Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Trustees and Staff

Board of Trustees

Harry B. Demopoulos
Anthony S. Fauci, Vice Chair
James F. Gill
Kathy Halbreich
Anne Hawley
Edward P. Henry, ex-officio
Nannerl O. Keohane, Chair
Peter A. Nadosy
William H. Schlesinger
John H.T. Wilson
Jide Zeitlin
John E. Zuccotti

Trustees Emeriti

Marion Oates Charles
John J. Mack

Staff -
DDCF Headquarters &
Grantmaking Programs
New York, NY

Office of the President


Edward P. Henry (Bio)
President

Carolyn Conners
Executive Assistant to the President
and Investment Associate

Erica Dziedzic
Counsel

Elaine K. Gallin, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor

Office of the Chief Financial & Administrative Officer


Peter Simmons
Chief Financial & Administrative Officer

Lisa Yeh
Executive Assistant and Office Operations Associate

Office of the Chief Program Officer -
Strategy & Planning and Communications


Betsy Fader
Chief Program Officer

Claire Baralt
Communications Officer

Kate Papazian
Program Associate for Strategy & Planning

Investments


Jeffrey Heil
Chief Investment Officer

Jenny Chan
Investment Officer

Randy Klein
Investment Analyst

Carolyn Conners
Executive Assistant to the President
and Investment Associate

Lisa Yeh
Executive Assistant and Office Operations Associate

Arts Program


Ben Cameron
Program Director for the Arts

Cheryl Ikemiya
Senior Program Officer for the Arts

Lillian Osei-Boateng
Program Associate for the Arts

Environment Program


Andrew Bowman, J.D., LL.M.
Program Director for the Environment

Katie Donnelly, Ph.D.
Program Officer for the Environment

Ellen Curtis
Program Associate for the Environment

Medical Research Program


Betsy Myers, Ph.D. (Bio)
Program Director for Medical Research

Reiko Fitzsimonds, Ph.D. (Bio)
Program Officer for Medical Research

Leslie Engel (Bio)
Program Associate for Medical Research

African Health Initiative

Mary Travis Bassett, M.D., M.P.H. (Bio)
Director, African Health Initiative

Cassiopeia Toner, M.P.A. (Bio)
Program Associate for African Health

Lola Adedokun, M.P.H. (Bio)
Program Associate for African Health

Child Abuse Prevention Program


Betsy Fader
Chief Program Officer
and Program Director for Child Abuse Prevention

Francie Zimmerman
Program Officer (Consultant) for Child Abuse Prevention

Kate Papazian
Program Associate for Child Abuse Prevention
and Strategy & Planning

Grants Administration


Adrienne Fisher
Manager, Grants Administration

Linda Diamond
Program Associate, Grants Administration

Phenisher Harris
Program Assistant, Grants Administration

Office Administration


Lisa Yeh
Executive Assistant and Office Operations Associate

Frederic L. Burtz
Office Assistant

Staff -
DDCF Finance &
Administrative Offices
Hillsborough, New Jersey

Finance Department


Eileen Oberlander
Controller / Director of Finance

Thomas Carney
Senior Accountant

Ellen Schengrund
Senior Accountant

Louise Niecikowski
Paymaster

Holly Cumberbatch
Accounts Payable Associate

Allison Duffy
Purchasing Administrator

Human Resources


Kathleen M. Makowski
Personnel Officer

James Eodice
Human Resources Associate

Information Services


Deborah P. Close
Director of Information Services

Guli Basu
Information Services Operations Manager

Kate M. Holland
Business Continuance & Special Projects Manager

Elizabeth E. Steinberg
Archivist

Kristy Buchalla
Assistant Archivist

Carolyn Wald
MIS Associate

Staff News

August 2, 2010
DDCF announces the appointment of Betsy Myers as Program Director for Medical Research: Press Release

January 5, 2010
DDCF announces the appointment of Andrew Bowman as Program Director for the Environment:
Press Release (22 KB PDF)

10th Anniversary

The year 2007 marked the DDCF's 10th anniversary of awarding grants. Following are links to a letter about the foundation's first 10 years, and descriptions of two special grants DDCF awarded in recognition of its anniversary:


Past Reports

The First Nine Years
Report by James F. Gill, Esq.
DDCF Founding Chair
May 17, 2005