Vassar College is a highly selective, coeducational, private liberal arts college situated in the Town of Poughkeepsie, New York, USA. Founded by Matthew Vassar in 1861, the college is consistently ranked among the top liberal arts colleges in the country. Vassar is renowned for pioneering achievements in education, for its long history of curricular innovation, and for the beauty of its campus.

Higher Education

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Dr. Hayashi is the Chief Transformation Officer and Medical Director for Mary’s Center, a community health center that provides health care, family literacy, and social services to individuals whose needs too often go unmet by the public and private systems.

Dr. Hayashi is an experienced leader in primary care, quality improvement, and health policy at the local and national levels. Prior to Mary’s Center, he was the Acting Director and Director of Medicine for the Human Diagnosis Project, an effort to enable more accurate, affordable, and accessible care for all using machine learning technology. Dr. Hayashi also spearheaded transformation at [Unity Health Care](/org/unity-healthcare), another FQHC in DC, as their Executive Vice President for Transformation and Innovation. Dr. Hayashi’s national health policy experience comes from his role as the Chief Medical Officer for the Bureau of Primary Health Care at the Health Resources and Services Administration where he oversaw the clinical quality strategy for the federal Health Center Program. Dr. Hayashi has spent almost a decade in academia teaching and conducting research on clinical medicine, public health, and health policy for medically vulnerable populations at [Georgetown University](/org/georgetown-university) and at [George Washington University](/org/gwu). At GWU’s School of Public Health, Dr. Hayashi directed their MPH program in Community Oriented Primary Care.

Dr. Hayashi has received a number of awards and honors, including the Samuel U. Rodgers, MD Achievement Award from the National Association of Community Health Centers.

Dr. Hayashi graduated with honors in Studio Art from [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college), received his M.D. with Alpha Omega Alpha distinction from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed his family medicine residency training at the University of California at San Francisco. He received his M.P.H. from the Harvard School of Public Health while a fellow with the Commonwealth Fund/Harvard University Fellowship in Minority Health Policy.

Seiji Hayashi

Ms. Pichette has law degrees from Oxford University, England, and from Osgoode Hall, Toronto, and a B.A. in Political Science & Psychology from [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college), NY. She practiced commercial litigation and contract law in Toronto, and has served on several Boards, both in Canada and the United States, including the Sport Dispute Resolution Center of Canada, where she chaired the Compliance Committee, as well as teaching at the Ontario Bar Admission course. She was appointed to the Board of Trustees of [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college), NY in 2015, and was most recently Chairperson of the Board of Directors of [JobTrain](/org/jobtrain) (formerly OICW), a California Bay Area organization dedicated to helping the disadvantaged rebuild their lives through vocational training.

In her time at [JobTrain](/org/jobtrain), she worked closely with committee chairs to reformulate board governance towards more effective use of board members’ skill sets across organizational requirements, and worked closely with the CEO to recapitalize the organization to deliver on its strategic plan, and on strategic planning. Over the past six years, she has been involved with the establishment of Kenauk Nature, in Montebello QC, as a conservation territory, in partnership with NCC.

Ms.Pichette now lives in London UK, with her husband Patrick.

Tamar Smith Pichette

Missie Rennie has spent thirty-five years in television news, most of them at [CBS News](/org/cbs-news) as executive producer of [CBS News](/org/cbs-news) Sunday Morning and CBS Weekend News. She also worked for an Internet company partly owned by CBS, ThirdAge Media. She is the recipient of eight Emmys and a George Foster Peabody award for her work. Ms. Rennie is a member of the board of the Asia Foundation, the Asian Cultural Council, the IRC (board of advisers), Teachers College, the USTA Foundation, and GlobalCities.

In the past, she was chair of the board of Miss Porter’s School and served on the board of [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college) once before, the Nightingale-Bamford School, and Breakthrough Collaborative. Ms. Rennie is also a director of the First National Bank of Long Island. She was the recipient of The Henry Luce Foundation “Luce Scholars” fellowship and lived and worked in the Philippines. She serves on the Selection Panel for Luce Scholars.

