Present & Recent Directorships
- The Frick Collection: Trustee (since 2015); Chair (since 2017)
- The Metropolitan Opera: Managing Director (since 2015)
- Friends of the Domaine de Chantilly: Director (since 2016)
- Lincoln Center: Director (since 2019)
- Master Drawings Association: Director (since 2010)
- Samuel H. Kress Foundation: Trustee (2011-2021)
- Smith College: Trustee (2003-2016); Chair (2012-2016)
- Glimmerglass Opera: Trustee (2003-2011); Chair (2007-2011); Life Trustee (since 2012)
- Committee of 200: member (a business women’s organization) (since 1987)
Recent Recognitions & Appointments
- Legion of Honor: French government (2020)
- Smith College: John M. Greene Award (2017)
- OperaAmerica: National Trustee Recognition Award (2012)
- The Morgan Library & Museum: Member, Visiting Committee of the Department of Prints and Drawings (since 2011)
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Member, Visiting Committee of the Department of Paper Conservation (since 2012)
- Smith College Museum of Art: Member, Visiting Committee (since 2016)
- The Menil Drawing Institute: Member, Advisory Committee (since 2020)
Business Experience
1972-1988
LEHMAN BROTHERS, New York, NY
Managing Director and Co-Head, Merchandising Group (1985-88); Senior Vice President and Vice President in Mergers and Acquisitions Department (1979-85); Vice President in International Department located in Paris and London (1975-79); Associate in Corporate Finance Department
1988-2000
PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED, New York, NY
Managing Director, Head of Retailing Industry Group
2000-2003
BEAR, STEARNS & CO., INC., New York, NY
Consultant, Retailing and Apparel Group (2002-2003); Senior Managing Director, Retailing and Apparel Group (2000-02)
Education
1965-1969
SMITH COLLEGE, Northampton, MA
Received Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude; Majored in Economics. Spent junior year at the Institut d'Hautes Etudes
Internationales, University of Geneva, Switzerland
1970-1972
HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, Boston, MA
Received degree of Master in Business Administration
Past Appointments
- Board of Dean's Advisors (1998-2003)
- Overseers' Visiting Committee (1991-1997)
- Executive Council (1974-1978)
FLETCHER SCHOOL AT TUFTS UNIVERSITY
- Board of Overseers: (1990-1997)
DIRECTOR
- Birks Group Inc. (2002-2014)
- Retail Ventures, Inc. (2001-2011)
- Tween Brands, Inc. (2003-2009)
- Beall's, Inc. (1994-2008)
- Lillian Vernon Corporation (1997-2003)
- C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc. (1994-2003)
- Gantos, Inc. (1992-2000)
- Pamida, Inc. (1990-1994)
- Association of Governing Boards: Director (2012-14)
- Center for Women's Business Research Advisory Council (2002-2005)
Languages
Speak, read and write French fluently
Personal
Born in 1947, married, two children