President

Sara L. Engelhardt is president of the Foundation Center, the nation''s leading authority on philanthropy. She joined the staff as executive vice president in 1987, having served on the Center''s Board of Trustees from 1984.

For over 20 years, Ms. Engelhardt was on the staff of Carnegie Corporation of New York. During the final 12 years of her tenure there (1975-1987), she served as secretary of the corporation and managed the foundation''s grants. In addition, she was program officer in the areas of philanthropy and nonprofit organizations and of women in higher education and public life.

Ms. Engelhardt serves on the boards of the National Council for Research on Women and the Education & Research Foundation of the Metro New York Better Business Bureau.

A 1965 graduate of Wellesley College, Ms. Engelhardt holds a master''s degree in administration of higher education from Teachers College, Columbia University.

Board of Trustees
 
Melissa A. Berman
President and CEO
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
New York, NY

M. Christine DeVita, Chairman
President
The Wallace Foundation
New York, NY

Robert C. Elliott
Senior Managing Director
Bessemer Trust
New York, NY

Sara L. Engelhardt
President
The Foundation Center
New York, NY

P. Russell Hardin
President
The Robert W. Woodruff Foundation
Atlanta, GA

Michael F. Hayes
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Stamford, CT

Nancy S. Kami
Executive Director
Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund
San Francisco, CA

George Penick
Head of School
St. Andrew''s Episcopal School
Jackson, MS

Nancy Roberts
President
Connecticut Council for Philanthropy
Hartford, CT

Ralph R. Smith
Executive Vice President
The Annie E. Casey Foundation Baltimore, MD

Maureen H. Smyth
Senior Vice President, Programs and
Communications
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Flint, MI

Barron M. Tenny, Vice Chairman
Executive Vice President, Secretary and
General Counsel
The Ford Foundation
New York, NY

Thomas E. Wilcox
President
Baltimore Community Foundation
Baltimore, MD