She lives in New York City with her husband David (Zach). She is originally from Milwaukee Wisconsin. 

Milbrey Rennie Taylor

Winston Clement ’09 is Supervisory Project Manager at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, PA. Each year, approximately five million visitors come to Independence Park to see Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, and associated historic sites. Winston leads a team of engineers and architects that designs and manages historic preservation and capital construction projects on some of the most significant structures from the early Federal period.

He began his historic preservation career in the private sector before joining the [National Park Service](/org/national-park-service). He holds a Bachelor of Arts from [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college) and a Master of Science in Historic Preservation from the [University of Pennsylvania](/org/university-of-pennsylvania). 

Winston Clement

Cynthia Patton, J.D., joined Verily in 2020 as General Counsel. Previously, she served as senior vice president and chief compliance officer at [Amgen](/org/amgen), where she was responsible for [Amgen](/org/amgen)’s global privacy and compliance organization. She also served as chair of the [Amgen](/org/amgen) Foundation.

Prior to [Amgen](/org/amgen), she served as general counsel of [SCAN Health Plan](/org/scan-health-plan), a California Health Maintenance Organization (HMO). Cynthia received her J.D. from [George Washington University](/org/gwu) and her bachelor’s degree from [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college), and is admitted to the State Bar of California, State Bar of Georgia, and the District of Columbia Bar.

Cynthia Patton

Brian Farkas ’10 was elected to Vassar’s Board of Trustees in 2018. He also serves as Vice President of the Alumnae/i Association.

Brian is an attorney at [Arent Fox](/org/arent-fox-llp) LLP where he focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation. He represents clients in state and federal court, as well as in arbitration and mediation proceedings. Before joining [Arent Fox](/org/arent-fox-llp), he served as a law clerk to a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and an associate at a midsize litigation firm. Each year from 2021–2016, he has been named a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers for Business Litigation.

Outside of his law practice, Brian is passionate about higher education. He is an adjunct professor at the [City University of New York](/org/city-university-of-new-york) (CUNY), where he teaches undergraduate courses on American law, negotiation, and conflict resolution. In alternating semesters, Brian is also an adjunct professor at Cardozo Law School and [Brooklyn Law School](/org/brooklyn-law-school), where he teaches courses on arbitration and mediation.

His legal scholarship has appeared in numerous publications, including the Harvard Negotiation Law Review, NYU Journal of Law & Business, Lewis & Clark Law Review, Dispute Resolution Journal, and the Northeastern Law Journal.

Brian earned his MPA from [New York University](/org/nyu)’s Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and his JD from Cardozo School of Law. During law school, Brian was Editor-in-Chief of the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution, an academic journal dedicated to arbitration, negotiation, and mediation scholarship. He was awarded the Andrew S. Zucker Award for Academic Excellence.

Additionally, Brian serves as a pro bono court mediator in Manhattan Civil Court and Brooklyn Small Claims Court, where he has mediated over 100 cases, helping the parties to achieve compromise and resolution outside of litigation.

Brian is a member of the New York City Bar Association and the [American Bar Association](/org/american-bar-association). At the New York City Bar Association, he chairs the New Lawyer Institute, which plans career development programming and mentoring to law students and recent graduates.

At Vassar, Brian served as Editor-in-Chief of The Miscellany News, and wrote a book about the newspaper’s history entitled “Covering the Campus: A History of The Miscellany News at Vassar College.” He also served as Vice President of the student government and Co-Chair of the Senior Class Gift.

Brian Farkas

Beth Burnam ’77 was elected to the [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college) Board of Trustees in 2013. After graduation, with a major in Science, Technology and Society, Beth earned a MBA in 1979 from the Wharton School of Business at the [University of Pennsylvania](/org/university-of-pennsylvania).

Beth’s professional career included being a financial analyst at Hughes Aircraft Company and an information systems consultant at Coopers and Lybrand before she joined her family real estate development company in Los Angeles, CA.

