Trustees

Trustees, Trustees Emeriti, and Leadership of Cummings Foundation

Cummings Foundation is most grateful to the trustees, trustees emeriti, and staff below, who serve as advisors and ambassadors. With six college presidents, plus leaders from the fields of finance, law, medicine, real estate, and other businesses, the board draws on an impressive breadth and depth of experience to help guide the Foundation’s operation and strategy.

Eric Anderson Eric Anderson

President, Cummings Properties

Trustee since 2019

Agnes Binagwaho Agnes Binagwaho, M.D., Ph.D.

Vice chancellor, University of Global Health Equity (Retired)

Trustee since 2022

The Hon. Margot Botsford Margot Botsford, J.D.

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (Retired)

Trustee since 2005

Dennis A. Clarke Dennis Clarke

Chairman and CEO, Cummings Properties

Trustee since 2019

Jack Connors, Jr. Jack Connors, Jr.

Retired founding partner, Hill, Holliday, Connors, Cosmopulos

Trustee since 2022

Joyce M. Cummings Joyce Cummings

Co-founder, Cummings Foundation

Trustee since 1986

Patricia A. Cummings Patricia Cummings, Psy.D.

Psychologist, New York

Trustee since 2002

William S. Cummings William Cummings

Co-founder, Cummings Foundation

Trustee since 1986

Marilyn Cummings Morris Marilyn Cummings Morris, M.D., M.P.H.

Associate prof., Columbia University

Trustee since 2002

Steven R. DiSalvo Steven DiSalvo, Ph.D.

President, Endicott College

Trustee since 2021

Aisha Francis Aisha Francis, Ph.D.

President and CEO, Benjamin Franklin Cummings Inst. of Technology

Trustee since 2021

Arlan F. Fuller Arlan Fuller, Jr., M.D.

Ret. chief of gynecologic oncology, Mass. General Hospital

Trustee since 2014

William F. Grant William Grant

Executive VP and chief investment officer, Cummings Properties

Trustee since 2019

David R. Harris David Harris, Ph.D.

President, Union College

Trustee since 2017

Robert D. Keefe Robert D. Keefe, JD

Senior counsel, WilmerHale

Trustee since 2022

John Keenan John Keenan, J.D.

President, Salem State University

Trustee since 2022

John Keenan Mike Kennealy

Senior advisor and chief strategy officer, Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston

Trustee since 2023

John Keenan Jim Yong Kim, M.D., Ph.D.

President (Retired), Dartmouth College and World Bank

Trustee since 2023

Sunil Kumar, Ph.D. Sunil Kumar, Ph.D.

President, Tufts University

Trustee since 2023

Ioannis N. Miaoulis Ioannis Miaoulis, Ph.D.

President, Roger Williams University

Trustee since 2022

Thomas Pappas Thomas Pappas, CFA

Retired senior VP and partner, Wellington Management

Trustee since 2020

Joyce Vyriotes Joyce Vyriotes

Executive director, Cummings Foundation

Trustee since 2021


Leadership of Cummings Foundation

Joyce Vyriotes Joyce Vyriotes

Executive director, Cummings Foundation

Trustee since 2021

Andrew Bishop Andrew Bishop

Deputy director, Cummings Foundation

Andrew Bishop Kris Wilson

Counsel, Cummings Foundation


Trustees Emeriti

Dr. Lawrence Bacow Lawrence Bacow, J.D., Ph.D.

President, Harvard University

Trustee emeritus

Paul C. Casey Paul Casey

Retired Massachusetts legislator

Trustee emeritus

Carol A. Donovan Carol Donovan

Retired public school teacher and legislator

Trustee emeritus

Deborah T. Kochevar Deborah Kochevar, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Former Cummings School dean, Tufts University

Trustee emeritus

Anthony P. Monaco Anthony Monaco, M.D., Ph.D.

Former president, Tufts University

Trustee emeritus

Richard C. Ockerbloom Richard Ockerbloom

Retired president, The Boston Globe

Trustee emeritus

Michael H. Pascavage Michael Pascavage

Retired chairman, Cummings Properties

Trustee emeritus

Joel Swets Joel B. Swets

Retired executive director, Cummings Foundation

Executive Director emeritus


No trustees receive any compensation from Cummings Foundation, Inc., and no family members are anywhere employed by the Company, the Foundation, or by any affiliate. The following four trustees are employed and compensated by Cummings Properties: Eric Anderson, Dennis Clarke, William Grant, and Joyce Vyriotes.