Who We Are
Our Staff
View our New York-based employees and key leaders at our Honolulu and Hillsborough, N.J. locations below. Visit the websites of Duke Farms and Shangri La to see their staff.
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Duke Farms Management
Thom Almendinger
Director of National Resources & Agroecology, Duke Farms
Finance
Christopher Anthony
Accounting Manager
Shangri La Management
Meredith Artley
Executive-in-Residence and Interim Executive Director, Shangri La
Building Bridges Program
Linda Artola
Program Associate for the Building Bridges Program
Child Well-being Program
Rumeli Banik, Ph.D.
Senior Program Officer for Child Well-being
Operations
Elizabeth Baron
Administrative Assistant
Information Services
Guli Basu
Chief Technology Officer
Environment Program
Lauren Belsky
Program Associate for the Environment
Investments
Leena Bhutta
Chief Investment Officer
Child Well-being Program
JooYeun Chang
Program Director for Child Well-being
Finance
Andrew Cortese
Accounting Manager
Human Resources
Nicole Cruz
Human Resources Manager
Grants Administration
Linda Diamond
Grants Manager
Duke Farms Management
Nora DiChiara
Deputy Executive Director of Personnel and Programs, Duke Farms
Office of the President
Erica Dziedzic
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Medical Research Program
Sindy Escobar Alvarez, Ph.D.
Program Director for Medical Research
Grants Administration
Adrienne Fisher
Director of Grants Management and Evaluation
Office of the President
Sam Gill
President and CEO of the Doris Duke Foundation
Investments
Cynthia Haidar
Associate Director, Investments
Medical Research Program
Karen Han
Program Associate for Medical Research
Grants Administration
Phenisher Harris
Grants Systems and Information Manager
Office of the President
Karen Jacobsen
Executive Assistant to the President and Board Liaison
Communications
Fernanda Jiménez
Communications Associate
Investments
Jennifer Katz
Director, Investments
Office of the President
Maurine Knighton
Chief Program Officer
Communications
Tiffany Langston
Communications Officer
Environment Program
Danielle Levoit
Senior Program Officer for the Environment
Shangri La Management
Léa Major
Deputy Director, Shangri La
Human Resources
Roni Mayes, MHRM
Senior Human Resources Associate
Shangri La Management
Leslee Michelsen, Ph.D.
Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Shangri La
Human Resources
Kiisha Morrow
Chief People and Culture Officer
Finance
Eileen Oberlander
Controller and Director of Finance
Arts Program
Lillian Osei-Boateng
Program Manager for the Arts
Finance
Lynn Pipitone
Accounting Manager
Investments
Erika Rabines
Operations Manager, Investments
Building Bridges Program
Zeyba Rahman
Director for the Building Bridges Program
Finance
Keri Rice
Senior Finance Associate
Communications
Kristin Roth-Schrefer
Communications Director
Medical Research Program
Kevin Sia, Ph.D.
Program Officer for Medical Research
Operations
Peter Simmons
Chief Operating Officer
Environment Program
Sacha Spector, Ph.D.
Program Director for the Environment
Arts Program
Brandi Stewart
Senior Program Officer for the Arts and Interim Program Director for the Arts
Arts Program
Jessica Van Grouw
Program Associate for the Arts
Duke Farms Management
Jon Wagar
Deputy Executive Director, Duke Farms
Duke Farms Management
Margaret Waldock
Executive Director, Duke Farms
Operations
Beth Woltering
Office Operations Manager
Investments
Lisa Yeh
Operations Manager, Investments