Since 1990, Beth has been a “professional” volunteer. She has been involved at Vassar as a founding member of the President’s Advisory Council, co-chaired the PAC from 2010–2013 and served on the World Changing Campaign Steering Committee. Beth and her mother (Marcia Garbus Burnam ’49) created and endowed the Burnam Fellows Program in 1998, summer internship program focused on “experiences that make a difference” through work in non-profit or other community-based organizations.

Beth served two six-year terms on the Board of Trustees of the Oakwood School, an independent K–12 school in the Los Angeles area that both she and her children attended. While on that Board she chaired the Development Committee and served on the Executive, Finance, Audit, Building and Communications Committees.

Beth is actively involved in her local community serving as co-President and founding member of the North Topanga Canyon Fire Safe Council. This organization writes grants and manages large-scale fire hazardous vegetation removal projects and educates the Topanga community about pre-fire event preparation.

Beth Burnam

Natalie Nixon, PhD is a creativity strategist and President of Figure 8 Thinking, LLC. She advises leaders on change management and consumer insights. Natalie helps them develop inventive thinking and achieve priority business goals, resulting in happier customers and employees. She applies her expertise in strategic foresight, qualitative research and design thinking.

Previously, Natalie was an entrepreneurial academic as Associate Professor and Founding Director of the Strategic Design MBA at Jefferson University. She began her career as a hat designer and later worked in global fashion sourcing for a division of The Limited. Over her career she has traveled and lived in numerous countries including Germany, Brazil, Portugal, Israel, and Sri Lanka, and is proficient in Portuguese and Spanish.

Natalie is a global speaker and a published author (Strategic Design Thinking and INC online). She earned her BA (Honors, Cum Laude) in Anthropology and Africana Studies from [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college) and her PhD in Design Management from the [University of Westminster](/org/university-of-westminster). She lives in Philadelphia with her husband, John Nixon, an attorney.

Natalie Nixon

Carol Ostrow is an independent theater producer in New York City. Ostrow began her producing career at Vassar, where she developed and founded the Powerhouse Season, a collaboration between Vassar and New York Stage and Film, now celebrating its 35th season. She went on to become producing director of the award winning Classic Stage Company, where she produced Sigourney Weaver and other notable artists in reimaginings of the classics. In the wake of 9/11, Ostrow became the producing director of The Flea, where she produced over 100 world premieres, including plays by A.R. Gurney, Elizabeth Swados, Will Eno, Thomas Bradshaw and Adam Rapp amongst others. She also spearheaded the construction of a three-theater performing arts complex in Lower Manhattan.

She has been an adjunct professor of theater at [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college), Chatham College and [McGill University](/org/mcgill-university). Ostrow holds a B.A. from [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college) and an MFA from the Yale School of Drama.

Carol is proud to be a member of the Board of Trustees of [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college), where she chairs the development committee. She also serves on the Yale School of Drama Board of Advisors. She is a member of the executive committee on the board of the National Psoriasis Foundation, where she is committed to the goal of eradicating this auto immune disease and co-chairs the Sag Harbor Partnership, a working civic organization dedicated to preserving the natural, historic and cultural life of this unique American village.

Carol is married to Michael Graff, a managing director at Warburg Pincus, LLC. They have four children: daughters Anabel, VC ’09, Emily and Candace and son, Jesse, VC ’15. She and her family count Pittsburgh, London, Montreal and, now, New York City once again, as home.

Carol S. Ostrow

Robert Tanenbaum is a Principal in Lerner Enterprises, the largest privately held real estate development and management company in the Washington, D.C. area. He also is a Principal Owner and Vice Chairman of the Washington Nationals Major League Baseball Club.

Born in Rochester, NY, Mr. Tanenbaum is a summa cum laude graduate of [Union College](/org/union-college), where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He moved to Washington in 1979 to attend law school at The [George Washington University](/org/gwu) and earned a J.D. in 1982.

Bob is a member of the Real Estate Roundtable, a non-profit public policy organization based in Washington, D.C. that represents the interests of real estate. He is a member of the Federal City Council, and was a Trustee of the [George Washington University](/org/gwu) for twelve years. During his tenure, he chaired the Committee on Governance and Nominations, the Committee on Endowment and Investments, and the Committee on Academic Affairs. Bob is a member of the [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college) Board of Trustees. He and his wife are also involved in a variety of other educational, political and community activities.

