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 June 3, 2009
Susan E. Arnold, President, Global Business Units of The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH; former Vice Chair of Proctor & Gamble Beauty; member since February 2009
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, Hawaii and Texas; member since May 2005, Vice-Chair, Save the Children Education Leadership Council
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, New York, NY; member from 1998 to 2004; rejoined as member in February 2005, HIV/AIDS Leadership Council
Randall S. Eisenberg, Senior Managing Director, Corporate Finance, FTI, New York, NY; former Partner, U.S. division of PricewaterhouseCoopers' Business Recovery Services practice; member since February 2009
Neil B. Friedman, President of the Mattel Brands Division at Mattel, Inc., El Segundo, CA; former President, Fisher-Price Brands; member since February 2009
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
Philip H. Geier, Jr., Chairman, The Geier Group, New York, NY; Chairman Emeritus, The InterPublic Group of Companies; Vice Chair since February 2005, member since May 2001, rejoined February 2009, U.S. Programs Leadership Council, non-Board member of the Communications Committee
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
Lawrence C. Horowitz, M.D., President and Managing General Partner, Selby Lane Enterprises II, LLC, Atherton, CA; member since September 2005, Health 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, Westport, CT; member since January 1993
Mark V. Mactas, Chairman and CEO, Towers Perrin, Stamford, CT; member since September 2005
Joe Mandato, General Partner and Managing Director, DeNovo Ventures, Palo Alto, CA; rejoined as member in February 2007
David J. Mastrocola, Retired, Partner and Managing Director at Goldman, Sachs & Co., New York, NY; member since February 2009
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, New York, NY; member since May 1997; Chair Emeritus 2005 to 2007; rejoined as member in February 2007
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
Dr. Andrea L. Rich, Former President and Director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; former Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer, University of California, Los Angeles; member since February 2009
Cokie Roberts, Political Commentator for ABC News and Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio, Washington, DC; Vice Chairman, member since September 2003
Sunil Sani, Chief Executive Officer, Heritage Sportswear LLC; Executive Officer, CGS Industries, Inc., New York; member since February 2009
Richard J. Schnieders, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Sysco Corporation, President since 2005 and Director since 1997, Houston, TX; member since February 2009
Steven J. Simmons, Chairman and CEO of Patriot Media and Communications, LLC, Greenwich, CT; former Associate Director of the Domestic Policy Staff during the Carter administration; member since February 2009
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, Conshohocken, PA; member since September 2006
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, Westport, CT; member since May 2000, rejoined as member February 2008, member, Economic Opportunities Leadership Council
Dawn Sweeney, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Restaurant Association, Washington, DC; member since February 2007









