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
Angela Mwanza
Peter A. Nadosy
William H. Schlesinger
Nicholas Scoppetta
Jide Zeitlin
John E. Zuccotti, Chair

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

Karen Jacobsen
Executive Assistant to the President

Erica Dziedzic
Counsel

Office of the Chief Financial & Administrative Officer


Peter Simmons
Chief Operating Officer

Lisa Yeh
Executive Assistant and Office Operations Associate

Office of Communications


Kristin Roth-Schrefer
Communications Officer

Investments


Jeffrey Heil
Chief Investment Officer

Jenny Chan
Investment Officer

Randy Klein
Investment Analyst

Lisa Yeh
Executive Assistant and Office Operations Associate

Arts Program


Ben Cameron (Bio)
Program Director for the Arts

Cheryl Ikemiya (Bio)
Senior Program Officer for the Arts

Lillian Osei-Boateng (Bio)
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

Elizabeth Miller
Program Associate for the Environment

Medical Research Program


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

Sindy Escobar-Alvarez, Ph.D. (Bio)
Program Officer for Medical Research

Leslie Engel, M.P.H. (Bio)
Program Associate for Medical Research

Child Abuse Prevention Program


Mary Travis Bassett, M.D., M.P.H. (Bio)
Director for Child Abuse Prevention
and for the African Health Initiative

African Health Initiative


Mary Travis Bassett, M.D., M.P.H. (Bio)
Director for the African Health Initiative
and for Child Abuse Prevention

Lola Adedokun, M.P.H. (Bio)
Program Officer for the African Health Initiative

Building Bridges Program (a program of DDFIA)


Kate Papazian
Program Associate for the Building Bridges Program,
Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art 

Grants Administration


Adrienne Fisher
Director, Grants Management

Linda Diamond
Program Associate, Grants Management

Phenisher Harris
Program Assistant, Grants Management

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
Accounting Manager

Ellen Schengrund
Accounting Manager

Tony Canseco 
Finance Manager

Louise Niecikowski
Finance Associate

Holly Cumberbatch
Accounts Payable Associate

Human Resources


Kathleen M. Makowski
Human Resources Manager

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

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