The Rockefeller Foundation is governed by the Board of Trustees, which is composed of no fewer than 12 members, with the Foundation’s president serving as an ex-officio member. The Board of Trustees is generally responsible for overseeing the Foundation’s program and grantmaking strategy; budgets, expenditures and appropriation policies and guidelines; and investment strategies, allocations and performance. The Board of Trustees performs its duties through committees that include, but are not limited to: the Executive Committee, Investment Committee, Budget and Compensation Committee and Audit Committee and Trusteeship Committee as described in the Foundation’s Bylaws.
Richard D. Parsons
Board Chair
Helene D. Gayle
President & CEO, The Chicago Community Trust
Mellody Hobson
President, Ariel Investments
Walter Isaacson
Professor of History, Tulane University
Donald Kaberuka
Former President, African Development Bank Group
Martin L. Leibowitz
Vice Chairman of Morgan Stanley Research
Yifei Li
Country Chair, Man Group China
Paul Polman
Chair, International Chamber of Commerce and The B Team
Sharon Percy Rockefeller
President & CEO, WETA
John W. Rowe, MD
Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University
Dr. Rajiv J. Shah
President, President's Office
Adm. James Stavridis, USN, Ret
Operating Executive, The Carlyle Group & Chair, Board of Counselors, McLarty Associates
Patty Stonesifer
Outgoing President and CEO, Martha's Table
Ravi Venkatesan
Special Representative for Young People & Innovation, UNICEF
