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Board of Trustees

Prep is extremely fortunate to have a deeply loyal, generous, and involved Board of Trustees. In recent years, Prep Trustees have donated more than half the organization’s operating budget—a testament to their belief in the value of the program.
LISA SMITH CASHIN
Chair
 
YAHONNES CLEARY (P9 V)
Co-President
Partner,
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 

CHRISTOPHER JAMES (IX)
Co-President
Chief Operating Officer of Tactical Opportunities, 
Blackstone

SUE MENG (XV)
Executive Vice President & Secretary
Managing Director & General Counsel,
Duquesne Family Office LLC

DANIEL M. NEIDICH
Executive Vice President
CEO,
Dune Real Estate Partners 

NICOLE ARNABOLDI
Vice President 
Partner, 
Oak Hill Capital 

FRANK K. BYNUM, JR.
Vice President
Managing Director,
Kelso & Company

KENNETH CAPLAN
Vice President
Global Co-Chief Investment Officer,
Blackstone

JOHN H. HALL, ESQ.

Vice President
Of Counsel,
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

NICOLE LEVIN MESARD
Vice President
Deputy Presiding Partner.
Debevoise & Plimpton

CHRISTOPHER ORTEGA
Vice President 
Managing Director and Head of Americas, 
Infrastructure Partners, 
Morgan Stanley

NATALIE SWABY HUTCHINSON (XIV) 
Vice President 

PETER ANZALONE
Vice President & Treasurer
Partner,
EY LLP

RICHARD D'ALBERT
Vice President & Assistant Treasurer 
Principal & Co-CIO,
Seer Capital Management

ARUN ALAGAPPAN
Founder & President,
Advantage Testing Inc.
Advantage Testing Foundation

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DALE ALLSOPP (VII)
Ads Product Responsibility Officer,
Google

CONOR BASTABLE
Managing Member,
Davidson Kempner Capital Management LLC

ANSON H. BEARD
Managing Director,
Blackstone

ISOLDE BRIELMAIER
Guest Curator, 
International Center for Photography

DIÓGENES BRITO (XXIII)
CEO,
Yerba Buena,
Strategic Design Advisor,
Air

KARESSA L. CAIN 
Partner,
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

JORGE CALDERON

VAUGHN CALDON (XI)
Co-Founder,
Ballstar

CHRISTINA CLAUDIO (P9 XIII)
Managing Director, Acquisition Offers & Capabilities,
JPMorgan Chase & Co 

ALEX CLAVEL
CEO,
SoftBank Group Intl

CATHERINE COLE
Managing Director,
AFLAC Global Investments,
AFLAC

KAREEM COOK (VI)
Chief Marketing Officer, Owner
Naturade
Founder and Managing Director,
Towerview Capital Management

KATHRYN M. DEANE

JOSÉ DE JESÚS (IX)
Head of School,
The Dalton School

JAMES P. DEMARE
Managing Director,
Global Co-Head Fixed Income,
Currencies and Commodities, 
Bank of America Merrill Lynch

PASCAL DESROCHES
Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, 
AT&T

ALEXANDER R. EDLICH
Senior Partner,
McKinsey & Company

NYSSA FAJARDO LEE (XV)
Associate General Counsel,
Hudson Heights IPA, Inc.

PATRICIA FARMAN-FARMAIAN
Senior Vice President,
Stribling & Associates

KEVIN FERRO
CEO,
Ferro Holdings LLC

JOCELYN GAILLIOT
Co-Founder, CEO
Tuckernuck

DAVID GEENBERG
Co-Head, North American Investment
Team,
SVPGlobal

CARL D. HARNICK

FRANCIS IDEHEN (P9 IV)
Partner, Head of Alternatives Capital Raising Americas,
Goldman Sachs

MURIEL ISAAC (XVII)
Alumnae Engagement & Gift Planning Officer, 
The Chapin School

PARISA JAFFER

BAILY BLAIR KEMPNER
Managing Director, Investor Relations,
Kelso & Company

ANTHONY KIM
Co-President of Investment Banking,
Centerview Partners 

ROBIN KRASNY
Managing Director,
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management

LAURENCE C. LEEDS, JR. 

FRANK J. LOVERRO
Co-CEO,
Kelso & Company

ARTHUR MAGNUS
Head of Risk Management & Compliance Reporting,
Middle Office and Controls,
JP Morgan Chase & Co. 

JAMES R. MAHER

R. TYLER MORSE
Chairman & CEO,
MCR / Morse Development

ALEXIS MULVIHILL*
Head of School,
Trinity School

JEANNEMARIE O’BRIEN
Partner,
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

NNAMDI ORAKWUE (VII)
Founder,
Cocolevio LLC
SANDY OSBORNE
Investment Partner,
Kelso & Company

KEVIN OTERO (XII)
Partner,
Covington & Burling LLP 

DANTE PEARSON (P9 XVII)
Portfolio Manager,
T. Rowe Price Associates

LISSA PERLMAN
Partner,
Kekst & Company, Inc.

DUSTY PHILIP
Co-Chair of Global Mergers & Acquisitions, 
Goldman Sachs

TREVOR PRICE
Chairman and Founder,
Oxeon Holdings 
Co-Founder and General Partner,
Town Hall Ventures

NANCY REYES MCLAUGHLIN (IX) 
Americas CEO,
BBDO

ROMAN REGELMAN
Group President,
FNZ Group

PAULA CAMPBELL ROBERTS (X)
Managing Director, Chief Investment Strategist for Global Wealth,
KKR 

ERIC RODRIGUEZ (P9 XIV)
Fractional CRO, 
Candid Wholesale

ERIC A. ROTHFELD
CEO,
REI Capital, LLC

MO SAKURAI
CEO,
Catbird

RICHARD SCHAPS
Chairman and CEO, 
Van Wagner Group

KEVIN SCHWARTZ
Partner,
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

EVAN SCHWARTZBERG
CEO, Co-Founder & Head of Sales and Trading,
Odeon Capital Group

WILLIAM A. SHUTZER
Partner,
SB Advisors

JOHNNY SKUMPIJA
Partner, 
Sidley Austin, LLP

CHARLES F. STEWART
CEO,
Sotheby’s
 
PEG SULLIVAN
Chief Human Resources Officer,
GTCR

RENÉE TROTMAN (P9 X)
Director of Constituent & Support Services,
New York State Assembly

MICHAEL WEST
President,
Moody’s Investors Service

ANITA VOLZ WIEN
Chairman,
Observatory Group LLC

BRIAN C. WILLE
Wille Family Foundation 

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SCOTT BOK
Chair Emeritus
Chair,
Greenhill

MARTIN LIPTON
Chair Emeritus
Partner,
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
 
JOHN L. VOGELSTEIN
Chair Emeritus
Special Limited Partner,
Warburg Pincus
Chairman,
New Providence Asset Management
Roster as of November 2024
* Ex Officio

Note: Roman numerals following a name denote Prep Contingent. All individuals listed this way are Prep alums. 
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