The senior staff has a broad range of associations in the non-profit world, as both grantors and grantees. Charles R. Halpern, the Foundation's president, is a pioneer of the public interest law movement and the founding dean of the City University of New York Law School. Andrea Kydd, who heads the Foundation's health program, was director of the Youth Project in Washington, DC, and a senior executive at VISTA. She is a board member of Grantmakers in Health. The director of the Jewish life program, Rachel Cowan, is an ordained rabbi, an innovator in Jewish institutions, the co-author of Mixed Blessings, a book on intermarriage, and a board member of the Jewish Funders Network. The director of special projects, Jennifer H. McCarthy, managed training programs for black South African community leaders and directed the office of program development at the Institute of International Education. New staff who joined in early 1995 are Henry Tzu Ng, Claudine K. Brown, and Richard F. Mark. Henry Ng, vice president of the Foundation, was director of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, vice president of the American Academy in Rome, and deputy director of the Municipal Art Society in New York. He has an MBA degree from the University of Chicago. Claudine Brown, director of the arts program, served the Smithsonian Institution as deputy assistant provost for the arts and humanities and the Brooklyn Museum as assistant director for government and community relations. She has graduate degrees in museum education and law. Richard Mark, director of the environment program, has worked with the Energy Foundation on transportation issues and held leadership positions with the Union of Concerned Scientists, Common Cause, and the Professionals' Coalition for Nuclear Arms Control. He holds master's degrees in social work and divinity. During 1994, the period of this report, Ellen Lazarus was chief financial officer, Conn Nugent director of the environment program, and Joan Shigekawa director of the arts program. Out thanks go to Ellen, Conn, and Joan, as well as three assistants, Janis Astor del Valle, Courtney Helgoe, and Anita P. Bermiss, who also left during the past year, for their contributions to the work of the Foundation, and for their good company.

Charles R. Halpern President & Chief Executive Officer Henry Tzu Ng Vice President Claudine K. Brown Director, Arts Program Rachel Cowan Director, Jewish Life Program Andrea Kydd Director, Health Program Richard F. Mark Director, Environment Program Jennifer H. McCarthy Director, Special Projects Jean M. Browne Director, Systems & Grants Administration Denise Clare Accountant M. Annette Ensley Director of Human Relations Andrea Titus President's Administrative Assistant Earnestine Miller Finance Administrative Assistant Julia Greenberg Program Assistant, Jewish Life Cynthia M. Johnson Program Assistant, Health Alexandra Warren Program Assistant, Arts Felicia Warthen Receptionist/Assistant Daytowne Gooding Office Assistant