Board of Directors
Our Board of Directors includes leaders in business, technology, media, and culinary management.
Current Board
Chair
Eric Schwartz, 76 West Holdings
Co-Vice Chairs
Marc Granetz
Eric Ripert, Le BernardinTreasurer
Wilson Ervin, US Treasury
Secretary
Joseph Evangelisti, JPMorgan Chase
At Large
Marjorie Sybul Adams
E. Desiree Asher
Richard S. Berry, Zuberry Associates, LLC
Ashish Bhutani
Ambar Boodhoo, Ernst & Young, LLP
David Chubak, Edward Jones
Craig Dunton, UBS
Beth Hammack
Christine Hikawa
Sharon H. Jacquet, J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Pamela Kaufmann
Simon Kim, COTE | Gracious Hospitality Management
Bill Koenigsberg, Horizon Media
Shirley Madhere-Weil, M.D., Founder, Holistic Plastic Surgery; Associate Adjunct Teaching Surgeon with New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
Kathleen McCarthy, Blackstone Group LP
Nadine Mirchandani, Ernst & Young LLP
Marc Murphy, Benchmarc Restaurants
Jim O’Donnell, Citi
Valerie Peltier, Tishman Speyer
Stephanie Goldman Rosen
Mary E. Rubin, Borrego Foundation
Rick Smilow, The Institute of Culinary Education
Kerone Vatel, Capital One
Timothy Walsh, Carbon Arc
Veronica Watson
Katie Workman, The Mom 100 LLC
Michael A. Young, Vision Marketing
Geoffrey Zakarian, Zakarian Hospitality
Ex Officio
Immediate Past Chair
James D. Kallman, Kallman Management Corp.
Founding Chairs
Harley Brooke-Hitching
Peter W. Schmidt
