Our Board

George Weiss

Founder
George A. Weiss is President of George Weiss Associates, the money management firm he founded in Hartford, CT, in 1978.Mr. Weiss also serves as... (more)

Nancy Cantor

Chancellor and President of Syracuse University
As the eleventh Chancellor and President of Syracuse University, Nancy Cantor is helping forge a new understanding of the role of universities in... (more)

Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker

President/CEO, Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Clotilde Perez-Bode Dedecker has dedicated her career to improving lives through civic service.  Her leadership experience has centered on... (more)

Caryn Effron

Senior Director at Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group
Caryn Effron is a Senior Director at Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group, a mortgage brokerage firm that raises capital for commercial real estate... (more)

Joel Greenblatt

Managing Partner of Gotham Capital
Joel Greenblatt is the Managing Partner of Gotham Capital, an investment partnership he founded in April 1985.  Since 1996, he has been a... (more)

David M. Knott

CEO of Knott Partners Management, LLC
David Knott is the CEO of Knott Partners Management, LLC, which manages a group of hedge funds that he founded in 1987.  Mr. Knott serves as a... (more)

Cathy Lasry

Cathy lives in New York City, is married to Marc Lasry, and is the mother of five children.  She sits on the Board of Trustees of Clark... (more)

Arthur Levine

President, The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Arthur Levine is President of The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.  Previously, he served as President and Professor of Education... (more)

Deborah Miller

Deborah Miller is an entrepreneur and investor in early stage venture capital companies.  She founded the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Academy Charter... (more)

Mary Anne Schmitt-Carey

President, Say Yes to Education
Mary Anne Schmitt-Carey is President of Say Yes to Education, Inc. (Say Yes), a national non-profit foundation committed to changing the lives of... (more)

Sol H. Pelavin

Sol H. Pelavin was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Institutes for Research.Previously, Pelavin had served as AIR's... (more)

Jane Toll

Jane Toll is now retired. She worked for many years as a teacher and then as a custom home builder. She funded, ran and lived a program to support... (more)