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Academic Programs & Centers

NYU Stern is proud to acknowledge the donors who have made contributions in support of centers, programs, and institutes.

Gifts to academic programs and centers ensure that the School remains at the forefront of cutting-edge research while providing support for our top-rated faculty. NYU Stern is grateful to donors who have made contributions in support of centers, programs, and institutes.

Accounting Department

Michael J. Dansky BS '81*

Asian Business Society Trek to Korea Fund

Yernho Kim MS '79

Business Ethics Research Fund

Sam Altman
Jaclyn J. Broad MBA '95 and Kenneth F. Broad*
Roger Hertog*

Center for Business and Human Rights

Anonymous (1)
Ariel Investments, LLC
Anthony Baldino and Jen Baldino
Renee Beaumont
Michael Behr
Eli Berlin and Mallory Berlin
Andrea E. Bernstein and Tom A. Bernstein
Frank Brown
Miltos Catomeris and Debora Spar
Craig Cogut and Deborah Cogut
Cathleen Collins
Cathy Ann Cramer
David G. Curran
Kevin Diestel
Christopher J. Drew
Sonni Efron
Brian Elsberg
Lawrence Elsberg and Marla Elsberg
Kenneth R. Feinberg
Dan Fogel
Elise Karl and Terry Friedman
David George
Jonathan Haidt*
John Herron, Jr. and Julia L. Moore
Michael Eric Herz
Kathy R. Hurwitz
Atit Jariwala
Christian Jensen
David Kaden
Lewis Kaden† *
Rebecca Kaden
Kerry Kennedy
Daniel E. Keyserling MBA '15
Clifford Klein
Orin S. Kramer*
Ira J. Kurzban
Jesse Lane
Peter B. Leahey MBA '15*
Ashley Lewis
Rory Lipman
Friends at Tripp Lake Camp
Mia Mabanta
Barbara G. Marcin
Camille Massey
Emily Mcginty
Raymond J. McGuire
Amol Mehra
Sheila Menz
William Milberg
Sam Miller
Nelsons Family Foundation
Craig Newmark Philanthropies*
Janet Nezhad Band
Jacqueline Novogratz
Open Society Foundations*
Mayur Patel
Michael H. Posner*
Joan Ashby Pritchard and Llewelyn G. Pritchard
Betty P. Rauch MBA '81
Elissa Richman and James S. "Great Neck" Richman*
Indre Rockefeller
John Rogers
Susan Rose
William I. Rothbard
Meryl Rothstein
Christina Sass
Stephen Scherr and Susan B. Scherr
Kabir Sehgal
Nicholas Shalek
Mark Smaller
Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust
Hugh Strange
Angela Sun BS '99
Aimee Telsey
Union Square Ventures LLC
Andrew Wasserman
Michael D. Weiss
Elizabeth B. West
Roseanne Wincek
William D. Zabel
Megan Zoback


Center for Real Estate Finance Research

Eduardo A. Aguayo MBA '97 and Julia Hoagland MBA '95*
The AVP Clat
Mark Caplan
Brett Jay Goldberg MBA '20
Natalie C. Maksin BS '95 and Steven V. Maksin BS '94*
Ashish R. Parikh MBA '97*
Jonathan A. Ratner MBA '07
Eric S. Weiss MBA '17


