Current and Former Trusteeships,
Directorships and Endowed Fellowships
| Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts Katonah, New York Trustee 1999 to 2006 Trustee Emeritus 2006 to Present |
Trustee Emeritus of performing arts organization founded in 1945, which offers a range of orchestral, operatic and chamber music concerts. Endowed Fellowship: Tondra and Jeffrey Lynford Rising Star. |
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| Citizens Budget Commission New York, New York 2002 to 2008 Trustee Emeritus 2008 to Present |
Trustee Emeritus of this nonpartisan, nonprofit civic organization that studies the finances and operations of NYC and NYS governments. It strives to promote sound budget and management practices. Has served on the Budget Policy Committee, the Debt & Capital Investment Committee, and the Public Service Innovations Committee. | |
| Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. New York, New York 1986 to 2001 |
Director of six publicly-traded open and closed end real estate mutual funds managed by Cohen & Steers, Inc. | |
| Eos Orchestra New York, New York 2001 to 2007 |
Chairman of the Board for the Orchestra. | |
| Equity Residential Chicago, Illinois 1997 to 2003 |
Trustee of the largest publicly-traded (NYSE) apartment real estate investment trust in the United States, which has over 1,000 properties located in 35 states, consisting of 225,000 apartments. | |
| Global Heritage Fund Palo Alto, California 2004 to 2011 |
Trustee and Vice Chairman of the Board of this international conservancy. Its mission is to preserve and sustain significant, endangered cultural heritage sites in the developing world. | |
| Guttmacher Institute New York, New York 1987 to 1993 |
Trustee of this non-profit organization which promotes reproductive health worldwide. | |
| International Collage Center New York, New York 2011 to 2013 |
Chairman of the Board for this non-profit research, archival, exhibition, and educational institution dedicated to the study and appreciation of collage and its related forms, including assemblage, photomontage, and mixed-media installation. | |
| Lower East Side Tenement Museum New York, New York 2001 to 2007 |
Ex Officio Trustee, representing The National Trust for Historic Preservation. This Museum is the first tenement designated a National Historic Site and a living history lesson portraying the realistic conditions facing urban working class poor and immigrant families in America from 1863 to 1935. | |
| Lynford Family Charitable Trust New York, New York 1984 to Present |
Trustee of a private family foundation, which supports the arts, education, historic preservation, medical research and public policy issues. |
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| Medical & Health Research Association New York, New York 2004 to 2006 |
Trustee of nonprofit corporation which facilitates the creation and implementation of major New York City health research projects and programs. |
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| National Trust for Historic Preservation Washington, D.C. Trustee: 1987 to 1996 Trustee Emeritus: 1996 to present |
Trustee Emeritus of only Congressionally chartered organization with reponsibilities for encouraging public participation in the preservation of sites, buildings, and objects significant in American history and culture. |
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| NYS Council on the Arts New York, New York 2007 to 2013 |
Member of the Council Appointed by the Governor for a five-year term. |
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| New York University New York, New York 2008 to present |
Trustee. NYU is a private university which includes 17 schools and colleges with an enrollment of over 50,000 students. |
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| NYU Tandon School of Engineering and The Institute for Mathematics and Advanced Supercomputing (IMAS) Brooklyn, New York 1997 to present |
Member of the Board of Overseers of the second-oldest private engineering and technology school in the country. Founded in 1854, and formerly known as Polytechnic University, NYU Tandon provides education in engineering, technology and related fields for over 5,000 NYU students. Co-founder of IMAS, devoted to the advancement of pure and applied mathematics, computers and other areas of science and technology. | |
| The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey New York, New York 2011 to 2019 |
Vice Chairman, nominated by the Governor of New York and ratified by the New York State Senate. Founded in 1921, The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey builds, operates and maintains the most important transportation and trade infrastructure assets in the bi-state region. The agency's network of aviation, ground, rail and seaport facilities is among the busiest in the country, supporting more than 550,000 regional jobs and generating more than $23 billion in annual wages and $80 billion in annual economic activity. The Port Authority also owns and manages the 16-acre World Trade Center site, where One World Trade Center, at 1,776 feet, is now the tallest skyscraper in the Western hemisphere. |
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| Princeton University Princeton, New Jersey Advisory Council: 1994 to 2006 Development Leadership Council: 2001 to 2006 75th Anniversary Dean's Leadership Committee: 2004 to 2006 |
Member of the Advisory Council of the Woodrow Wilson
School and the Development Leadership Council of the University. Endowed Fellowship: Professor Marion Levy Jr. Fellowship |
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| STARWORKS New York, New York 2003 to 2007 |
Trustee of nonprofit organization founded in 1994, which offers tuition fellowships to young writers who share their craft with hospitalized, seriously ill children. Merged with Starlight Children's Foundation. | |
| The Trust for Public Land New York, New York 2002 to 2006 |
Member of the New York Advisory Council. The Trust is a national, non-profit land conservation organization founded to create and preserve parks, recreation areas, greenways, historic landscapes and wilderness. | |
| Trust for Governors Island New York, New York 2010 to 2013 |
Member of the Board of Directors. Appointed by the Mayor of New York City for a three-year term. |
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| Weill Cornell Medical College New York, New York 2005 to present |
Member of the New York Weill Cornell Council. |
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