Board of Trustees

Martha McGeary Snider, Vice Chair, has served as Chair of the Board of Trustees from 2006 to 2010. She draws on her love of art and culture to inspire a respect and appreciation for the world’s artistic treasures. She is a philanthropist dedicated to reigniting a passion for culture and innovation. Her leadership has garnered support from influential members of the cultural and academic worlds in the United States and Europe.

Dr. Jane Fortune lives part-time in Florence, the city whose art, history and culture inspires her work as an author: she is the cultural editor of the city's English-language newspaper, The Florentine, and has written three books, Invisible Women: Forgotten Artists of Florence (2009), and To Florence, Con Amore, 77 Ways To Love The City (2007), and a recently enlarged 2nd edition, released in May, 2011, To Florence, Con Amore, 90 Ways To Love The City.

Prof. Sheila ffolliott received her A.B. in Italian from Vassar College and her Ph.D. in the History of Art from the University of Pennsylvania.  The recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, The Bunting Institute, and the Center for Advanced Studies in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art, she has spoken and published widely on Renaissance women as patrons and collectors, in particular Catherine de’ Medici, and on Renaissance and Baroque women artists. 

Robert B. Strassler worked as CEO of a company in oil field equipment from 1963 - 83. He is a former Chairman and current Overseer of Bard College at Simon’s Rock and the Advisory Council of the Department of Astrophysics at Princeton University.