Ed Henry was appointed President and CEO of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation in January 2009. The foundation supports grants programs in the performing arts, the environment, medical research, and prevention of child abuse. The work of the foundation is supported by an endowment of approximately $1.5 billion.
He also serves as president of several operating foundations, including the Duke Farms Foundation, which is focused on environmental stewardship, and the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, which operates a center for the study of Islamic arts and cultures and “Building Bridges,” a related grants program.
Previously he was an Associate Dean at Columbia Business School and continues as an adjunct faculty member. He has held senior administrative positions with a number of nonprofit institutions, was a David Rockefeller Fellow with the Partnership for New York City, and earned a degree in Economics from the University of Michigan and Business from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Much earlier in life he was a dancer with the New York City-based companies of Dan Wagoner and Viola Farber and had the opportunity to perform throughout the United States and abroad, served in the Artists-In-Schools program, created work for a number of venues, and participated as a peer reviewer for federal, state and local funding organizations.