm Brown, Program Officer, Carnegie Corporation of New York
1999–2001
Gregory King, Vice President, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Corporate Social Responsibility
2001–2002
Kimberly Otis, Executive Director, Rauch Foundation
2002–2004
Emily Tow Jackson, Executive Director and Trustee, The Tow Foundation
2004
Jane Englebardt, Executive Director, Hasbro Children’s Foundation
2004–2005
Erica Hunt, Executive Director, Twenty-First Century Foundation
2005–2007
Karen L. Rosa, Vice President and Executive Director, Altman Foundation
2007–2009
Vince Stehle, Program Director, Non Profit Sector, Surdna Foundation
2009–2011
Chris Park, President, New York Life Foundation
2011-2012
Doug Bauer, Executive Director, The Clark Foundation
2012-2013
Mark Bodden, Vice President/Director, May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation
2013-2015
Leisle Lin, Senior Vice President, Finance & Operations, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
2015-2017
Philip Li, President, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation
2017-2019
Mike Pratt, President and Executive Director, The Scherman Foundation
2019-2021
Kyung Yoon, President, Korean American Community Foundation
2021-2023
Kenneth Austin, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, The Wallace Foundation
* deceased