Calendar of Events

Board of Trustees

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Executive Committee

  • Suellen McAvoy Peluso '77

    Suellen McAvoy Peluso ’77

    Chair, SUNY Purchase 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, SUNY Purchase Foundation
    Partner, Skadden

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

  • Peter J. Wise

    Peter J. Wise

    Vice Chair, SUNY Purchase 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, SUNY Purchase Foundation Board of Trustees
    Consultant and Advisor

    Executive Committee, Member
    Alumni Engagement & Development Committee, Member
    Finance Committee, Member

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

    Judith A. Riggs

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

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

  • Debra Roth

    Debra Roth ’76

    Trustee, SUNY Purchase 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, SUNY Purchase Foundation
    Owner, Boulder Hill LLC

    Executive Committee, Member
    Investment Committee, Chair

  • A man with gray hair and glasses, wearing a pink suit jacket, white shirt, and checkered tie, smiles while standing outdoors.

    Michael E. Steiper, PhD

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

    Executive Committee, Ex-Officio 

  • Photo of Jason E Soto

    Jason E. Soto

    Ex-Officio Trustee, SUNY Purchase Foundation
    Interim Vice President for Institutional Advancement; Interim Executive Director, SUNY Purchase 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, SUNY Purchase 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, SUNY Purchase Foundation
    Head of Global Innovation for AB Inbev

    Alumni Engagement & Development Committee, Member

  • Michael Fonseca '08

    Michael Fonseca ’08

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

    Finance Committee, Member
    Investment Committee, Member
    Nominating and Governance Committee, Member

  • Pell, Geri E.

    Geri E. Pell

    Trustee, SUNY Purchase 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, SUNY Purchase Foundation
    Chair, Friends of the Neuberger Museum of Art

Emeritus Board

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

    Carl Austin

    Emeritus Trustee
    President, Austin Corporate Properties

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

    Thomas F. Egan

    Emeritus Trustee
    Private Investor and Business Consultant

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

    Emily Grant

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

  • Phyllis Hyacinthe

    Phyllis Hyacinthe

    Emerita Trustee
    President, HMH Corporation

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

    Ann Scheuer

    Emeritus Trustee
    Retired President, Kensington Management Consultants

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

    Lucille Werlinich

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

In Memoriam

  • Don Cecil, SUNY Purchase Foundation Board of Directors

    Donald Cecil (1927-2020)

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

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

    Patricia Jacobs (1923-2024)

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

  • John Klingenstein

    William Klingenstein (1944-2024)

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