Council of Advisors
Katherine Burdon, CFA
Cadence Capital Management, retired
Kathy is an independent portfolio manager. She has a more than 20 years of experience within asset management, accounting, and healthcare. Prior to her private practice, Kathy Burdon was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Cadence Capital Management, responsible for the Mid- and Small-Cap strategies. Ms. Burdon received her B.S. in biology from Stanford University and an M.S. in accounting from Northeastern University. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Kathy lives in Boston and Westport, MA. She is an accomplished tennis player, equestrienne and skier.
Lucylee Chiles, EdD
Lucylee Chiles holds a doctorate in Art and Education from Columbia University and has extensive experience in non-profit governance. She has served as the Director of a non-profit institution for many years. These include having been the Director of the Isabel O’Neil Studio Workshop and Foundation from 1994 – 2002; having served as adjunct Art faculty at Kean University from 2003-2005; and having served on the Board of Trustees of International House in New York and the University Council for Arts Education.
George Demetri, MD
Dana Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard University
Dr. Demetri is a medical oncologist at the Dana Farber Institute and is a key-opinion-leader in sarcomas and gastro-intestinal stromal tumors (GIST). Dr. Demetri received his MD from Stanford University in 1983, followed by an internal medicine residency and chief residency at the University of Washington Hospital, Seattle, and a fellowship in medical oncology at Dana Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) in 1989. He is director of the Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology at DFCI, director of the Ludwig Center at Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, and executive director for Clinical and Translational Research at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research.
Joan Ryan Gregory
Zurich Scudder Investments, retired
Joan is a former Senior Vice President of Zurich Scudder Investments, the New York-based money management firm, and a member of the firm’s international portfolio management team.
Prior to joining Scudder in 1992, Joan was an Associate Portfolio Manager with United States Trust Company of New York and Accounts Manager for the Young Presidents Organization. She received her B.A. in French and Spanish Literature from the University College in Dublin, Ireland, her M.A. in French Literature from Marquette University, and her Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
Ms. Gregory is a citizen of Ireland.
Lily Hayes
Bristol Myers Squibb
Lily Hayes currently serves as a territory manager in the specialty pharmaceuticals division of Bristol Myers Squibb. Prior to joining BMS, Lily held marketing and communications positions with Pfizer and Amgen. Miss Hayes holds a degree in biology from the University of Richmond where she graduated cum laude and was a member of the biology honor society, Beta Beta Beta. In addition to serving as a Trustee of the Hope Funds for Cancer Research, she volunteers for the Mayflower Foundation and is member of the Junior League of Boston.
Kim Herrlinger
Kim resides in Newport, RI and Round Hill Jamaica. She has experience serving on several non-profit boards including the Newport Art Museum and Association and the Boys and Girls Club of Newport, RI. Mrs. Herrlinger is the chairwoman of the House Committee of the Marble House in Newport, RI. In addition, Kim has chaired several very successful special events for the Preservation Society of Newport County, including their summer dances and Christmas dances; and events for Round Hill Charities in Jamaica. In addition to her extensive volunteer activities, Mrs. Herrlinger is an accomplished golfer and tennis player.
Bill Jacklin RA
Royal Academy of Art
Bill is renowned for his portraits of the city, particularly New York and London, and more recently Hong Kong and now Venice. Bill primarily resides and works in New York City and Newport, RI.
Jacklin, born in London in 1943, attended Walthamstow Art School in Essex from 1960-61 and in 1967 received an M.A. from the Royal College of Art. In 1991 he was elected a Royal Academician and in 1991 he spent three months in Hong Kong as the British Council’s first artist-in-residence. The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, honored him with a retrospective exhibition Urban Portraits 1986-1992, which then traveled to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
Jacklin’s work can be found in many public collections including: The British Museum; Boymans-van-Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Tate Britain; Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid; Victoria & Albert Museum; Yale Center for British Art, New Haven.
Bill is represented by Marlborough Galleries, where he has had numerous exhibits in New York, London and Madrid.
Adrian G. Looney, PhD, JD
Pfizer
Adrian received his B.Sc. degree in Chemistry from University College Cork, Ireland in 1988. Upon graduation he commenced studies at Columbia University in Chemistry and was awarded three degrees, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. He then joined a law firm in New York in 1993 as a scientific advisor and subsequently studied for a degree in law from New York Law School. In 2000 Adrian joined Pfizer and is currently the Global Intellectual Property Leader for Cancer. Adrian is a trustee of International House, where he co-chairs the Council of World Members and serves on the Development Committee.
Marc Lewinstein
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Marc Lewinstein is a restructuring attorney in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP and a member of the bars of New York and Massachusetts. Prior to joining Kirkland, Marc worked at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, Lehman Brothers, Inc., Dickstein Shapiro LLP and Berkshire Capital Corporation. Marc was graduated from Cornell Law School and Dartmouth College.
In addition to serving as the co-chair of the Hope Funds 2008 Gala Junior Committee, Marc is Vice Chairman and Benefit Committee Co-Chairman of the Special Olympics New York Junior Committee and a member of the Cornell Law School Annual Fund Young Alumni Committee and Dean’s Leadership Council. He has received the Dartmouth College Fund’s Mark Alperin Award for Outstanding Class Leadership.