Robert Tanenbaum

Maryellen Cattani Herringer graduated from Vassar in 1965 with an AB in economics. She received her JD from Berkeley Law School at the [University of California](/org/regents-of-the-university-of-california). She is a member of the State Bar of California. She is the retired Executive Vice President & General Counsel of APL Limited, a container shipping and logistics company. She previously was employed by the law firm of Davis Polk and Wardwell in New York and was a partner in the law firms of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe and [Morrison & Foerster](/org/morrison-foerster) in San Francisco, where she specialized in corporate finance, corporate governance, and mergers and acquisitions. She also served as Senior Vice President & General Counsel of Transamerica Corporation, a financial services company.

Ms. Herringer recently retired from the Boards of Directors of [ABM Industries](/org/abm-industries) (where she was non-executive Chairman of the Board) and PG&E Corporation. She is a Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustee of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and a volunteer writing coach for the Achieve Program, working with underserved high school students from low-income families in the San Francisco Bay Area. 

Maryellen Cattani Herringer

Jason Blum is a trustee at [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college). Prior to that, they worked as a corporate researcher for Financial Security Assurance, where they researched financial, historical, and biographical data on companies for a monoline financial guaranty insurance company for debt obligations. Jason also maintained approved lists for five portfolios and updated a high-yield database. Before that, Jason was the assistant director of operations at First American Holdings, Inc., where they managed daily department operations and supervised a staff of five. At WBUR, Jason was an accounts manager.

Jason Blum graduated from the Questrom School of Business at [Boston University](/org/boston-university) with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration and Management. Jason also has a certification from [LinkedIn](/org/linkedin) in How to Be More Strategic in Six Steps.

Jason Blum

Lorna Bade Goodman ’63 was elected to the [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college) board of trustees in 2013.

After graduation Ms. Goodman married Edwin A. Goodman and raised two children: Sara, Vassar ’88; and Thea, Sarah Lawrence ’91. Ten years later she went to law school. She worked for a year in the private sector and then began her career as a government attorney with the New York City Law Department. As an Assistant Corporation Counsel she defended the New York City Landmarks Commission, the Board of Education, the New York City Police and Fire Departments and various other City Agencies. In 1980, she initiated a new litigation division to represent the City as plaintiff. In this capacity she led challenges on behalf of the City to gun manufacturers, tobacco companies, the US Census and men-only clubs in the stream of commerce. In 2002 she was appointed by Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi to be Nassau County’s first woman County Attorney. In this role she reorganized and rebuilt a law department of 110 lawyers, saving the County millions of dollars in private counsel fees. In 2010, Ms. Goodman served as Executive Director of the New York City Charter Revision Commission where she oversaw a referendum resulting in a return to a two-term limit for the Mayor and the City Council. Ms. Goodman now works as a sole practitioner and mediator in New York City. She currently chairs the Board of Trustees of the World Monuments Fund.

She also serves as a trustee of the Museum of the City of New York, Citizen Union and is on the Advisory Board of the Hospital for Special Surgery and Hofstra University Law School.

Lorna Bade Goodman

Sharon Davidson Chang is currently Vice-President and Talent Agent in the Non-Scripted Television department at the global entertainment, sports and fashion agency, WME (a division of ENDEAVOR). Chang joined WME in 2014 after the agency acquired the sports marketing and management company, IMG, and is based out of NYC. She is responsible for representing, managing and developing network, cable, regional and digital entertainment, news and sports host talent, anchors, correspondents, contributors and lifestyle personalities. Chang is also responsible for representing non-scripted talent and production companies in syndicated and network broadcast entertainment and cable series programming. Through the years, she has recruited, developed and managed top-tier talent in sports, news and entertainment.

