A five-person Executive Committee, comprising the board chair, the president and three trustees, works with the foundation's executive officers and acts for the board between board meetings. Trustee committees dedicated to specific topics meet regularly and guide foundation activities throughout the year.
Executive Committee
- Kathryn S. Fuller (chair)
- Anke A. Ehrhardt
- Richard Moe
- Luis A. Ubiñas
- W. Richard West Jr.
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee assists the Board of Trustees with respect to financial reporting, internal control, audits and the foundation's process for monitoring compliance with laws and regulations and the Trustee Code of Ethics. The Audit Committee appoints and manages the outside auditor. The committee also sets the officers' compensation.
- Irene Y. Hirano (chair)
- Juliet V. García
- Thurgood Marshall Jr.
- Narayana N.R. Murthy
Investment Committee
The Investment Committee is responsible for formulating overall investment policies, subject to approval by the Board of Trustees, and establishing investment guidelines. The committee monitors the management of the portfolio for compliance with the investment policies and guidelines and for meeting performance objectives over time.
- Afsaneh M. Beschloss (chair)
- Kathryn S. Fuller
- J. Clifford Hudson
- Yolanda Kakabadse
- Robert S. Kaplan
- Peter A. Nadosy
- Luis A. Ubiñas
- W. Richard West Jr.
Transactions Subcommittee
- Afsaneh M. Beschloss
- J. Clifford Hudson
- Yolanda Kakabadse
Management and Governance Committee
The Management and Governance Committee reviews the foundation's governance policies and procedures; budget and spending policy; staff compensation and benefit policy; general management, legal and personnel policies; and such other matters as directed by the Board of Trustees.
- Richard Moe (chair)
- Kofi Appenteng
- Anke A. Ehrhardt
- Kathryn S. Fuller
- Irene Y. Hirano
- Yolanda Kakabadse
- Thurgood Marshall Jr.
- Luis A. Ubiñas
Membership Committee
The Membership Committee helps identify candidates for board membership and in the review and development of trustee orientation plans.
- Kathryn S. Fuller (chair)
- Anke A. Ehrhardt
- Richard Moe
Proxy Committee
The Proxy Committee determines the foundation's policy responses to all shareholder and management proposals that come to vote for companies in our internally or externally managed investment portfolios.
- Juliet V. García (chair)
- Kofi Appenteng
- Kathryn S. Fuller
- Robert S. Kaplan
- Richard Moe
Program Committees
The Program Committees give the trustees an opportunity to deepen their knowledge of an area of the foundation's overall program and to contribute to program development and assessment. There are three Program Committees: Economic Opportunity and Assets; Democracy, Rights and Justice; and Education, Creativity and Free Expression.
Economic Opportunity and Assets
- Juliet V. García (chair)
- Afsaneh M. Beschloss
- Robert S. Kaplan
- Thurgood Marshall Jr.
- Narayana N.R. Murthy
Democracy, Rights and Justice
- W. Richard West Jr. (chair)
- Kofi Appenteng
- Irene Y. Hirano
- Richard Moe
Education, Creativity and Free Expression
- Anke A. Ehrhardt (chair)
- Kathryn S. Fuller
- J. Clifford Hudson
- Yolanda Kakabadse
- Peter A. Nadosy