Paul D. Maxwell
Monitor Clipper Partners
Paul Maxwell is a Principal at Monitor Clipper Partners, a private equity firm based in Boston. Paul began his career as an investment banking analyst at Salomon Smith Barney in New York. His prior experience also includes working for Merrill Lynch in London and for Fenway Partners, a private equity firm based in New York.
Alessandro Papa, M.D.
Newport Hospital
Alex is a hematologist/oncologist practicing at Newport Hospital in Newport, RI. Dr. Papa received his BS and MD from Brown University.
Bettie Bearden Pardee
Bettie is a writer, editor, and producer. She is the author of Newport At Home and in the Garden, as well as several books on entertaining and travel. For eleven years Mrs. Pardee was a contributing editor for the magazine, Bon Appetit, where she produced the on-location feature Entertaining With Style. She hosted the PBS series The Presidential Palate: Entertaining at the White House. Bettie was raised in Beverly Hills, and has lived in Atlanta, Boston and New York City. A talented gardener and floral designer, Mrs. Pardee chairs the Newport Flower Show and is a flower-arranging judge with the Garden Club of America. She is also the Garden Club of America Zone II chairman for Garden History and Design. Her personal garden at Parterre is being documented for the Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Gardens.
Mrs. Pardee received a BA in Fine Arts from the University of California in Los Angles. She has served as a trustee of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum and the Boys & Girls Club of Newport and is a member of the House Committee of Rosecliff, the Preservation Society of Newport County’s property that adjoins her gardens.
Michael Rhea
Mr. Rhea has a background in financial services, with a focus on the biopharmaceutical industry. Mr. Rhea served as a Managing Director, Institutional Sales at Merriman Curhan Ford and Soleil Securities, and a Vice-president, Institutional Equity Sales at CIBC Oppenheimer and Lehman Brothers. In addition to institutional sales, Mr. Rhea served as a Managing Director in Investment Banking at Paramount Biocapital. Prior to beginning his financial services career in 1986, Mr. Rhea practiced corporate and securities law with Lester Schwab Katz and Dwyer and with Conboy Hewitt. Mr. Rhea holds a B.A. and J.D. degrees from Tulane University.
Steven A. Richter
Wellington Management Company
Mr. Richter is a Global Industry Analyst with Wellington Management Company following and investing in the global retail industry. He has more than 20 years of experience in equity research, investment banking and capital markets. Prior to joining Wellington, Steve was a senior equity research analyst for RBC Capital Markets in Boston focusing specialty retailers and branded apparel companies. Mr. Richter is a Chartered Financial Analyst and received his BA degree in Political Science from U.C.L.A. and his MBA degree from the University of Southern California. Mr. Richter currently lives in Hong Kong and Newport, RI with his wife and three children.
Richard L. Robbins
AG Edwards, retired
Richard recently retired from a 30-year career on Wall Street. He started his career in institutional sales at Oppenheimer & Co. and then moved to Lehman Brothers. After Lehman Brothers, Richard opened the Boston office for AG Edwards and remained there until his retirement in the fall of 2006. Richard attended Hamilton College and Duke Law School.
Mr. Robbins has been a strong cancer patient advocate and supporter. Richard resides in New York, Newport and Palm Beach. He is an avid tennis player.
Nathan Robison
Dr. Robison has been a Clinical Fellow in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology at Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles. He received his medical degree from University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and his undergraduate degree from Williams College. Dr. Robinson is Board Certified in Pediatrics. In addition to his work at Childrens Hospital, Dr. Robison has done two volunteer tours in Rwanda. Dr. Robinson is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha honor society, Association of Pathology, Christian Medical Association, American Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, American Association of Cancer Research, and the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplant. Nathan currently holds a Hope Funds for Cancer Research Post Doctoral Fellowship, which ends in June, at the time he accepts his appointment as a Fellow at Childrens Hospital/Harvard University.
Ayesha Sitlani, PhD
Merck & Company
Ayesha Sitlani is a Senior Research Fellow in the Cardiovascular Diseases Department at Merck & Co, Inc., NJ. Dr. Sitlani currently manages a large group of scientists, across different sites at Merck, to develop novel ways to treat and manage heart disease.
Dr. Sitlani received her B.A. degree in Chemistry from Smith College, MA in 1988, her M.A. degree in Chemistry from Columbia University, NYC in 1989, and her Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the California Institute of Technology in 1993. Upon graduating, Dr. Sitlani received a Jane Coffin Childs Cancer Research Postdoctoral Fellowship to work on understanding the principles of gene regulation at Yale University, CT. Upon completion of her postdoctoral work in 1998, Dr. Sitlani joined Merck & Co., Inc. in Rahway, NJ as a Senior Research Scientist where she focused first on identifying better anti-inflammatory therapies. During the past four years, Dr. Sitlani has been working on identifying new ways to manage and treat heart disease. She currently manages a large group of scientists across different Merck sites towards this goal. Dr. Sitlani is an author of several peer reviewed articles and is an active member of the scientific community.