PRESIDENT, Ruth MacKenzie Saxe – Widow of J. W. Saxe, has taught English, worked as an editor, and in the 1960's and 1970's was involved in the development and management of the Peace Corps and Common Cause. Mother and grandmother.

VICE PRESIDENT & SECRETARY, Elinor Yudin Sachse – Former colleague of Jo Saxe at the World Bank. An economist, she is now working as a freelance photographer. She and her husband, a lawyer specializing in American Indian matters, are active in community affairs. They have two grown children.

TREASURER, Jeffrey Katz – Former colleague of Jo Saxe, Jeff spent his entire career at the World Bank, most recently working in the Africa division. He retired in 2006, but continues to be involved in world affairs. He and his wife, a consultant to foundations, have a grown son.

SELECTION CHAIR, David Cohen – Former president of Common Cause, expert on Congress, cofounder of the Advocacy Institute with which he did consultations worldwide, now working with the Experience Corps. He and his wife, who is co-owner of Politics & Prose, a Washington, D. C. bookstore, have grown children and grandchildren.

Pauline W. Chen, MD '85 Liver transplant surgeon now working as a lecturer and writer on medical issues. Mother of twin girls, lives in Massachusetts with her husband, a specialist in international education. Her book, Final Exams: A Young Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality is to be published in early 2007 by Knopf. She received her Saxe Prize for work in a health project with elderly Chinese in San Francisco.

Julia Fayngold Covey '91 - Lawyer, formerly with the U. S. Justice Department, now teaching at Whittier College. Lives in California with her husband, who also teaches law. Mother of two boys. A Russian speaker, she received a Saxe Prize for work with Russian immigrants in Israel.

Michael Crawford '93 - Senior science and technology specialist/Africa Region, at the World Bank, where his wife works, as well. He received his Saxe Prize for work in literacy in La Gonave, Haiti.

Rachel Goldwasser '01 - She and her husband are both students in law and environment in a combined degree from the Vermont College of Law and Yale School of Forestry. Rachel received her Saxe Prize for teaching troubled students in rehab at Community High School in Nashville.

Farah Stockman '96 - Now the foreign affairs reporter for the Boston Globe. Formerly reported for the Globe in Boston and earlier from Africa where she lived for four years. Founder and president of Jitegemee, a school -- still operating -- for street children which she founded after winning a Saxe Prize for a year's work with homeless children in Machakos, Kenya.

Joan B. Shorey - Lifelong activist with experience in environmental, charitable and community work. She and her husband are involved in their large family and active in national and local political and community affairs.

IN MEMORIAM
Former Board Members
Natalie Saxe Randall
Dorothy Cecelski