Chang joined IMG in June 1996 as Director of Broadcasting and was promoted to Vice-President, IMG Broadcasting in January 2000. Prior to joining IMG, Chang spent 12-years at CBS Sports where she launched and built her career in broadcasting starting in 1984 after graduating from [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college). Her experience at CBS spanned across the areas of talent relations, production and programming. In 1990, Chang served as Director of Talent and Production Planning and Development where she recruited, assigned and strategically developed on-air talent and production personnel for the division. She was also responsible for launching the future careers of some of the most successful producers, directors, and senior management in the network sports broadcasting business through various recruitment initiatives she had developed.

Chang is a member of the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) and the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ).

She graduated from [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college) in 1984 where she earned a B.A. in English. Currently, she actively serves as a Trustee as well as Chair of the Alumnae/i Recognition Committee on Vassar’s Alumnae/i Board. In addition, as a parent of a current student at Vassar, Chang is a member of the Parent Leadership Council and continues to be involved with Vassar’s Career Networking and Admissions Interview/Recruitment efforts. 

Sharon Davidson Chang

Elizabeth H. Bradley

Steve Hankins ’85 joined the Board of Trustees in July 2017. He served as a trustee previously from 1995–2007.

Steve is a trial attorney based in San Francisco, California. He currently specializes in intellectual property and labor and employment disputes. He has tried cases for companies and individuals in many substantive areas. He is a partner of Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila, a firm he founded in 2016. Prior to that, Steve worked at Schiff Hardin (2007–2016), Morgenstein & Jubelirer (1994–2007), and Heller Ehrman (1991–1994). Throughout the years, he has served as practice group leader, office managing partner, executive committee member, and managing partner.

Steve has volunteered for Vassar since he graduated. He led the leadership gift committees for his 10th and 25th reunions, was a member of multiple campaign steering committees, served as co-chair of the Pyramid Society for former Vassar trustees, founded and co-chaired the Parents Committee, and has served as AAVC Director and Vice-President. In addition, Steve has volunteered for the [ACLU](/org/aclu), the YMCA of San Francisco, and [San Francisco Friends School](/org/san-francisco-friends-school).

Steve lives in Belvedere, California with his wife Laura Jones (Bard ’87). Their two daughters, Maggie and Phoebe, attended Vassar graduating in 2013 and 2017. His daughters were the fifth generation of Steve’s family to attend Vassar, following his great-grandmother, Blanche Brumbach ’(19)06; grandmother, Lydia Spitzer ’30; mother, Jenny Rheinfrank ’61; sister, Lydia Hankins ’89; as well as many aunts and cousins including former trustee Sally Lyman Rheinfrank ’63. Steve is an avid endurance athlete, competing in Ironman distance races.

Stephen Hankins

Geraldine Laybourne is a serial “entrepreneur.” In the 80s and 90s she was a cable pioneer: she led the team that created Nickelodeon and Nick at Nite. In 1996 she was named as one of Time Magazine’s Most Influential People. She brought her entrepreneurial approach to Disney/ABC Cable Networks (1996–1998) and worked closely with the Disney Imagineers to envision the future of TV and the internet (Telefusion). She then founded [Oxygen](/org/oxygen-banking) Media to be a “convergence” network. Her approach to audiences has always been to listen hard and disrupt conventional wisdom. [Oxygen](/org/oxygen-banking) was sold to NBC Universal in 2007. She was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2020.

Her current focus is in the city of Poughkeepsie where she is co-founder of DAY ONE Early Learning Community, a project aimed at creating a model for early learning opportunities for kids zero to five and eradicating generational poverty. She is working with MASS Design Group on community oriented revitalization projects and is a founding member of the Executive Committee of the Poughkeepsie Children’s Cabinet.

She currently serves on the board of directors of 9 Story, Common Sense Growth, Katapult Studio and Betaworks, is on the board of [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college) and is Vice Chairman of the board of Vital Voices. She previously served on the board of directors at [JCPenney](/org/jcpenney), [Electronic Arts](/org/electronic-arts), Symantec, Move.com, Insight Communications, and Kindercare.

