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Board of Trustees

Co-Chairs | Vice-Chairs | Trustees | Center Boards | Committee Chairs | Chairs Emeriti | Honorary Life Trustees | Trustees Emeriti | Presidents Emeriti | Past Chairs

Co-Chairs

Ambassador Chan Heng Chee headshot

Chan Heng Chee

Ambassador-at-Large, Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs


John L. Thornton

John L. Thornton

Executive Chairman, Barrick Gold Corporation


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Vice-Chairs

Headshot Hamid Biglari

Hamid Biglari

Global Co-Head, Central Liquidity Group, Point72 Asset Management


Headshot  Betsy Z. Cohen

Betsy Z. Cohen 

Chairman, FinTech Acquisition Corp.

Secretary, Board of Trustees


Headshot  Lulu C. Wang

Lulu C. Wang 

CEO, Tupelo Capital Management LLC


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Trustees

Headshot Nicolas Aguzin

Nicolas Aguzin

CEO, J.P. Morgan's International Private Bank


Headshot  HRH Prince Turki AlFaisal

HRH Prince Turki AlFaisal

Chairman, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies


Headshot Edward R. Allen III

Edward R. Allen III 

Senior Partner, Eagle Global Advisors


Headshot Isaac Applbaum

Isaac Applbaum

Principal and Founding Partner, MizMaa Ventures


Headshot Mohit Assomull

Mohit Assomull

Head of Global Capital Markets, Morgan Stanley


Headshot Nicolas Berggruen

Nicolas Berggruen 

Chairman, Berggruen Holdings Inc. and Berggruen Institute


Headshot J. Frank Brown

 J. Frank Brown

Advisory Director, General Atlantic


Rabbi Buchdahl

Rabbi Angela Buchdahl

Senior Rabbi, Central Synagogue, New York


Headshot  Michael S. Chae

Michael S. Chae

Senior Managing Director and CFO, The Blackstone Group


Headshot  Albert Y. Chao

Albert Chao

President, CEO, and Director, Westlake Chemical Corporation


Headshot  Purnendu Chatterjee

Purnendu Chatterjee

Founder and Chairman, The Chatterjee Group


Headshot  Duncan Clark

Duncan Clark O.B.E.

Chairman, BDA China Limited


Headshot  Henry Cornell

Henry Cornell 

Chairman and CEO, Cornell Capital LLC


Headshot  Fritz Demopoulos

Frederick M. Demopoulos

Chairman, Queen's Road Capital


Serge Dumont

Serge Dumont

Chairman & co-founder, Asia Society France


Headshot  J. Michael Evans

J. Michael Evans 

President, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.


Headshot   Jamshyd N. Godrej

Jamshyd N. Godrej 

Chairman of the Board, Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company Ltd.


Filippo Gori

Filippo Gori 

Chief Executive Officer, J.P. Morgan Asia Pacific


Evan Greenberg

Evan G. Greenberg

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Chubb Limited/Chubb Group


Headshot  Susan S. Hakkarainen

Susan S. Hakkarainen 

Chairman and CEO, Lutron Electronics


Headshot  George G. Hicks

George G. Hicks

Co-founder and CEO, Värde Partners


Headshot  Doris Magsaysay Ho

Doris M. Ho 

President and CEO, A. Magsaysay, Inc.


Headshot  W. Bradford Hu

W. Bradford Hu 

Executive Vice President and Chief Risk Officer for State Street Corporation


Stephanie Hui

Stephanie Hui

Co-Head of Merchant Banking Division, Goldman Sachs Asset Management


Headshot  Omar Ishrak

Omar Ishrak

Chairman of the Board, Intel
Former Chairman and CEO, Medtronic


Jindal

Sangita Jindal

President, Art India and Chairperson of the JSW Foundation


Headshot  K.S. Kalsi

Karamjit S. (Sonny) Kalsi

President, BentallGreenOak


Headshot   Adrian T. Keller

Adrian T. Keller

Vice Chairman, Diethelm Keller Holding Ltd.


Headshot  Mahmood J. Khimji

Mahmood J. Khimji 

Principal and Co-Founder, Highgate Holdings Inc.


Headshot  James Kondo

James Kondo 

Chairman, International House of Japan


Headshot  Chong-Moon Lee

Chong-Moon Lee 

Chairman and CEO, AmBex Venture Partners


Headshot  Lee Hong-Koo

Lee Hong-Koo 

Chairman of the Board, The Seoul Forum for International Affairs


Josephine Linden

Josephine Linden

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Linden Global Strategies


Ida Liu Heahshot

Ida Liu

Managing Director, Global Head of Citi Private Bank


Headshot  Jean Liu

Jean Liu 

President, Didi Chuxing


Geoff Martha Headshot

Geoff Martha

Chairman & CEO, Medtronic


Headshot  Asheet Mehta

Asheet Mehta 

Director, McKinsey & Company


Headshot  John D. Negroponte

John D. Negroponte 

Vice Chairman, McLarty Associates


Headshot  Robert Niehaus

Robert Niehaus 

Chairman, GCP Capital Partners LLC
Treasurer, Board of Trustees


Headshot  Gaoning Ning

Gaoning Ning 

Chairman, Sinochem Group Co., Ltd.


