Kimberly B. Davis, President of
the JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Honored at the New-York Historical Society’s 2010 Strawberry Festival
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rogress in
cancer
research and
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The New-York
Historical
Society
presented
Kimberly B.
Davis,
President of
the JPMorgan
Chase
Foundation,
with a
distinguished
service
award at the
annual
Strawberry
Festival
Luncheon on
Thursday,
May 6. The
event,
celebrating
women in
philanthropy,
began at
12:00 p.m.
and
concluded at
2:00 p.m.,
at the
Metropolitan
Club on
Fifth Avenue
and 60th
Street.
As President
of the
JPMorgan
Chase
Foundation,
Kimberly
Davis
oversees the
firm’s
global
philanthropic
giving,
employee
volunteerism
and
strategic
corporate
programs. In
2009, the
JPMorgan
Chase
Foundation
gave
more than
$100 million
through
grants and
sponsorships
to thousands
of
not-for-profit
organizations
globally
under Ms.
Davis’
leadership.
She ensures
that the
firm’s
Foundation
meets its
simple
philanthropic
goal: target
our highest
needs
communities
worldwide
for
meaningful,
positive and
sustainable
change.
Ms. Davis’s
professional
background
in financial
services has
included
sales,
marketing,
product
management,
strategic
development
and HR
Development.
She brings a
skill
set that
sets her
apart as an
insightful
and creative
leader.
Ms. Davis is
a graduate
and
trustee of
Spelman
College, as
well as a
trustee of
the Kenan
Institute at
the
University
of North
Carolina-Chapel
Hill. She is
on the
boards of
The U.S.
Chamber of
Commerce
Business
Civic
Leadership
Center (BCLC),
The
Executive
Leadership
Council (ELC)
and the
Women’s
Philanthropy
Institute -
Indiana
University.
In 2004, Ms.
Davis served
as the
founding
co-director
of the
Center
for
Leadership
and Civic
Engagement
(LEADS) at
Spelman
College, and
developed,
designed and
implemented
a national
conference
focused on
the
leadership
development
of women of
color, which
has
become an
annual event
hosted by
LEADS at
Spelman
College.
Dr. Beverly
Daniel Tatum
has
served as
president of
Spelman
College
since 2002.
Her tenure
as a
president
has been
marked by a
period of
innovation
and growth.
Spelman
College,
long
recognized
as the
leading
educator of
women
of African
descent, is
now one of
the most
selective
women’s
colleges in
the United
States. In
addition to
being an
accomplished
administrator,
Dr. Tatum is
widely
recognized
as a
scholar,
teacher,
race
relations
expert and
leader in
higher
education. A
clinical
psychologist
by training,
her areas of
research
include
racial
identity
development,
and the role
of race in
the
classroom.
The
recipient of
numerous
honorary
degrees, in
2005 Dr.
Tatum was
awarded the
prestigious
Brock
International
Prize in
Education
for her
innovative
leadership
in the
field. Her
best-selling
titles
include Can
We Talk
About Race
And Other
Conversations
in an Era of
School
Resegregation
(2007) and
Why Are All
the Black
Kids Sitting
Together in
the
Cafeteria?
And Other
Conversations
About Race
(1997). She
is also the
author of
Assimilation
Blues: Black
Families in
a White
Community
(1987).
The
Strawberry
Festival is
an annual
benefit
which
recognizes
dynamic
women in
public life.
The event
traces its
roots to
1856 when
guests would
gather for a
stimulating
lecture and
strawberry
feast.
Recent
honorees
have
included
Michelle
Obama,
Hillary
Rodham
Clinton,
Christine
Quinn, Betsy
Gotbaum, and
Kirsten
Gillibrand,
among
others.
In support
of N-YHS,
Verdura
presented an
exclusive
trunk show
featuring
its stunning
70th-anniversary
jewelry
collection.
Proceeds
from
Strawberry
Festival
ticket sales
and a
portion of
Verdura
trunk show
sales
proceeds
will benefit
the programs
of the
New-York
Historical
Society,
including
major
exhibitions
and
educational
programs on
American
history.
Current N-YHS
exhibitions
include: The
Grateful
Dead:
Now Playing
at the
New-York
Historical
Society.
Upcoming
exhibitions
include
Nueva York
(1613-1945),
which opens
September
17, 2010 and
will explore
the history
of Latinos
in New York
from 1624
through
post-World
War II.
Breakthrough:
the Dramatic
Story of the
Discovery of
Insulin
opens
October 5,
2010.
ABOUT THE
NEW-YORK
HISTORICAL
SOCIETY
Since 1804,
the New-York
Historical
Society has
served as a
collective
memory of
New York,
accumulating
vast
collections
in both the
library and
the museum
that include
one of the
finest
collections
of American
paintings in
the world.
The mission
of the newly
revitalized
Historical
Society is
to use these
collections
to help New
Yorkers
understand
the complex
and diverse
issues in
American
history,
which
contributed
to the world
we know
today.
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