Geraldine Bond Laybourne

Eric Beringause graduated from [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college) in 1980 with a double major in Anthropology and Sociology and received Departmental and General Honors. He also holds an MBA from [Cornell University](/org/cornell-university)’s Johnson School of Management with a concentration in Finance and Marketing. He has over thirty five years of experience in the Food, Beverage and Packaging industries, including at such well-known companies as Nestle, Nabisco and [Alcoa](/org/alcoa). Most recently Eric has been the CEO of Gehl Foods, LLC a leading manufacturer of dairy based sauces and beverages, headquartered in Wisconsin. He serves on the Board of CP Kelco, LLC.

For the past ten years Eric has supported Vassar’s Exploring Transfer program, with a focus on Native American participants. He has also funded a scholarship at [Cornell University](/org/cornell-university), targeting [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college) graduates seeking graduate management degrees. Eric also is major supporter of the [Student Conservation Association](/org/student-conservation-association-inc), having set up the first program for Native American participants. 

Eric H. Beringause

Kathy Zillweger Putnam graduated from [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college) with an art history concentration in 1975. She became an entrepreneur, founding Kathy Zillweger Associates, a firm that represented companies in the sale of gourmet housewares, both imported and domestically made. She ran the company for fourteen years and is now retired. Ms. Putnam was a member of Vassar President’s advisory council from 2007–2016, and was co-chair for the last three years of her tenure. She was also a member of the Capital Campaign committee. Ms. Putnam has supported financial aid through scholarship support, innovation for faculty, academic buildings and the Vassar Fund. Ms. Putnam is a member of the Leadership Council of the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts and the council of Emmanuel Church in Manchester, Massachusetts, and she is also a member of the Board of Overseers for Epiphany School in Dorchester, MA.

Kathy Zillweger Putnam

Leslie Jackson Chihuly is President and CEO of Chihuly Studio and Chihuly Workshop. Her primary role is to ensure ongoing organizational strength to assist Dale Chihuly in realizing his vision, encompassing all aspects of his art. Jackson Chihuly joined Chihuly Studio in 1994 as Project Director for Chihuly Over Venice. She serves on the boards of the Pilchuck Glass School, [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college), and the [Seattle Symphony](/org/seattle-symphony-orchestra-inc) Orchestra, for which she has served as board chair for nine years. In addition, she has chaired fundraising campaigns for the [University of Washington](/org/university-of-washington)’s MFA program in glass, the Hope Heart Institute, and the Viola Chihuly Fund, and has worked with the [Seattle Art Museum](/org/seattle-art-museum) and the [Seattle Symphony](/org/seattle-symphony-orchestra-inc) on family-oriented arts events. Jackson Chihuly graduated from [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college) with a BA in English and holds an MA in international studies from the Henry M. Jackson School at the [University of Washington](/org/university-of-washington). 

Leslie Jackson Chihuly

Camilla Campbell is the Director of Admissions for the High School Division of [Grace Church School](/org/grace-church-school) in New York City. Camilla was part of the team that founded the High School Division from its inception in 2010 adding grades 9-12 onto a 120 year old JrK-12 institution. Prior to Grace, Camilla worked in admissions at the Greenwich Village High School. Before working in admissions, Camilla worked at Jim Henson Productions in New York City in various management positions in marketing and corporate communications.

Camilla graduated with a BS from the College of Communication at [Boston University](/org/boston-university).

Camilla Campbell

Robyn Field is a director of Field Family Real Estate and a principal of NSB Associates, Inc., a commercial property development and management company based in Los Angeles, California. Robyn received a B.A. in History from [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college) in 1986, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and awarded a Maguire Fellowship for the study of the humanities in Western Europe. With her fellowship award, she studied at the Architectural Association in London, focusing on history and theory of Architecture. She returned to Los Angeles to complete her M.A. in Architecture from UCLA, specializing in gendered patronage studies, and went on to teach History and Theory of Architecture, before joining her family’s real estate company.

Robyn is a volunteer with The Assistance League of Los Angeles, a non-profit organization serving foster and homeless children in Los Angeles County. Currently, Robyn serves on the board of the Women’s Guild at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, on the advisory board of UCLA: School of the Arts and Architecture, as a member of The Chairman’s Council of New-York Historical Society, as a co-chair of the Parent Leadership Council of [Columbia College](/org/columbia-college), and on the board of trustees of [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college). Additionally, Robyn is a director of The Eris & Larry Field Family Foundation.

