Board of Trustees
Click on Trustee name to see full bio and committee assignments
Executive Committee
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Suellen McAvoy Peluso ’77
Chair, Purchase College Foundation Board of TrusteesBroad Cove Consulting, LLCExecutive 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
Vice Chair, Purchase College FoundationPartner, SkaddenExecutive Committee, Vice Chair
Audit Committee, Chair
Finance Committee, Member
Investment Committee, Member -
Peter J. Wise
Vice Chair, Purchase College FoundationFounding Partner, DelBello Donnellan Weingarten Wise & Wiederkehr, LLPExecutive Committee, Vice Chair
Finance Committee, Member
Nominating and Governance Committee, Member -
David M. Fleisher, Esq. ’75
Trustee, Purchase College Foundation Board of TrusteesPrincipal, Law Office of David M. Fleisher, P.C.Executive Committee, Member
Nominating and Governance Committee, Chair
Alumni Engagement and Development Committee, Member
Finance Committee, Member -
Vicki Gillespie
Trustee, Purchase College FoundationSVP and Global Process Executive, PepsiCo, Inc.Executive Committee, Member
Audit Committee, Member
Finance Committee, Chair -
William Klingenstein
Secretary, Purchase College Foundation Board of TrusteesPresident, Klingenstein Capital, LLCExecutive Committee, Secretary
Finance Committee, Member
Investment Committee, Member -
Judith A. Riggs
Treasurer, Purchase College Foundation Board of TrusteesFounder and President, Judith Riggs & Company, Inc.Executive Committee, Treasurer
Audit Committee, Member
Finance Committee, Member
Investment Committee, Member
Nominating and Governance Committee, Member -
Gerhard R. Seebacher
Trustee, Purchase College FoundationOwner, Boulder Hill LLCExecutive Committee, Member
Investment Committee, Chair
Finance Committee, Member -
Lucille Werlinich
Chair Emerita, Purchase College Foundation Board of TrusteesWerlinich Family FoundationExecutive Committee, Chair Emerita
Finance Committee, Member -
Milagros “Milly” Peña
Ex-Officio Trustee, Purchase College FoundationPresident, Purchase College, SUNYExecutive Committee, Ex-Officio
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Jason E. Soto
Ex-Officio Trustee, Purchase College FoundationInterim Vice President for Institutional Advancement; Interim Executive Director, Purchase College Foundation and Charitable Entities; and Executive Director, Strategic Engagement and Alumni ProgramsExecutive Committee, Ex-Officio
Alumni Engagement and Development Committee, Ex-Officio
Finance Committee, Ex-Officio
Investment Committee, Ex-Officio
Nominating and Governance Committee, Ex-OfficioJason.soto@purchase.edu
Tel: 914-251-6042
Fax: 914-251-6041
Trustees
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James M. Dubin
Trustee, Purchase College FoundationMadison Place Partners, LLCAudit Committee, Member
Investment Committee, Member -
Reed Elfenbein ’76
Trustee, Purchase College FoundationConsultant and AdvisorAlumni Engagement & Development Committee, Member
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Sebnem Erim
Trustee, Purchase College FoundationHead of Global Innovation for AB InbevAlumni Engagement & Development Committee, Member
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Michael Fonseca ’08
Trustee, Purchase College FoundationHead of Liquidity Management and Lending at eToro, a multi-asset social trading broker-dealerAlumni Engagement and Development Committee, Member
Audit Committee, Vice Chair Roy Moskowitz ’75
Trustee, Purchase College FoundationSenior Project Manager, The New York Historical SocietyNominating and Governance Committee, Member
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Richard A. Muskus, Jr.
Trustee, Purchase College FoundationSenior Vice President & Chief Lending Officer, and the Director of Business and Consumer Banking with First County Bank (Stamford, CT)Finance Committee,Vice Chair
Audit Committee, Member
Investment Committee, Member -
Geri E. Pell
Trustee, Purchase College Foundation and Chair, The Performing Arts Center Advisory CouncilChief Executive Officer, Pell Wealth PartnersInvestment Committee, Vice Chair
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Debra Roth ’76
Trustee, Purchase College FoundationExecutive Director, Head of Compliance Regulatory Group, Morgan StanleyAlumni Engagement and Development Committee, Member
Audit Committee, Member
Nominating and Governance Committee, Member -
Paul Zukowsky
Ex-Officio Trustee, Purchase College FoundationChair, Friends of the Neuberger Museum of Art
Emeritus Board
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Emily Grant
Emerita TrusteeEmerita Trustee of the Purchase College Foundation and Chair of the Purchase College Foundation Emeritus Board
In Memoriam
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Donald Cecil (1927-2020)
Beloved former member of the Foundation’s Board of TrusteesFounding partner, Cumberland Associates