Calendar of Events

Board of Trustees

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Executive Committee

  • Suellen McAvoy Peluso '77

    Suellen McAvoy Peluso ’77

    Chair, Purchase College Foundation Board of Trustees
    Broad Cove Consulting, LLC

    Executive Committee, Chair
    Alumni Engagement and Development Committee, Chair
    Audit Committee, Ex Officio
    Finance Committee, Ex Officio
    Investment Committee, Ex Officio
    Nominating and Governance Committee, Ex Officio

  • Clifford H. Aronson

    Clifford H. Aronson

    Vice Chair, Purchase College Foundation
    Partner, Skadden

    Executive Committee, Vice Chair
    Audit Committee, Chair
    Finance Committee, Member
    Investment Committee, Member

  • Peter J. Wise

    Peter J. Wise

    Vice Chair, Purchase College Foundation
    Founding Partner, DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr, LLP

    Executive Committee, Vice Chair
    Finance Committee, Member
    Nominating and Governance Committee, Member

  • Reed Elfenbein '76

    Reed Elfenbein ’76

    Secretary, Purchase College Foundation Board of Trustees
    Consultant and Advisor

    Executive Committee, Member
    Alumni Engagement & Development Committee, Member

  • Vicki Gillespie, BEc, FAICD, FAIM.

    Vicki Gillespie

    Trustee, Purchase College Foundation
    SVP and Global Process Executive, PepsiCo, Inc.

    Executive Committee, Member
    Audit Committee, Member
    Finance Committee, Chair

  • Judith Riggs, Treasurer, Purchase College Foundation Board of Directors

    Judith A. Riggs

    Treasurer, Purchase College Foundation Board of Trustees
    Founder and President, Judith Riggs & Company, Inc.

    Executive Committee, Treasurer
    Audit Committee, Member
    Finance Committee, Vice-Chair
    Investment Committee, Member
    Nominating and Governance Committee, Member

  • Debra Roth

    Debra Roth ’76

    Trustee, Purchase College Foundation
    Executive Director, Head of Compliance Regulatory Group, Morgan Stanley

    Alumni Engagement and Development Committee, Member
    Audit Committee, Member
    Nominating and Governance Committee, Chair

  • Gerhard Seebacher

    Gerhard R. Seebacher

    Trustee, Purchase College Foundation
    Owner, Boulder Hill LLC

    Executive Committee, Member
    Investment Committee, Chair

  • President Milly Peña, PhD

    Milagros “Milly” Peña

    Ex-Officio Trustee, Purchase College Foundation
    President, Purchase College, SUNY

    Executive Committee, Ex-Officio 

  • Photo of Jason E Soto

    Jason E. Soto

    Ex-Officio Trustee, Purchase College Foundation
    Interim Vice President for Institutional Advancement; Interim Executive Director, Purchase College Foundation and Charitable Entities; and Executive Director, Strategic Engagement and Alumni Programs

    Executive Committee, Ex-Officio
    Alumni Engagement and Development Committee, Ex-Officio
    Finance Committee, Ex-Officio
    Investment Committee, Ex-Officio
    Nominating and Governance Committee, Ex-Officio

    Jason.soto@purchase.edu

    Tel: 914-251-6042
    Fax: 914-251-6041

Trustees

  • James M. Dubin

    James M. Dubin

    Trustee, Purchase College Foundation
    Madison Place Partners, LLC

    Audit Committee, Member
    Investment Committee, Member

  • Sebnem Erim Vice President, Marketing, Global Foods Group PepsiCo HQ, Purchase, NY

    Sebnem Erim

    Trustee, Purchase College Foundation
    Head of Global Innovation for AB Inbev

    Alumni Engagement & Development Committee, Member

  • Michael Fonseca '08

    Michael Fonseca ’08

    Trustee, Purchase College Foundation
    Head of Liquidity Management and Lending at eToro, a multi-asset social trading broker-dealer

    Alumni Engagement and Development Committee, Member
    Audit Committee, Vice Chair

  • Roy Moskowitz ’75

    Trustee, Purchase College Foundation
    Senior Project Manager, The New York Historical Society

    Investment Committee, Member
    Nominating and Governance Committee, Member

  • Pell, Geri E.

    Geri E. Pell

    Trustee, Purchase College Foundation and Chair, The Performing Arts Center Advisory Council
    Chief Executive Officer, Pell Wealth Partners

    Investment Committee, Vice Chair

  • Paul Zukowsky

    Paul Zukowsky

    Ex-Officio Trustee, Purchase College Foundation
    Chair, Friends of the Neuberger Museum of Art

Emeritus Board

  • Carl Austin, Emeritus Member, Purchase College Foundation Board of Directors

    Carl Austin

    Emeritus Trustee
    President, Austin Corporate Properties

  • Thomas Egan, Member, Purchase College Foundation Board of Directors

    Thomas F. Egan

    Emeritus Trustee
    Private Investor and Business Consultant

  • Emily Grant, Emeritus Chair, Purchase College Foundation Board of Directors

    Emily Grant

    Emerita Trustee
    Emerita Trustee of the Purchase College Foundation and Chair of the Purchase College Foundation Emeritus Board

  • Phyllis Hyacinthe

    Phyllis Hyacinthe

    Emerita Trustee
    President, HMH Corporation

  • Ann Scheur, Vice-Chair, Purchase College Foundation Board of Directors

    Ann Scheuer

    Emeritus Trustee
    Retired President, Kensington Management Consultants

  • Lucille Werlinich, Chair, Emerita, Purchase College Foundation Board of Directors

    Lucille Werlinich

    Chair Emerita and Trustee Emerita, Purchase College Foundation Board of Trustees
    Werlinich Family Foundation

In Memoriam

  • Don Cecil, Purchase College Foundation Board of Directors

    Donald Cecil (1927-2020)

    Beloved former member of the Purchase College Foundation Board of Trustees
    Founding partner, Cumberland Associates

  • Patricia Jacobs, Member, Purchase College Foundation Board of Directors

    Patricia Jacobs (1923-2024)

    Beloved former member of the Purchase College Foundation Board of Trustees
    Charter Member, Purchase College President’s Club

  • John Klingenstein

    William Klingenstein (1944-2024)

    Beloved former member of the Purchase College Foundation Board of Trustees
    President, Klingenstein Capital, LLC