Our Advisory Board
Jane Pauley
ChairA familiar face on morning, daytime and primetime television, and one of broadcasting’s most respected journalists, Jane Pauley is a anchor for CBS News Sunday Morning. Pauley began her network career as co-host of TODAY for 13 years, anchored Dateline NBC for more than a decade and hosted her own daytime program, The Jane Pauley Show.
Pauley is the recipient of multiple Emmys, the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism, the Edward R. Murrow Award for outstanding achievement, the Gracie
AllenAward for outstanding achievement by an individual, the Wilbur Award and the CINE Golden Eagle Award. Pauley is a member of the Broadcast and Cable Hall of Fame.
Pauley has written two New York Times bestsellers. A memoir, Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue (2004) and Your Life Calling: Reimagining the Rest of Your Life (2014).
A longtime advocate in children’s health and education, Pauley is one of Children’s Health Fund’s most important supporters, and has been a member of our Board of Directors for 25 years. She is also serves on the boards of The Mind Trust and Encore.org, and is a highly regarded spokesperson in mental health. She and her husband, Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau, are the parents of three grown children.
Members
Andy Adler, Sports Reporter, Pix11
Vincent Ahonkhai, MD, Senior Regulatory Officer, Global Health Delivery, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Kelly Aimone, Esq., Aimone Law P.L.L.C.
Jackie Akiva, Partner, The Butter Group, Inc.
Marc Anthony, Singer / Songwriter
Doug Bauer, Executive Director, The Clark Foundation
Ron Berger, Former CEO & COO, Euro RSCG Worldwide
Lori J. Bertman, President & CEO, Pennington Family Foundation
Michael Carren, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, Guardian Life Insurance Company
Jodi S. Cohen, Esq., Partner, Keesal, Young & Logan
Joshua Dines, MD, Hospital for Special Surgery
Steve Fortunato, CEO & Founder, Fortch Unlimited, Inc. Sports and Entertainment
Fred Francis, Communications Consultant, Former NBC News Correspondent
H. Jack Geiger, MD, Arthur C. Logan, Professor of Emeritus Community Medicine, CUNY Medical School
Nancy D. Glassman, CFP, First Vice President, Morgan Stanley
Anne Grissinger
Charles Grodin
Cecilia Gonzalo, Partner, Oberland Capital Management LLC
Victor Imbimbo, CEO, Caring Today
Michael S. Kappy, M.D., Endocrinologist, Pediatrician, Children's Hospital Colorado
Dan Klores, Founder and Chairman, DKC
Alan Kosten, Chairman, The Kosten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research
Jeff Kramer, Principal, OK Management
Joel H. Lamstein, President, John Snow, Inc.
Tom Martin, Founder, Tom Martin Media, LLC
Michelle (Mick) Lee, Founder and CEO, WINiT Leadership
Pamela Lippe & Guy Morris, President & Principal, e4, Inc.
Melissa Mahler, CEO, Mahler Group
Wynton Marsalis
Nell Merlino, Founder & President, Strategy Communication Action Ltd
Julianne Moore
Anisa Nagaria, President, The GEO Advisory LLC
Louise Bayless Parsley, New York Times Best Selling Author
Dr. Rock CJay Positano, DPM
Beth Cohen, Historian/Activist
Robin B. Shahani, SVP, Chief Procurement Officer FIS
William Shore, Founder and CEO, Share Our Strength
Michael Sidley, Principal, Sidley Law Group
Wendy Sidley
John Spinnato, Chief Executive Officer, DKMS US
Garry Trudeau, Pulitzer Prize-winning Cartoonist
Dale C. Van Demark, Partner, McDermott, Will & Emery
Eve Xanthopoulos, Art Dealer/Influencer
Gerald Yarborough, Art Director Global Creative Group, Nickelodeon
Richard Zahn, Independent Director, Cardiology, Lupin Pharmaceuticals Limited, India
FORMER CHAIR
General Colin L. Powell, U.S.A. (Ret.)
IN MEMORIAM
Carl Sagan (1934-1996)