Robyn Field

Anthony J. Friscia ’78 was elected a trustee of [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college) in 2009 and became Chair of the Board of Trustees in 2018.

Tony is a successful entrepreneur with extensive experience in business leadership and in providing strategic advice to senior executives.

He served as CEO of Eduventures, a research and consulting firm focused on higher education from 2014 until the company was acquired in 2016. Prior to that, he spent three years at [The New School](/org/the-new-school) in New York City as a consultant and special advisor to the President. While at [The New School](/org/the-new-school), he served as Interim Chief Operating Officer, helped to re-structure all administrative functions, led the Communications and External Affairs organization through a leadership transition, and consulted on a number of strategic issues.

Tony founded AMR Research, an information services and market analysis firm, in 1986 and served as President & CEO until the company was acquired in 2010.

Tony is a Board member of Forrester Research and focuses his philanthropic activities in education and the arts. Prior to serving as Chair of the Board of Trustees at Vassar, he was president of the Board of New York Stage & Film, and Chair of the Board of the 21st Century Education Fund in Brookline, MA.

He began his career in 1978 at IBM’s Systems Communication Division in Kingston, NY.

Anthony J. Friscia

Ms. Huang Hung was elected to the [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college) board of trustees in 2013.

Ms. Hung is a writer, media expert and businesswoman operating in mainland China. She was the CEO of CIMG (China Interactive Media Group), which publishes iLook Magazine. In addition, Ms. Hung is a popular columnist in China, having written columns for Sanlian Magazine, T Magazine and Timeout. She is popular on Weibo, the Chinese Twitter equivalent, and has 11 million followers.

Huang is a Beijing native who was educated in the United States. She went to junior high school at Little Red School House in New York City and graduated from [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college) in 1984. Prior to her job at CIMG, Huang was an investment consultant and commodities trader. 

Huang has also published a bestselling autobiography entitled My Abnormal Life as a Publisher, and starred in an independent film, Perpetual Motion, which made its international debut at the Venice Film Festival in 2005. In 2011, TIME selected Huang as one of 100 world’s influential people.

Ms. Hung is an avid supporter of local designers, particularly young designers in fashion and lifestyle. She had devoted her magazine to reporting about Chinese modern lifestyle and design. She also opened a store to provide retail platform to the designers she promoted.

Ms. Hung is very vocal on women’s issues in China. She has a podcast program which aims to empower women in China. In addition Ms. Hung is also an advocate for LGBTQ issues in China. In 2009, iLook Magazine was the first Chinese magazine to devote an entire issue entitled “Gay China” to LGBTQ issues in China, and celebrating their successes.

Huang Hung

Elizabeth H. Bradley, PhD has served as President of [Vassar College](/org/vassar-college) since July 2017. In that time, she has led the College to establish new programs and partnerships in India, Rwanda, and China to bring the model of liberal arts higher education to these settings. In addition, Vassar has collaborated with [Columbia University](/org/columbia-university) to create a 5-year BA/Masters of Public Health program for Vassar students. Bradley has most recently served on Governor Cuomo’s NY Forward Re-Opening Advisory Committee and helped draft the guidelines for NY higher education re-opening in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

She serves on the Poughkeepsie Children’s Cabinet and the Board of Trustees at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. Bradley, a noted public health expert, created the first Masters of Health Administration on the African continent with the Clinton Health Access Initiative and pioneered a model of scale-up with the [Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation](/org/bill-melinda-gates-foundation). She continues to be a strong advocate for education and public health, publishing opinion pieces in Forbes, Bloomberg News, and other national outlets regularly, as well as peer-reviewed research.

Prior to becoming the President of Vassar, Bradley was on the faculty at Yale for more than twenty years and was most recently the Brady-Johnson Professor of Grand Strategy and Faculty Director of the Yale Global Health Leadership Institute. Bradley’s research has focused on quality of hospital care and large-scale health system strengthening efforts within the US and abroad including in China, India, Ethiopia, Liberia, Ghana, Rwanda, and the United Kingdom. Bradley has published more than 320 peer-reviewed papers and has co-authored three books including The American Healthcare Paradox: Why Spending More Is Getting Us Less. She is the 2018 recipient of the William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2017. She is a member of the Council of Foreign Affairs.

