Trustees of Cummings Foundation
Trustees of Cummings Foundation, Inc. are appointed as either "Community Trustees," "Charter Trustees," or "Ex Officio Trustees." Community Trustees, who serve renewable three-year terms, are typically area leaders with no family or employment connection to Cummings Properties or Cummings Foundation, or their subsidiaries. Charter Trustees, who serve without limit of time, are Cummings family or members of the professional staff of Cummings Foundation or an affiliate thereof.
Front row, left to right: The Honorable Margot Botsford, Dr. Marilyn Cummings Morris, Dr. Deborah Kochevar, Joyce Vyriotes, Joyce Cummings, Carol Donovan, Laurie Gabriel
Back row, left to right: Bill Grant (CFO, Cummings Properties), Dennis Clarke (Chairman and CEO, Cummings Properties), Dr. Anthony Monaco, Joel Swets, the late Dr. Joseph Abate, Dr. Arlan Fuller, Bill Cummings, Richard Ockerbloom, Paul Casey, Dr. David Harris, Eric Anderson (President, Cummings Properties)
Community Trustees
The Honorable Margot Botsford, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (Retired), Trustee since 2005
Paul C. Casey, Retired Massachusetts legislator, Trustee since 2004
Carol A. Donovan, Retired public school teacher and legislator, Trustee since 1995
Arlan F. Fuller, Jr., M.D., Retired chief of gynecologic oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and VP for oncology services, Winchester Hospital Center for Cancer Care, Trustee since 2014
David R. Harris, Ph.D., President, Union College, Trustee since 2017
Deborah T. Kochevar, D.V.M., Ph.D., Former Cummings School dean and provost of Tufts University, Trustee since 2008
Anthony P. Monaco, M.D., Ph.D., President, Tufts University, Trustee since 2011
Richard C. Ockerbloom, Retired president, The Boston Globe, Trustee since 2004
Thomas Pappas, CFA, Retired senior VP and partner, Wellington Management, Trustee since 2020
Charter Trustees
Eric S. Anderson, President, Cummings Properties, Trustee since 2019
Dennis A. Clarke, Chairman and CEO, Cummings Properties, Trustee since 2019
Joyce M. Cummings, Co-founder, Cummings Foundation, Trustee since 1986
Patricia A. Cummings, Psy.D., Psychologist, New York, Trustee since 2002
William S. Cummings, Co-founder, Cummings Foundation, Trustee since 1986
Marilyn Cummings Morris, M.D., M.P.H., Associate professor, Columbia University, Trustee since 2002
Trustees Emeriti
Lawrence S. Bacow, J.D., Ph.D., President, Harvard University, Trustee since 2003
Michael H. Pascavage, AIA, Retired chairman, Cummings Properties, Trustee since 2009
Ex Officio Trustees
William F. Grant, Chief financial officer and senior vice president, Cummings Properties, Trustee since 2019
Joel B. Swets, Executive director, Cummings Foundation, Trustee since 2019
Foundation Staff
Joel B. Swets, Executive director, Cummings Foundation
Joyce Vyriotes, Deputy director (pro bono), Cummings Foundation
Heidi Heinlein, Grants manager (pro bono), Cummings Foundation
TRUSTEES: All trustees have equal authority. Most serve for renewable three-year terms, except for the charter trustees, who serve without limit of time, and ex officio trustees, who serve in conjunction with their paid roles with the Cummings organization. No trustees receive any compensation from Cummings Foundation, Inc., with the exception of the Foundation’s executive director, and no family members are anywhere employed by the Foundation or by any affiliate.