William G. Bardel is a financial advisor to a number of educational institutions. He was Associate Headmaster and Chief Financial Officer of the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey from 1994-2006 and earlier was a Managing Director in Investment Banking and led the Government Advisory Group at Lehman Brothers.

Mr. Bardel serves on the board of the American Associates of the Royal National Theatre, the New York Society Library, and The Frederick Gunn School. He is a graduate of Yale College, Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and Harvard Law School.

Tina Bennett is a literary agent who specializes in narrative nonfiction, idea books, politics, history, current affairs, memoir, investigative journalism, and academic crossover titles. 

A native of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, Ms. Bennett is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities. She studied English literature at Yale University and is a graduate of Stanford University and Oxford University, where she was a Marshall Scholar.

Brogann Sanderson Bowden is a licensed clinical social worker who has served as a counselor and therapist in public and independent schools and at Princeton House, a leading behavioral health facility. She co-owned and operated True North Lacrosse, a provider of athletic camps, teams, clinics, and recruiting services for children in the U.S. and Canada. 

Mrs. Bowden has served on the board of HiTOPS, a nonprofit organization promoting adolescent health and well-being. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia and the School of Social Work and Social Research at Bryn Mawr College.

Andre M. Davis is a former judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and former city solicitor of Baltimore. Previously, he served as a federal and state trial judge, an appellate attorney in the Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice, and an assistant US attorney in Baltimore. 

Judge Davis’s civic and professional activities have focused on the rule of law, equal justice, and the intersection of law and science. He serves on the advisory boards of the Center for Law, Brain & Behavior at Harvard Medical School and Roca Baltimore, a nationally recognized community violence prevention program. He is a board member of the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia and a trustee of the Walters Art Museum. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Maryland School of Law.

Matthew Duveneck is a forest ecologist on the Liberal Arts Faculty of New England Conservatory. He is also a Research Associate at Harvard University’s Harvard Forest, where he studies the interactions between humans and natural systems.

Dr. Duveneck has taught and studied fire science and previously worked as a wildland firefighter. He is a graduate of the University of Montana, the University of Massachusetts, and Portland State University, where he received his Ph.D.

Donald C. Hood is James F. Bender Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Professor Emeritus of Ophthalmic Science at Columbia University. He researches the behavior, physiology, and anatomy of the human visual system and diseases of the retina and optic nerve. From 1982 to 1987, he was Vice President for the Arts and Sciences at Columbia.

Dr. Hood has served on the boards of Brown University, Smith College, and the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology. He is a graduate of Harpur College of the State University of New York and received his Ph.D. from Brown. He has also been awarded honorary degrees from Brown, Smith, and the SUNY College of Optometry.

Jacqueline Jones is former president and CEO of the Foundation for Child Development, which supports research, policy, and advocacy to advance the learning and development of young children. She served as senior advisor on early learning to the Secretary of Education and as the country’s first deputy assistant secretary for policy and early learning in the US Department of Education.

Previously, she held positions in the New Jersey State Department of Education and at Educational Testing Service, where her work focused on documentation and assessment of young children’s learning. 

Dr. Jones has been a visiting professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a faculty member at the City University of New York. She is a graduate of Hunter College and earned a master’s degree and Ph.D. in communication science and disorders from Northwestern University.

Carol Langstaff is a choreographer, director, teacher, and photographer. She founded and led Revels North, a nonprofit arts organization in New Hampshire, and led the Flock Dance Troupe in Vermont from 1999-2018.

Ms. Langstaff, who trained with Martha Graham, connects worldwide folk traditions to contemporary social, cultural, and ecological concerns.  

Ms. Langstaff was Executive Director of The Connecticut RiverFest, a nonprofit entity supporting the Connecticut River watershed. She has been honored by the Vermont Council on the Arts and The Galway Arts Council in Ireland.

Peter Lawson-Johnston is Chair Emeritus of The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.  He served as Chair of the Board of Directors from 1971 to 2023 and joined the Board in 1968. He is Honorary Chairman, Trustee, and former Chairman and President of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, a Senior Partner at Guggenheim Brothers, and President and Director of the Elgerbar Corporation.

Mr. Lawson-Johnston, former President and Chairman of Zemex, the industrial mining firm, is Trustee Emeritus of the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey and author in 2005 of Growing Up Guggenheim, A Personal History of a Family Enterprise. He served in the U.S. Army Infantry from 1945-1947 and graduated from the University of Virginia.

Reeve Lindbergh is the author of more than two dozen books for adults and children, including two memoirs, Under a Wing and Two Lives. Her work has appeared in magazines and periodicals including The New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, and The Washington Post. 

Ms. Lindbergh serves a number of local, state, and national organizations, including the Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation and the Vermont Arts Council. She is a graduate of Radcliffe College.

Tania McCleery is an advisor and consultant to family business enterprises, providing a range of financial and corporate services. She also serves as Chair of Elgerbar Corporation, a family-owned entity in South Carolina.  

Ms. McCleery has served in leadership roles at several nonprofit organizations, including the Princeton Family Center for Education, Planned Parenthood of Northern, Central, and Southern New Jersey, Comer House Foundation, and the North Princeton Developmental Center. She studied at Briarcliff College and Rider College.

Tucker McNeil has been a speechwriter and communications advisor for nearly 20 years. He is Senior Director for Executive Communications at Cox Automotive, a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises in Atlanta, Georgia. 

Mr. McNeil was previously a communications director and spokesperson for MWV, the paper and packaging company. Earlier he was speechwriter for Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman, and Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. He began his career as press secretary for Congressman Mark Sanford of South Carolina. Mr. McNeil is a graduate of the University of Virginia.

Jeremiah Milbank III is a Partner at Silvercrest Asset Management Group and founded Milbank Winthrop & Co., which merged with Silvercrest in 2011. Earlier, he worked in several investment businesses and served in the White House and at the State Department.  

Mr. Milbank is President of Cypress Woods Corporation, the JM Foundation, and the Milbank Foundation for Rehabilitation. He is on the boards of Boys and Girls Clubs of America, The Herbert Hoover Foundation, the Coastal Conservation League, and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Mr. Milbank graduated from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, the University of Virginia School of Law, and Trinity College.

Thomas L. Piper III was a senior executive in the financial industry who worked with institutional asset managers and corporate leaders to develop equity financing strategies. Over five decades, Mr. Piper has served in senior roles at Dillon, Read & Co., Citibank Private Bank, W.P. Stewart & Co, and AllianceBernstein.

Mr. Piper serves on the boards of the University of Virginia Art Museum, the Boy Scouts of America Manhattan Council, the Vero Beach Museum of Art, and the Advisory Board for Our Lady Queen of Angels in New York. Mr. Piper studied at the University of Virginia and Harvard Business School.

Patricia L. Rosenfield is President of the Herbert and Audrey Rosenfield Fund. She was Senior Fellow at the Rockefeller Archive Center and served at the Carnegie Corporation of New York, leading the Strengthening Human Resources in Developing Countries and Carnegie Scholars programs. Earlier, she served at the World Health Organization in Geneva. 

Dr. Rosenfield writes on philanthropy, interdisciplinary science, international health, and economic development. A life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Dr. Rosenfield is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and received her Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University.