Current Staff List

The senior staff has a broad range of associations in the nonprofit world, as both grantors and grantees. Charles R. Halpern, the Foundation's president, is a pioneer of the public interest law movement and the founding dean of the City University of New York Law School. Henry Tzu Ng, vice president of the Foundation, was director of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, vice president of the American Academy in Rome, and deputy director of the Municipal Art Society in New York. Claudine K. Brown, director of the arts program, served the Smithsonian Institution as deputy assistant provost for the arts and humanities and the Brooklyn Museum as assistant director for government and community relations. Rachel Cowan, the director of the Jewish life program, is an ordained rabbi, an innovator in Jewish institutions, the co-author of Mixed Blessings, a book on intermarriage, and a board member of the Jewish Funders Network. Andrea Kydd, who heads the Foundation's health program, was director of the Youth Project in Washington, DC, and a senior executive at VISTA. She is a board member of Grantmakers in Health. Richard F. Mark, director of the environment program, worked with the Energy Foundation on transportation issues and held leadership positions with the Union of Concerned Scientists, Common Cause, and the Professionals' Coalition for Nuclear Arms Control. The director of special projects, Jennifer H. McCarthy, managed training programs for black South African community leaders and directed the office of program development at the Institute of International Education. Staff changes since the Foundation's last report include the expansion of Jean M. Browne's responsibilities as director of systems technology, the appointment of Andrea Titus as grants administrator, and the hiring of Lisa McNally as the president's administrative assistant. Andrea M. Kincannon as environment program assistant, Jena Schwartz as Jewish life program assistant, and Irina Kaplan as our part-time accounting assistant. We are grateful to Julia Greenberg, Earnestine Miller, and Felicia Warthen, who left during the past year, for their contributions to the work of the Foundation.

Charles R. Halpern President & Chief Executive Officer Henry Tzu Ng Vice President Claudine K. Brown Director, Arts Program Rachel Cowan Director, Jewish Life Program Andrea Kydd Director, Health Program Richard F. Mark Director, Environment Program Jennifer H. McCarthy Director, Special Projects Jean M. Browne Director, Systems Technology Denise Clare Accountant M. Annette Ensley Director, Human Relations Andrea Titus Grants Administrator Lisa McNally President's Administrative Assistant Cynthia M. Johnson Program Assistant, Health Andrea M. Kincannon Program Assistant, Environment Jena Schwartz Program Assistant, Jewish Life Alexandra Warren Program Assistant, Arts Irina Kaplan Accounting Assistant Daytowne Gooding Office Assistant