Mitchell Dong, Stepping Stones International, Tax ID# 20-2900537

Mitchell Dong is an entrepreneur in the energy business.  He founded and managed four companies involved with owning and operating hydroelectric and gas fired power plants and hazardous waste facilities.  Today, he is the founder and CIO of Solios Asset Management which runs two energy hedge funds, investing in alternative energy, nuclear power and power trading.

Mitchell directs his family’s philanthropic activities which focus on public health and poverty reduction.  The Dong family endowed the Mitchell Dong and Robin Lafoley Dong Professorship of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health.  Mitchell was the co-founder of the Harvard Environmental Health Council and is on the Steering Committee of the Kennedy School Environmental Council.  The Dongs also support the Nutrition Roundtable and the Harvard AIDS Initiative at the School of Public Health.  Mitchell and Robin have encouraged their daughters to work on poverty reduction projects in Africa and Latin America.  Their daughters’ projects have supported schools, orphanages and after school programs for children in need in the world’s poorest countries.

Katherine McG. Sullivan, Lawyers for Children America, Inc., Tax ID# 06-1412355

Kate Sullivan recently retired as Executive Vice President of Citigroup International which operated in 100 countries around the globe.  Previously she was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Citigroup’s Global and US Consumer Businesses.  Kate started her career in public service advocating for the rights of abused and neglected children, the mentally disabled and the elderly.

Kate is Chairperson of Lawyers for Children America a nonprofit organization which provides free legal services to abused and neglected children.  Kate recently was President of CHADD (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders) a national organization which helps families who are coping with children and adults with ADD.  Kate currently provides consulting services to individuals and charities regarding focused and impact giving as well as on international charitable opportunities such as micro financing.

Paul Farmer, M.D., Ph.D., Partners in Health, Tax ID# 04-3567502

Medical anthropologist and physician Paul Farmer is a founding director of Partners In Health, an international charity organization that provides direct health care services and undertakes research and advocacy activities on behalf of those who are sick and living in poverty. Dr. Farmer is the Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Medical Anthropology in the Department of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His work draws primarily on active clinical practice (he is an attending physician in infectious diseases and Associate Chief of the Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) in Boston, and served for 10 years as medical director of a charity hospital, L’Hôpital Bon Sauveur, in rural Haiti) and focuses on diseases that disproportionately afflict the poor. Along with his colleagues at BWH, in the Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change at Harvard Medical School, and in Haiti, Peru, Russia, Rwanda, and Lesotho, Dr. Farmer has pioneered novel, community-based treatment strategies for AIDS and tuberculosis (including multidrug-resistant tuberculosis). Dr. Farmer and his colleagues have successfully challenged the policymakers and critics who claim that quality health care is impossible to deliver in resource-poor settings.

Dr. Farmer has written extensively about health and human rights, and about the role of social inequalities in determining the distribution and outcomes of infectious diseases. He is the author of Pathologies of Power (University of California Press, 2003), Infections and Inequalities (University of California Press, 1998), The Uses of Haiti (Common Courage Press, 1994), and AIDS and Accusation (University of California Press, 1992). In addition, he is co-editor of Women, Poverty, and AIDS (Common Courage Press, 1996) and of The Global Impact of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (Harvard Medical School and Open Society Institute, 1999).

Dr. Farmer is the recipient of the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Award for Humanitarian Contributions to the Health of Humankind from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, the Salk Institute Medal for Health and Humanity, the Duke University Humanitarian Award, the Margaret Mead Award from the American Anthropological Association, the American Medical Association’s Outstanding International Physician (Nathan Davis) Award, and the Heinz Humanitarian Award. In 1993, he was awarded a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation “genius award” in recognition of his work.

Dr. Farmer received his Bachelor’s degree from Duke University and his M.D. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. He is the subject of Pulitzer Prizewinner Tracy Kidder’s Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World (Random House, 2003).