Center for Sustainable Business

Anonymous (2)
Michael Aingorn BS '97 and Sara Rakov
Arabesque Asset Management USA Inc.
Andrea C. Bonomi BS '86
Christopher A. Buck MBA '07
Kathleen M. Camilli MBA '89 and Peter E. Nowicki BS '80
Consolidated Edison Company of New York
Michael P. Coyle MBA '98
Tony Davis
Thomas F. DeMaio, Jr. MBA '94
Jerome Dodson*
Domtar Inc.
Elyse Douglas MBA '83 and Parker Hazzard Douglas MBA '78*
Steven A. Falci BS '80, MBA '81 and Christine M. Metzner BS '83
Fink Family Foundation
Jesse Fink
The Ford Foundation
Gordon B. Fowler, Jr. MS '85
Robert Maxwell Glen MBA '99 and Susan Glen
The Glenmede Trust Company
Jeffrey S. Gould*
Holly D. Holtz
HSBC Bank USA, N.A
Rachel E. Hurnyak MBA '15
Inherent Foundation
J. M. Kaplan Fund, Inc.
Jennifer L. Kash BS '96
Randi L. Kronthal MBA '83
Oktay Kurbanov MBA '01 and Olga Kurbanov*
Lawrence A. Lieberman MBA '91
Diana McCargo and Peter Swift
Pamela Fields Miner MBA '90
William B. Orum MBA '10
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Elizabeth B. Roghair MBA '74*
Nolan L. Rothkopf MBA '82*
Rhoda C. Rothkopf MBA '77*
Isabel V. Sawhill PhD '68
Robert G. Smith MBA '79
Stephanie Rein and Edward J. Stern*
Stockholm School of Economics
Suma Swaminathan MBA '15
Toward Sustainability Foundation
Chester A. Van Wert MBA '86 and Jodie Einhorn Van Wert MBA '84
Henry T. Yen MBA '90
Bracebridge H. Young, Jr. MBA '83
Zurich North America


The David K. Backus Memorial Lecture Fund

Richard D. Freedman BS '61/MBA '62/PhD '67
Espen Henriksen
William Watson

Economics Department

Albert E. Deprince, Jr.

Elizabeth Elting Venture Fund

Elizabeth Elting MBA '92 and Michael N. Burlant*
Elizabeth Elting Foundation

Endless Frontier Labs

William R. Berkley BS '66 and Marjorie Berkley*
Scott J. Bornstein
Philip L. Milstein MBA '74
Stewart A. Satter MBA '82 and Susan D. Satter*

The Ethical Systems Fund

Anne Marie Diamond and Craig P. Diamond
Amy Griffin and John A. Griffin
Christopher M. Johnson MBA '14
Sean P. Kelly
The Morning Star Company
Matthew W. Quigley MBA '85 and Nina Bogosian Quigley*
Isabel V. Sawhill PHD '68
Schmidt Futures

Finance Department

Leslie J. Eisen-Abrams MBA '87*

The Fubon Center for Technology, Business, and Innovation

Richard Ming-Hsing Tsai MBA '81

Global Debate Fund

Brewer Foundation

International Business Exchange Program

Pascal Cagni

Kyle Cunningham Memorial Fund

Karen M. Porter MBA '15

Salomon Center

Kroll Bond Rating Agency Inc.

Social Impact Initiatives Stipend Program

Ehab M. Amin MBA '12
Walter E. Auch, Jr. MBA '82
Diana Bersohn MBA '03
Ashish K. Bhatia BS '02 and Sneha K. Bhatia BS '99*
Karen Brenner
Veronica M. Catanese
Clare M. Conlin MBA '13
Carmela R. Crawford MBA '09
Esther L. De Vito
Leah Decker MBA '11*
Mary Florin-Mcbride MBA '80*
Marcia H. Friedkin MBA '13*
April Gu BS '06
Jonathan Haidt*
Penny H. Haitkin*
Thomas Hartigan MBA '01
Maria Carmen Hermida BS '87
Barbara R. Holt MBA '91
Jessy Y. Hsieh MBA '10
Kevin B. Jennings
Shonna R. Keogan MBA '06
Shoko Masuda MBA '90
Christopher Michaelson
Mitchell S. Presser BS '86
Angela E. Retelny BS '85
Sophie Rifkin
John R. Rohan MBA '19
William B. Sacher BS '83/MBA '85 and Ann Kay Sacher
Judy Sandford MBA '05*
Robb Wicke Shoaf
Craig A. Skiptunis MBA '18
Tensie H. Whelan
Esther Zulem MBA '19


Venture Fellows Program

David Y. Ko BS '93*

Volatility Institute

Anonymous (2)
Michael Alix
Consus Global LLC
Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
Ms. Eileen Fahey
Fitch Ratings*
Goldman Sachs Gives*
Bennett W. Golub and Cynthia Golub
Andrew Gray
Gary G. Lee*
Martin L. Leibowitz and Sarah Fryer Leibowitz
Robert B. Litterman
Lars Nielsen
Til Schuermann
Jeffrey M. Talpins
Colin Teichholtz
Philip J. Venables
Cristiano Zazzara

Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship

George D. Hawthorne MBA '71*
Irwin Tantleff MBA '91 and Judith Tantleff*

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