Bradley graduated phi beta kappa from Harvard in economics magna cum laude, earned an MBA from the University of Chicago, and a PhD in health economics from [Yale University](/org/yale-university). While at Harvard, Bradley was captain of the Women’s Squash team. 

Mark Ordan

John McCormick

Alexandra Shiva

Debra retired as Vice Chairman of JPMorgan Private Bank in 2014 after 36 years with the firm. During her career she served as: CEO of JPMorgan Private Bank for Europe, Mid-east and Africa; CEO of the firm’s global Wealth Advisory business; Chief Fiduciary Officer and Global head of the firm’s Trust and Estate practice; and head of The Philanthropy Centre, a group providing strategic advice to major clients on philanthropic missions, structures, and investments.

Debra graduated from Vassar with an AB in Political Science. She holds a JD from Albany Law School (’77).

Debra Fagel Treyz

Philip N. Jefferson ’83 is Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty and Paul B. Freeland Professor of Economics at [Davidson College](/org/davidson-college). He holds a PhD and a MA in economics from the [University of Virginia](/org/university-of-virginia).

Philip N. Jefferson

Jeffrey A. Goldstein ’77 previously served as a Vassar trustee from 2003 to 2010 and was reappointed to the Board of Trustees in 2011.

Mr. Goldstein is the Chief Executive Officer of SpringHarbor Financial Group LLC and is a Senior Advisor to Hellman and Friedman LLC, a private equity firm. He previously served as a Managing Director of Hellman and Friedman from 2004 to 2009 and 2011 to 2016.

Jeffrey A. Goldstein served as Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance and Counselor to the Secretary of the Treasury from 2009 to 2011. He advised the Secretary on policy issues related to the US banking and financial systems, regulatory reform, financial stability, federal government financing, US housing finance, management of the US Government portfolio of investments in financial institutions and auto companies, fiscal affairs, and related economic and financial matters. He was also the Chairman of the Deputies of the Financial Stability Oversight Council and served on the Board of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation and was the Board Representative to the [Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation](/org/pension-benefit-guaranty-corporation).

Mr. Goldstein was Managing Director of the [World Bank](/org/world-bank-group) from 1999 to 2004. He was also the Chief Financial Officer of the Bank. He was a member of the Management Committee responsible for corporate leadership and strategy. Mr. Goldstein also oversaw the Bank’s work with its client countries in strengthening financial and capital market systems. He helped lead the [World Bank](/org/world-bank-group)’s relationship with the G-8 countries. He served as the Bank’s representative on the Financial Stability Forum and on the IMF’s Capital Markets Consultative Group and chaired the Bank’s Pension Finance Committee.

Prior to joining the [World Bank](/org/world-bank-group), Mr. Goldstein was Co-Chairman of BT Wolfensohn and a member of the Bankers Trust Company Management Committee. He held senior management positions and worked with BT Wolfensohn and related companies for more than 15 years. In addition to his managerial responsibilities, Mr. Goldstein also served as a financial adviser to banks and other financial institutions and industrial corporations in Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, and North America. Early in his career, Mr. Goldstein taught economics at Princeton University and worked at the Brookings Institution.

Goldstein received his PhD, MPhil, and MA in economics from [Yale University](/org/yale-university). He received his AB in economics from Vassar College and attended the London School of Economics. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Mr. Goldstein is a member of the Boards of Bank of New York Mellon Corp., Westfield Corp., Edelman Financial and Central Synagogue. He previously served on the Boards of LPL Holdings Inc, Grosvenor Capital Management, Arch Capital Group Ltd. and Alix Partners LLP.

He also served on the boards of Save the Children, the International Center for Research on Women, the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the Brookings Institution Global Leadership Council and the London School of Economics North American Advisory Board. Mr. Goldstein was a member and past President of the Board of Trustees of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of New York City. Mr. Goldstein is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

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