John Demsey

Chairman of the Board

Group President, The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.

John Demsey has been Group President, The Estee Lauder Companies Inc., since July 2006. In this role, he oversees the Estee Lauder, M•A•C, Tom Ford Beauty and Prescriptives brands as well the company’s specialty group of brands, Bobbi Brown, Jo Malone and La Mer, which were added to his portfolio in July 2009. From 1998 to 2005 Mr. Demsey served as President of M•A•C, where he grew the brand into the global makeup powerhouse it remains today. Mr. Demsey serves as Chairman of the M•A•C AIDS Fund and is also actively involved in several AIDS-related organizations, including the Fashion Group International Advisory Board; Advisory Council of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS; Honorary Board of Love Heals; Love Heals, The Alison Gertz Foundation for AIDS Education; Executive Advisory Board of the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation; and AIDS Project Los Angeles.

Charles Richards

Treasurer of the Board

Mr. Richards is a business professional with a background in finance. His business career spanned over 40 years until his retirement from the Estee Lauder Companies in 2007. Mr. Richards qualified as a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (UK) in 1975 and became a Fellow of that association in 1980. Mr. Richards has been a Director and Treasurer of the M•A•C AIDS Fund since 1999 and is also a founding member of the Rotary District Steering Committee for HIV/AIDS (RADAR).

Nancy Louden

Secretary of the Board

VP & Deputy General Counsel, The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.

Nancy Louden is Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of The Estee Lauder Companies. She first became involved in AIDS pro bono and community service as Chair of the New York City Bar's AIDS Committee and has been a Director of the M•A•C AIDS Fund since 1999. She also serves as a Director of The Burke Rehabilitation Center and Forever Families Through Adoption, a not-for-profit adoption agency.

Bruce Hunter

Executive Director

Toskan Casale Foundation

Bruce Hunter was one of the founding Directors of the M•A•C AIDS Fund and is currently the Executive Director of The Toskan Casale Foundation, in Toronto, which is committed to supporting and strengthening community-based grassroots organizations, that through their social programs, reach out to at-risk people and provides them with immediate relief and long-term stability.

Carey Maloney

Founding Partner

M(Group)

Carey Maloney is a founding partner of M (Group), an internationally recognized New York based architecture and interior design firm. Their work has been included in numerous design magazines and the firm has featured in AD 100, House Beautiful 100 Best Designers and House & Garden’s America’s Best Decorators. Carey is active in a number of LGBT and HIV/AIDS organizations. Carey and his partner, architect Hermes Mallea, founded and co-chair the LGBT Initiative at The New York Public Library – the largest collection of LGBT materials in the world. The couple has volunteered at the library for over twenty-five years doing pro bono design work, creating Young Friends benefits and Family Programs for the Library. Carey and Hermes have recently completed “Great Houses of Havana; A Century of Cuban Style” for Monacelli Press. A book on M(Group)’s work will be published by Pointed Leaf Press in 2012.

Clyde Williams

Vice President of State and Local Government Relations

Center for American Progress

Clyde Williams is founder and president of his own business development firm, Certus Advisors, and from 2001 to 2005 served as a top adviser to former President Bill Clinton, advising him on domestic issues, with specific emphasis on local politics and the development of programs targeting underserved communities. Mr. Williams also was Vice President of State and Local Government Affairs at the Center for American Progress, the think tank founded by ex-White House Chief of Staff John Podesta. In 2004, he established the Harlem Speakers Series, which is a forum for NYC residents to engage directly with a broad range of influential leaders from across the city and state. Past speakers have been former President Bill Clinton, Senator Hillary Clinton, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Congressman Anthony Weiner, and others.

Deborah Krulewitch

Senior Vice President, Corporate Administration

The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.

Deborah Krulewitch is Senior Vice President, Corporate Administration at The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. where she oversees corporate donations to a variety of charitable organizations and ensures the efficient day-to-day business operations of the executive area and corporate administration for the Company. Active in community affairs, Ms. Krulewitch is the Director Emerita for Publicolor, a non-profit organization which transforms and enhances public spaces through color. She is also on the Board of Directors and serves as Treasurer of The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, the largest non-profit dedicated to raising funds for breast cancer research. She also serves as Co-chairperson of the Historic House Trust of New York City and Vice-Chair of the Mayor's Fund to Advance NYC.

Frank Doyle

Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller

The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.

Frank Doyle is the Sr. VP Corporate Controller of the Estee Lauder Companies. Frank joined The Estee Lauder Companies over twenty-six years ago and has held various positions including VP of International Finance, Financial Regional for Europe and Latin America, Director of Planning for International and Assistant Controller for the International Division. Frank is the Chair of the Audit Committee for the M•A•C AIDS Fund.

Geeta Gupta

President

International Center for Research on Women

Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta, president of the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), is an internationally recognized expert on HIV/AIDS, gender research and program development with over a decade’s experience leading ICRW. Having worked extensively on women’s health issues as a researcher, program evaluator and policy analyst, with a particular focus on South Asia and Southern and West Africa, she is an international advocate for gender and development issues providing strategic advice to several philanthropic, policy and program agencies on effective ways to address women’s needs.