Joan Edelman Spero

Joan E. Spero has served as President of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation since 1997.  The $2 billion foundation makes grants in the performing arts, environmental preservation, medical research and prevention of child abuse. In 2007, the Foundation launched two new initiatives in global climate change and health care in Africa.  Ms. Spero also serves as President of the Duke Farms Foundation, a 2,700 acre property in New Jersey devoted to environmental stewardship; and the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, whose mission is the study and understanding of Islamic arts and culture.

Ms. Spero served in the U.S. Department of State as Undersecretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs (1993-1997) and as Ambassador to the United Nations for Economic and Social Affairs (1980-1981). She was a corporate executive at American Express Company (1981-1993) and an Assistant Professor at Columbia University (1973-1979).  Ms. Spero graduated from the University of Wisconsin and holds a master’s and doctoral degrees from Columbia University.
Ms. Spero has authored several books and articles in professional journals and is active in professional associations in foreign affairs and economics.   She serves as a Trustee of Columbia University, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation.  She is on the International Advisory Board of the Toyota Motor Corporation, and is a Director of First Data Corporation and IBM.

Rosanne Haggerty

Rosanne Haggerty is the President and Founder of Common Ground Community H.D.F.C., Inc., a New York City-based non-profit organization dedicated to finding innovative solutions to homelessness.  Common Ground was founded in 1991 and has developed and operates a range of housing facilities serving formerly homeless and low income households located in New York City, the Hudson Valley and Connecticut. In addition, Common Ground operates programs designed to prevent homelessness among vulnerable individuals and groups and to assist long-term homeless adults in accessing housing.
Common Ground’s innovative work has been recognized with national and international awards including the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence, the Peter Drucker Award for Non Profit Innovation, and the World Habitat Award through the United Nations and Building and Social Housing Foundation. Haggerty is an inner-city Advisor to the Urban Land Institute, a board member of the Citizen’s Housing and Planning Council, Center for Urban Community Services, the Times Square Alliance and Quest Diagnostics, and a Life Trustee of Amherst College. Haggerty was a Japan Society Public Policy Fellow, an Adelaide Thinker in Residence, and the recipient of a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship. 

Claudia Fleming

Claudia Fleming joined Baby Buggy as Executive Director in 2002.  She brought with her many years of “for profit” experience and a background in financial and corporate services, communications and client relations.
In 2000, Claudia became the Executive Director for New Yorkers for Children (NYFC). As such, she was responsible for managing every aspect of this non-profit organization that serves as the private partner for the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS). In this role she had the opportunity to work with some of the greatest minds in New York City’s public sector, including Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta, Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs, and former Commissioner William Bell. During her tenure at NYFC, she put in place a structured fundraising process, implemented the first strategic plan, spearheaded the marketing committee and the creation of organization’s communication materials, and increased the number of teens served by their programs.
Claudia’s private-sector sensitivity explains her focus on the efficiency and effectiveness of Baby Buggy’s resource allocation; a service that is unique in the city’s social service community. Before she started her non-profit career, Claudia worked in the financial sector at City Federal Savings and Loan where she focused on analyzing and identifying processing problems. Two years later, she started working in the marketing department of the Benetton Corporation.  For the next few years Claudia continued to advance her career in other major corporations. She then moved to Milan, Italy in 1991 to work as a marketing coordinator for the agent for Bobby Jones Sportswear. In this position she was responsible for the communication between 12 different Italian clothing manufacturers and marketing and design staff in the United States.
Claudia later joined Toolbox, LLC as a public relations manager for the advertising agency. During her tenure there she also spent her time as the Co-Chairman New Media Committee for the New York Junior League. Claudia was responsible for developing and expanding their new website and overseeing their computer recycling initiative. Her efforts resulted in greater awareness of NYJL programs and a reduction in the fixed costs of the recycling program. 
Claudia is a graduate of Babson College in Wellesley, MA.   She lives in New York City with her two children, Morgan and Christian.