Headshot  Thierry Porté

Thierry Porté 

Managing Director, J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC


Emily Rafferty Headshot

Emily Rafferty

President Emerita, The Metropolitan Museum of Art


Headshot  Stephen Riady

Stephen Riady

Executive Chairman and Group CEO, OUE Ltd.


Gary Rieschel Headshot

Gary Rieschel

Founding Managing Partner, Qiming Venture Partners


Headshot  Charles P. Rockefeller

Charles P. Rockefeller 

Head of Partnerships, Composite Apps, Inc.


Headshot  Nicolas Rohatyn

Nicolas Rohatyn 

CEO and Chief Investment Officer, The Rohatyn Group


Headshot  Kevin M. Rudd

Kevin M. Rudd 

President and CEO, Asia Society
President, Asia Society Policy Institute
26th Prime Minister of Australia


Headshot  Denise Saul

Denise Saul 

New York


Headshot  Stephen A. Schwarzman

Stephen A. Schwarzman 

Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder Blackstone


Headshot  Neil N. Shen

Neil N. Shen

Founding and Managing Partner, Sequoia Capital China


Headshot  Shin Dong-Bin

Shin Dong-Bin 

Chairman, Lotte Group


Katie Soo Headshot

Katie Soo

Chief Marketing Officer, KiwiCo, Inc.


Headshot  Jane Jie Sun

Jane Jie Sun 

CEO, Trip.com Group


Heeadshot  Y. Ping Sun

Y. Ping Sun 

Of Counsel, Yetter Coleman LLP
University Representative, Rice University


Headshot  Harit Talwar

Harit Talwar 

Chairman of Consumer Business, Goldman Sachs, NY


Headshot  Ernie Thrasher

Ernie Thrasher 

CEO and Chief Marketing Officer, Xcoal Energy & Resources


Mark Tucker Headshot

Mark E. Tucker

Group Chairman, HSBC Holdings plc


Headshot   Eunice Zehnder-Lai

Eunice Zehnder-Lai

Board Member of Geberit; DKSH; and Julius Baer


Headshot  James D. Zirin

James D. Zirin 

Producer and Host, Conversations with Jim Zirin


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Fernando Zobel de Ayala 

President and COO, Ayala Corporation


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Center Boards

Australia

France

Hong Kong

India

Japan

Korea

Northern California

Philippines

Southern California

Switzerland

Texas

 

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Committee Chairs

Executive Committee

Chan Heng Chee, Co-Chair
John L. Thornton, Co-Chair

Vice Chairs of the Board

Hamid Biglari
Betsy Z. Cohen
Lulu C. Wang

Audit and Risk Management Committee

Brad Hu

Compensation Committee

J. Frank Brown

Development Committee

J. Frank Brown

Finance and Budget Committee

Robert Niehaus

Global Centers Committee

Adrian T. Keller, Co-Chair
James Kondo, Co-Chair

Investment Committee

Henry Cornell

Nominating and Governance Committee

Nicolas S. Rohatyn

Strategic Program Review Committee

Thierry Porté

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Chairs Emeriti

Ronnie C. Chan (2011-2017)
Henrietta H. Fore (2011-2017)
Charles R. Kaye (2009-2011)
Maurice R. Greenberg (1995-2002)

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Honorary Life Trustees

Peter A. Aron
Winthrop R. Munyan
Cynthia Hazen Polsky
John D. Rockefeller IV
Washington SyCip (In Memoriam)
Lisina Hoch (In Memoriam)

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Trustees Emeriti

Hushang Ansary
Tom Brokaw
Pei-Yuan Chia
Jerome A. Cohen
Rohit M. Desai
Dinyar Devitre
Inger McCabe Elliott
John H. Foster
Patrick A. Gerschel
Carol Gluck, Co-Chair
G.F. Robert Hanke
James B. Hunt, Jr.
Thomas S. Johnson
Charles R. Kaye
Leo KoGuan
Linda Yuen-Ching Lim
Gina Lin
Vikram Malhotra
Clare Tweedy McMorris
Gita Mehta
Victor J. Menezes, Co-Chair
Robert Miller
Hugh M. Morgan
Ruth Newman
Nafis Sadik
Josette Sheeran
Carl Spielvogel
Judith Ogden Thomson
Pote Videt
John S. Wadsworth, Jr.
Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.
Dolores Wharton
Cynthia Whitehead

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Presidents Emeriti

Josette Sheeran (2013-2020)
Vishakha N. Desai (2004-2012)
Nicholas Platt (1992-2004)
Robert B. Oxnam (1981-1992)

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Past Chairs

Richard C. Holbrooke (2002-2009)
John C. Whitehead (1989-1995)
Roy M. Huffington (1983-1989)
George W. Ball (1974-1982)
John D. Rockefeller 3rd (1964-1974)
Grayson L. Kirk (1956-1964)

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