Ian A. Ness

Senior Partner

Ogilvy Renault, Barristers & Solicitors, LLP

Mr. Ness is currently a senior partner with the Canadian law firm, Ogilvy Renault LLP and has over 25 years of experience advising businesses on a wide variety of commercial matters. He has served on the Board of Directors of a number of both profit and not-for-profit organizations and has been involved with the M•A•C Aids Fund since its creation in 1994.

James Gager

Senior Vice President/Creative Director

M·A·C Cosmetics

Mr. Gager is constantly evolving the provocative visuals for M•A•C. He has engaged high-profile photographers David LaChapelle, Michael Thompson and Ellen von Unwerth to shoot the VIVA GLAM campaign, which uses hip personalities to promote a lipstick whose proceeds help support people living with HIV and AIDS. In the tradition of M•A•C, Mr. Gager began with musicians - Shirley Manson, Lil' Kim, Mary J. Blige and Elton John - and ultimately widened M•A•C's vision to encompass celebrities in other disciplines including Chloë Sevigny, Linda Evangelista and Dita Von Teese. He has brought what was essentially a grassroots campaign with RuPaul to international acclaim, making each spokesperson iconic during their VIVA GLAM tenure. No detail is spared his discerning eye, and he has even redesigned packaging to showcase a VIVA GLAM red band. Not surprisingly, Mr. Gager looked at hundreds of reds before choosing one that would be both emblematic of the cause and not clash with the ever-widening VIVA GLAM colour palette, which even includes a pale pink for Lady Gaga. Mr. Gager has also invigorated the Kids Helping Kids campaign, a program that showcases art made by children living with and/or affected by HIV and AIDS, by finding new creative materials for the children to use in designing the cards each season. Mr. Gager received his Bachelor of Industrial Design and a Master of Science/Package Design from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. He views his election to the Board of Directors of the M•A•C AIDS Fund as a highlight of his career, as important as any design award he has received.

Jennifer Balbier

Senior Vice President, Global Product Development

M·A·C Cosmetics

Jennifer Balbier is currently the product development guru of M•A•C Cosmetics and a member of the ELC Corporate Product Innovation Team. Jennifer translates trends, textures and avant-garde elements into professional makeup and skincare products and her passion, intuition, and artistry have been integral to the launch of M•A•C's most successful products, as well as the VIVA GLAM lipsticks, responsible for raising over $180 million for the M•A•C AIDS Fund.

Karen Buglisi

Global Brand President

M·A·C Cosmetics

Karen Buglisi is the Senior Vice President/General Manager Global Sales, AT&D and Finance/Forecasting of M•A•C Cosmetics. Ms. Buglisi is responsible for M•A•C Cosmetics' Artist Training and Development, Sales Administration, Retail Events and the Field, Finance and Forecasting for M•A•C operations worldwide. Under her leadership, M•A•C has rapidly expanded into new markets and developed a dedicated - and highly inspired - team of expert makeup artists.

Nancy Mahon

Senior Vice President, M·A·C Cosmetics

Executive Director, M·A·C AIDS Fund

As a Senior Vice President at M•A•C and Executive Director of the M•A•C AIDS Fund, Nancy serves as a member of the brand's senior management team while overseeing the strategic direction and day-to-day operation of the M•A•C AIDS Fund. Under Nancy's leadership, the Fund has further refined and enhanced its giving, taking on larger grant initiatives including the Caribbean Initiative, while at the same time continuing to fund the grassroots service-based charities that the Fund has supported in the past. Currently, the Fund gives away over $18 million annually throughout the world, particularly in the 67 countries in which M•A•C has affiliates. Prior to joining M•A•C in June 2006, Nancy was Executive Director of God's Love We Deliver (GLWD), the nation’s oldest and largest provider of life-sustaining nutritional support services for people living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other serious illnesses. Under Nancy's leadership, GLWD expanded its mission, doubled its client numbers to over 1,600 people per day and undertook numerous local and national public relations and advocacy campaigns. Nancy is the author of numerous research, advocacy, and prevention articles that have been published in a wide range of periodicals, including the American Journal of Public Health, The New York Times, and various academic journals. She has also made numerous media appearances in an array of outlets, including National Public Radio, Vanity Fair, and The News Hour with Jim Leher, Time.com, and Women's Wear Daily, POZ, CBS News, and Fox 5. She has presented research papers and spoken at academic conferences such as the International Conference on AIDS, RAND, the United Nations, NYU Center for Global Studies, Center to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy, Harvard Business School, the American Society of Law and Medicine, and the Council on Foundations. Nancy is a magna cum laude graduate of Yale University and New York University's School of Law, where she was an editor of the Law Review. She and her partner reside in New York City with their two children.

Reggie Van Lee

Senior Vice President

Booz Allen Hamilton

Reggie Van Lee is a Senior Vice President at Booz Allen Hamilton’s McLean, Virginia, headquarters, where he leads the firm’s public health and not-for-profit businesses. Co-author of the book Megacommunitites – How Leaders of Government, Business and Non-Profits Can Tackle Today’s Global Challenges Together,” he co-led the Urban Enterprise Initiative with the Clinton Foundation, focusing on driving enhanced competitiveness to small businesses in Harlem. Chairman of the Board of the Evidence Dance Company, he is a member of the Executive Leadership Council, the Abyssinian Development Corporation, Co-Chair of the Board of the New York International Ballet Competition, and is the treasurer and a trustee of the Studio Museum in Harlem.