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

HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
  • 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