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Geoffrey T. Boisi
Trustee, Carnegie Corporation of New York

Geoffrey T. Boisi
Trustee, Carnegie Corporation of New York

Geoffrey T. Boisi is chairman and chief executive officer of Roundtable Investment Partners LLC, a private investment firm with interests in various private equity, money management, real estate and corporate advisory organizations including Carleon Capital Partners LLC, a leading wealth management firm.

Mr. Boisi is a member of the board of directors of Freddie Mac serving on its governance, nominating and risk oversight committee, mission, sourcing & technology committee as well as chairman of the compensation and human resources committee.

In May 2002, Mr. Boisi retired as vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase, where he served as co-CEO of JPMorgan, the firm’s investment bank, and a member of JPMorgan Chase’s executive and management committees.

Prior to joining JPMorgan Chase, Mr. Boisi was founding chairman and senior partner of The Beacon Group, a premier merger and acquisition advisory and private investment firm, which was acquired by Chase in July 2000. Prior to the formation of The Beacon Group, Mr. Boisi was a senior general partner of Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he served as a member of the firm’s management committee and head of the global investment banking business, which included worldwide mergers and acquisitions, real estate, corporate finance, capital markets and principal investment activities. In addition, Mr. Boisi held numerous other positions during his 22 years at Goldman Sachs, including: chairman of strategic planning, co-chair of the international management committee, partner in charge of global finance, head of investment banking services, and partner in charge of mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Boisi is chairman and co-founder of MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership. Founded in 1989, MENTOR ranks as one of the top 100 charities in the U.S. and is leading the movement to connect America’s young people with caring adult mentors.

He is an overseer of The Wharton School; serves Boston College as a trustee, member of the academic affairs committee and founding sponsor of the Center for Religion and American Public Life; trustee of the Carnegie Corporation of New York where he is chairman of the investment management committee; trustee of The Brookings Institution; member of the James Madison Council of the Library of Congress; director of the Park Agency, Inc. (formerly Joseph P. Kennedy Enterprises); advisory director of Oxford Analytica; director of America’s Promise; serves the Catholic Church as chairman and founding board member of the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management (NLRCM); trustee of the Saint Thomas More Chapel & Center at Yale University; trustee of the Papal Foundation; director of FADICA; and a Knight of Malta.

Mr. Boisi has served as chairman of the board of trustees, Boston College, co-chair of the University’s capital campaign and chair emeritus of the Boston College Wall Street Council; chairman of the graduate executive board, The Wharton School and co-chair of its capital campaign; member of the international advisory board of Grupo Santander (Spain); member of the investment banking committee, American Stock Exchange; member of the Trilateral Commission; director of Communities in Schools; and a trustee of Friends Academy.

Mr. Boisi has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Wharton School’s Joseph Wharton Award; the American Red Cross of Greater New York’s Humanitarian Award; the Cancer Research Institute’s Oliver R. Grace Award for Distinguished Service in Advancing Cancer Research; the National Catholic Educational Association’s Elizabeth Seton Award and honored by Pope John Paul II as a Steward of St. Peter. He is also the recipient of an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Sacred Heart University as well as the 2006 Lewis Hine Distinguished Service Award for outstanding service on behalf of children.

Mr. Boisi is a graduate of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (M.B.A.) and Boston College (B.A.).