Board of Trustees
Our Board of Trustees is dedicated to our mission of creating real and lasting change in the lives of children in need in the U.S. and around the world.
Save the Children Board of Trustees, as of February 8, 2008
Susan Blumenthal, M.D., Former U.S. Assistant Surgeon General, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women's Health and Rear Admiral (ret.); Clinical Professor, Georgetown and Tufts Schools of Medicine, Washington, DC; member since February 2005, Health Leadership Council
Roxanne Mankin Cason, President, Kona Special Air,
Andrea Collins, Founding Member, Save the Children Westchester Leadership Council, Bronxville, NY; member since May 2005, Chair, HIV-AIDS Leadership Council
Robert A. Daly, President, Rulemaker, Inc., Los Angeles, CA; former Chair and CEO Warner Bros., former President CBS Entertainment; former Chair, LA Dodgers, Los Angeles, CA; Chairman since 2005
Martha De Laurentiis, Film Producer, President and CEO, Dino De Laurentiis Company, Universal City, CA; former President, North Carolina Film Studios; member since February 2006, Health Leadership Council.
Gretchen Dykstra, Consultant,
Sen. Bill Frist, M.D., Visiting Professor of International Economic Policy, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; former United States Senate Majority Leader (2002-2007); member since September 2007, Chairman, Survive to 5 campaign
Tina Georgeou, Chief Marketing Officer, Light House International,
Thomas R. Gerety, Collegiate Professorship at New York University, New York, NY; member since February 2003, Co-Chair, CEC Leadership Council
Charlotte M. Guyman, Board of Directors, Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. and Vice Chair, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA; member since February 2007
Bill Haber, Co-Founder of Creative Artists Agency and President, OSTAR Enterprises, Westport, CT; member from 1995 to 2003, rejoined as member in February 2004
Catherine Herman, Marketing Specialist, Westport, CT; member since May 2003, Founder, Fairfield County Volunteer Council, Economic Opportunities Leadership Council
Eric H. Holder, Jr., Partner, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC; former Deputy Attorney General U.S.; member since February 2004, U.S. Programs Leadership Council
Lawrence C. Horowitz, M.D., President and Managing General Partner, Selby Lane Enterprises II, LLC, Atherton, CA; member since September 2005, Health Leadership Council
Brad Irwin, President, Cadbury Adams North America, Parsippany, NJ; member since February 2002, U.S. Programs Leadership Council
Gary E. Knell, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sesame Workshop, New York, NY; member since February 2006
Charles MacCormack, Ph.D., President and CEO, Save the Children,
Mark V. Mactas, Chairman and CEO, Towers Perrin,
Joe Mandato, General Partner and Managing Director, DeNovo Ventures, Palo Alto, CA; rejoined as member in February 2007
Heath B. McLendon, Retired, former Managing Director, Citigroup's Smith Barney and Chairman of the Equity Research Policy Committee at Smith Barney Inc.; member since February 2007
Henry S. Miller, Chairman, Managing Director and co-founder of Miller Buckfire, New York, NY; member from February 1994 to February 2000, from February 2001 to February 2007 and rejoined as member February 2008
Thomas S. Murphy, Former Chairman and CEO of Capital Cities/ABC,
Bradley C. Palmer, Founder and Managing Partner, Palm Ventures; member for 10 years; rejoined as member in February 2007
Charles R. Perrin, Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Avon Products, Inc. and Duracell International, Inc.; member since February 2007
Judith Reichman, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA; Medical Correspondent, Women's Health, The Today Show, Los Angeles, CA; member since May 2002, Chair, Health Leadership Council
Cokie Roberts, Political Commentator for ABC News and Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio, Washington, DC; Vice Chairman, member since September 2003
Joe Roth, Producer and Director, Revolution Studios; member since February 2007
Carole Simpson, Leader in Residence, School of Communication, Emerson College, Boston, MA; former broadcast journalist for ABC News; member since February 2008
Pernille Spiers-Lopez, President of IKEA North America,
George Stephanopoulos, Anchor of This Week and Chief Washington Correspondent for ABC News, Washington, DC; member since February 2005
Helene R. Sullivan, finance specialist and former vice president of finance for Save the Children,
Dawn Sweeney, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Restaurant Association, Washington, DC; member since February 2007