Mark Rubin
Mark Rubin, CPA, is a partner in The Schonbraun McCann Group’s Private Client Tax & Advisory Services group, an exclusively service-oriented multi-family office. Previously, as a founder of The Metropolitan Group, Mark developed a model for working with families of wealth who own and manage substantial assets, including operating companies, real estate, investments and foundations. In addition to creating long-term preservation strategies for a family’s shared assets, he is known for his work in developing governance structures of multi-generational groups, including sibling partnerships and cousins’ groups. As a third-generation family member in his family’s business, Mark has in-depth experience living with the opportunities and challenges involved in running a family enterprise.
Previously, Mark spent 10 years in the tax practice at Price Waterhouse, where as a Senior Tax Manager, he guided family enterprises in complex ownership transitions. Widely quoted in national publications, he speaks frequently on family wealth issues, and the role of philanthropy in a family’s long-term wealth preservation.
Mark graduated from The Pennsylvania State University with a BS in accounting and has served on the Family Firm Institute’s Board of Directors and various family enterprise boards.

Doug Bauer

Doug Bauer is a Senior Vice President with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA). Appointed in March 2002, he works with individuals, families and corporations on developing and executing their charitable giving goals and programs.  Prior to joining RPA, Bauer was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs and President of the Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund, the firm’s donor-advised fund. From 1996 to 2000, Bauer was Director of Community Partnership at SmithKline Beecham and Executive Director of the SmithKline Beecham Foundation and focused on community-based healthcare issues around the world. From 1992 to 1996, Doug was a Program Officer for Culture at The Pew Charitable Trusts. And from 1992 to 1988, Doug managed the Scott Paper Company Foundation and concentrated on school reform issues across the U.S. Doug is active in the field of philanthropy. He chairs The Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance and the Support Center for Nonprofit Management, and serves on the boards of The Carbon Disclosure Project (UK), and NYRAG.  He is also an adjunct faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania where he teaches a course and seminars on philanthropy.  Doug is a graduate of Michigan State University.  He also holds a M.S. from Penn and a M.J. from Temple University. 

Donald Jonas

Married 54 years
2 Children and 2 Grandchildren
Currently living in New York, Greenwich, CT and Dominican Republic
Collector of Modern Art
Started “Read to Feed Program” in New York public and private schools for Heifer International;
Currently active with Heifer programs
Trustee & Honorary Trustee of Horace Mann School (1968 – Present)
Active in Dominican Republic pro bono work: educational and medical
Former Board Member of Dress Barn, apparel retail chain, listed on NASDAQ exchange (1988–2004)
Former Board Member of Kipp Academy (Charter School) Bronx, NY (2002-2004)
Founder & Chairman of Barbara Lynn Stores and successor company, Belscot Retailers, both listed on American Stock Exchange for over 20 years (1953-1975)
Co-Founder & Chairman of Lechters, housewares retail chain (1973-2001) Retired 3/31/01
Member of Guggenheim Museum Business Board (1993 – 1998)
Former Board Member of American Jewish Congress (1970)
Former Board Member of Cancer Care, Inc. (1963)
Served in the United States Marines (1951)
Horace Mann School Graduate (1947)

Barbara Jonas

Barbara Jonas graduated from the High School of Performing Arts and Sarah Lawrence College, earned her MSW from Yeshiva University and was a practicing psychotherapist. 
She was Vice Chairman of the Community Services Board of the New York City Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Alcoholism Services, a Member of the Institutional Review Board of New York University Medical Center from 1983 to 2005,  and is a Member of the  Columbia Presbyterian Health Sciences Advisory Council. 
In 1992, she established the Barbara Jonas Centers for the Study and Treatment of Children at Risk at New York University Medical Center and Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center. 
Mrs. Jonas has been a Trustee at the Guggenheim Museum and currently is a Member of the Art and Museum Committee and a former Member of the Board of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Foundation. 
She is currently an advisor to the Barbara and Donald Jonas Family Fund and the Vice Chairman of The Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence.  This center was founded to advance professional nursing through programs that promote nursing recruitment and retention, increase racial and ethnic diversity, advance innovative practice models and improve practice environments.