Ways to Give

Corporate Support and Entertaining

Business Committee

  • Preeminent corporate leaders from around the world are members, representing a broad range of industries.
  • The Committee provides support for the Museum's ongoing programs as well as for special exhibitions and educational initiatives.
  • Every year at the Museum's Corporate Benefit, the committee honors two corporate leaders who both personally and professionally exemplify the commitment and generosity so critical to an institution such as the Metropolitan.
Business Committee Members
  • Cathleen P. Black
    Co-Chair
  • James P. Gorman
    Co-Chair
  • Jeffrey M. Peek
    Co-Chair
  • James R. Houghton
    Ex officio
  • Carl Spielvogel
    Honorary Chair
Vice Chairs
  • Frederick H.S. Allen
  • Laurent Attal
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    L'Oréal USA
  • Jewelle W. Bickford
    Senior Strategist
    Genspring Family Offices
  • Cathleen P. Black (Co-Chair, Business Committee)
    President
    Hearst Magazines
  • Leon D. Black
    Founding Partner
    Apollo Management, L.P.
  • Richard L. Chilton, Jr.
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    Chilton Investment Company, Inc.
  • Joseph M. Cohen
    Chairman
    JM Cohen & Co.
  • George David
    Chairman
    United Technologies Corporation
  • Michel David-Weill
  • Rena DeSisto
    Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications
    Bank of America
  • Russell C. Deyo
    General Counsel
    Johnson & Johnson
  • Peter Dunn
    President and General Manager
    CBS2-TV
  • Janice Reals Ellig
    Co-Chief Executive Officer
    Chadick Ellig
  • James E. Fitzgerald, Jr.
    Executive Vice President, Northeast Division Manager
    Wachovia
  • Alphonse Fletcher, Jr.
    Chairman and CEO
    Fletcher Asset Management, Inc.
  • Orit Gadiesh
    Chairman of the Board
    Bain & Company
  • Patrick Gaston
    President
    Verizon Foundation
  • Toni K. Goodale
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
    Goodale Associates
  • James P. Gorman (Co-Chair, Business Committee)
    Co-President
    Morgan Stanley
  • Mario Grauso
    President of Fashion Division
    PUIG Beauty and Fashion Group
  • Rajat Gupta
    Managing Director
    McKinsey & Company, Inc.
  • William Randolph Hearst III
    Partner
    Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers
  • James R. Houghton (Ex officio, Business Committee)
    Chairman of the Board Emeritus
    Corning Incorporated
  • Ann Kaplan
    Partner
    Circle Financial Group
  • Catherine R. Kinney
  • Michael J. Kowalski
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
    Tiffany & Co.
  • Alexandra Lebenthal
    Chief Executive Officer
    Lebenthal & Co., LLC
  • Diony Lebot
    Chief Executive Officer
    Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking
  • Lew Leone
    Vice President and General Manager
    Fox TV
  • E. Marie McKee
    Chairman, Steuben
    President, Corning Museum of Glass
    Corning Incorporated
  • Henry de Montebello
    Managing Director
    Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc.
  • Jean-Marc Moriani
    Global Head of Corporate and Investment Banking
    Natixis
  • Dennis M. Nally
    Chairman, Senior Partner
    PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
  • Pamela J. Newman
    Executive Vice President
    Aon Risk Services, Inc. of New York
  • Jacques C. Nordemann
    Chairman
    Nordmann Grimm, Inc.
  • Richard D. Parsons
    Former Chairman of the Board
    Time Warner Inc.
  • Jeffrey M. Peek (Co-Chair, Business Committee)
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
    CIT Group Inc.
  • Robert E. Pelzer
    President and Chief Executive Officer
    Novartis Corporation
  • Ruth Porat
    Vice Chairman, Investment Banking
    Morgan Stanley
  • Grant A. Porter
    Vice Chairman
    Barclays Capital
  • Michael E. Pralle
    President and Chief Operating Officer
    J.E. Roberts Companies
  • James D. Price
    Co-Head, Wealth Management Advisor Group US
    UBS Financial Services, Inc.
  • Felipe Propper De Callejon
    First Vice President
    Smith Barney
  • Thomas A. Renyi
  • William R. Rhodes
    Senior Vice Chairman
    Citi
  • Frank E. Richardson
    Chairman
    F. E. Richardson & Co. Inc.
  • E. John Rosenwald, Jr.
    Vice Chairman Emeritus
    J. P. Morgan
  • Sumner Rulon-Miller III
    President
    Rulon-Miller Inc.
  • Marjorie M. Scardino
    Chief Executive
    Pearson PLC
  • Henry B. Schacht
    Managing Director and Senior Advisor
    Warburg Pincus LLC
  • Muriel Siebert
    President and Chairman
    Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc.
  • Robert F. X. Sillerman
    Chairman and CEO
    The Sillerman Companies
  • Sheldon H. Solow
    Chairman
    Solow Building Company
  • Carl Spielvogel, (Honorary Chair, Business Committee)
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
    Carl Spielvogel Associates
  • Burton B. Staniar
    Chairman
    Knoll, Inc.
  • Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
    Chairman Emeritus
    The New York Times Company
  • Steven B. Tanger
    President and Chief Operating Officer
    Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.
  • Roxanne Taylor
    Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
    Accenture
  • David Tepper
    Senior Partner
    Appaloosa Management L.P.
  • Jonathan M. Tisch
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
    Loews Hotels
  • Enzo Viscusi
    Representative for the Americas
    ENI SpA
  • Lulu C. Wang
    Chief Executive Officer
    Tupelo Capital Management, LLC
  • Bruce Wasserstein
    Chief Executive Officer
    Lazard Frères & Co. LLC
  • Donald E. Zilkha
    Zilkha Partners, LP

as of June 2009

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