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Founding Chairs
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Claudine Bacher
Chair
Lucinda Pointdexter
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Executive Director
Donna Lackner-Horn
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NPS Liaisons
Amy Bracewell, Superintendent,
Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites​
Board of Directors
Claudine Bacher, Founding & Past Chair
Douglas Brinkley
Michael Byrne
Erin Cannan, Secretary
Carol Hillman, Past Chair
June Jaffe
Joy Jones
Barbara Abramoff Levy
Christopher E. Myer, Treasurer
Lucinda Poindexter, Chair
Michal Regunberg
Erik Stangvik
Marilyn Swartz-Lloyd
Georgie Gatch (1999-2017)
Bobbie Greene McCarthy (1999-2017)​
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Who we are​
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Our passionate Board of Directors, Staff, Honorary Board, and National Council – comprising leaders in public life and business, as well as scholars – are dedicated to advancing Eleanor Roosevelt's legacy and vision:
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Princess Juliana of the Netherlands hosted by Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt at Val-Kill.
National Council​
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Jane Alexander
Maurine Beasley
Allida M. Black, PhD
Blanche Wiesen Cook, PhD
Maureen Corr (1999–2009)
Susan Curnan
Priscilla H. Douglas EdD
Susan Eisenhower
Hamilton Fish
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Blanche K. Goldstein, Esq.
Betsy Shure Gross
Pamela Hayes, Esq.
Cheryl Bell Homer
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Representative Nita Lowey
Harriet Millrose
Sally Minard
Richard Moe
Sharon Patrick
Lia Poorvu
James & Ann Roosevelt
Eleanor Seagraves
Silda Wall Spitzer, Esq.
Cathy Douglas Stone, Esq.
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Hon. Christine Todd Whitman
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"In group work it is certainly the better part of wisdom to take the result and let the credit go."
Eleanor Roosevelt
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Former Board Chair Manuela Roosevelt inspires students from Bard College with the legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt.
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​"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."