Board of Trustees

Cristina Acidini

Dr. Cristina Acidini is one of Italy's foremost experts of Renaissance architecture and art and is the author of numerous books and essays and serves as a Historian High Officer of the Italian Ministry for Arts and Culture. She has played a major role as an art and conservation expert. In accordance with her Cabinet appointments, Dr. Acidini is a member of committees and working teams, in Italy and abroad, for the management of cultural events, symposia, and exhibitions.

Carla D’Arista Frampton

Carla D’Arista Frampton is completing her master's degree at Columbia University and entering the PhD program in art history in September 2009. Born in Florence, Italy while her father was studying painting under a Fulbright Scholarship, Ms. Frampton’s studies are currently focused on Italian Renaissance history, art and architecture.

George T. Frampton

George T. Frampton is a Graduate of Yale College, the London School of Economics (M.Sc. Econ.) and Harvard Law School. In May 2009, Mr. Frampton join the firm of Covington & Burling LLP, where he will help to lead their new clean energy and climate practice together with Stuart Eizenstat in Washington DC.

Eugene M. Grant

Eugene M. Grant was born in New York City. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and the Columbia Law School and is a member of the New York Bar. Currently, he is President of Eugene M. Grant & Company, a real estate investment and development firm, headquartered in New York.

Martha McGeary Snider

Martha McGeary Snider has served as Chair of the Board of Trustees of The Medici Archive Project (MAP) since 2006. 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.

Joanna Milstein

Joanna Milstein received her B.A. in 2004 from Columbia University where she majored in French with a history concentration. Ms. Milstein studied for a year at Columbia University’s Reid Hall program in Paris and attended classes at French universities, including the Institut d’Études Politiques (Sciences Po). Upon graduation from Columbia, Ms. Milstein was awarded a prize from the French department for outstanding achievement as a French major, and she graduated with departmental honors.

Amy Nislow

Amy Nislow has been a member of the Board of the Medici Archive Project since 2007. An avid reader, who has been president of a telecommunications company and owner of a real estate and property management firm, she is an now actively involved with philanthropic and entrepreneurial endeavors.

Alastair Short

Alastair Short is President of Apex Capital, a personal investment vehicle. He is the former Vice Chairman of W.P. Stewart and Co., Inc., a publicly traded asset management firm, and the co-founder, President and a Director of Matrix Global Investments, Inc. in New York City. Matrix specialized in investing in asset management business.

Robert B. Strassler

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 the Advisory Council of the Department of Astrophysics at Princeton University.