BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Dan Stanton
Co-Chair
Dan Stanton is a Retired Partner from Goldman, Sachs & Co. He worked in various positions and locations there from 1981-2003. Dan received an MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business and a BS from Canisius College in Buffalo, NY, where he grew up. Dan has served on several Boards including Columbia Business School, Canisius College and The Benjamin School, in Florida, where he served as Chair for several years. Locally, Dan was one of the primary Founders of The Boathouse where he currently serves as President as well as serving on the Board of the Vineyard Golf Club. Dan lives seasonally on Martha's Vineyard and the balance of the year in Palm Beach, Florida. He and his wife, Mary, have been married for 45 years and have three children and three grandchildren.
Jim Swartz
Co-Chair
Jim Swartz is Founder of Accel, a global venture capital firm, former Chairman of the National Venture Capital Association and 2007 recipient of its Lifetime Achievement Award. He is Co-Chairman of the Christian Center of Park City, Director Emeritus of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Foundation, founder of Impact Partners and led the establishment of the YMCA of Martha's Vineyard. Jim is a graduate of Harvard University and Carnegie Mellon University, receiving its inaugural Founders Medal and the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from its Tepper School of Business. He holds Honorary Doctorate Degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and Western Governors University. Jim is married to the artist Susan Swartz and together they have three children and nine grandchildren.
Steve Barnes
Steven Barnes is Chairman of Global Private Equity at Bain Capital and is a member of ownership and the board of directors for the Boston Celtics. Barnes is Chairman Emeritus of Syracuse University and a member of the board of directors for New Profit. He previously served as Chairman of the board of Make-A-Wish of Massachusetts & Rhode Island, Co-Chairman of the board of directors of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families, as a member of the Trust Board of Children’s Hospital in Boston and as a member of the board of directors of City Year Boston and the United Way of Massachusetts Bay. He holds an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Syracuse University. He has been married to Deborah for 32 years, has three adult children and has a home in Edgartown.
Wayne Budd
Wayne Budd and his wife, Jacqui have been part-time residents of Oak Bluffs for many years. In his professional career, Wayne was a partner in the private practice of law and currently serves as a Senior Counsel at Goodwin Procter, a global law firm based in Boston, MA. He has also served in leadership positions on the local, state and federal levels of government as well as in the corporate sector as both a senior executive and as a board member of several public companies. Wayne has been active as a Trustee or Director in many non-profit, civic, educational, and civil rights organizations. He is the father of three adult daughters and seven grandchildren.
Drew Conway
Drew Conway serves as President and CEO of Obsidian Global LLC, a consulting firm providing strategic information technology services to government agencies. Drew was the former Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Renaissance Worldwide, Inc., a global provider of business & technology consulting services. Drew has served on the boards of the Boston Public Library Foundation and the Inner City Scholarship Committee. He has served as advisor to America’s Growth Capital in Boston and is a former member of the American Ireland Fund Board, the Board of Trustees of Belmont Hill School in Massachusetts and as a member of the Newton Wellesley Hospital Board of Directors. On Martha’s Vineyard, Drew is the current President of the Vineyard Golf Club. He attended the University of Maryland. Mr. Conway has five children and lives in Georgetown, DC with his wife Kim.
Cindy Doyle
Cindy Doyle is a trustee of the Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation and the Tower Family Fund, Inc. She is a board member of Martha’s Vineyard Nonprofit Collaborative, the Dukes County Health Council Youth Task Force and Healthy Aging MV, and Advisory Board member of the YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard. Cindy is particularly interested in youth issues, substance abuse prevention, and education. Cindy earned a B.A. in Art History from Boston University and an M. A. in Holistic Counseling from Salve Regina University. She is a former Head Start teacher, children’s librarian, independent school development director, architect’s assistant and mental health counselor. Cindy is the mother of two daughters and lives with her husband on Martha’s Vineyard.
David Fialkow
David Fialkow is co-founder and managing director of General Catalyst, a venture capital firm that partners with founders from seed to growth stage. David's focus areas include financial services, digital health, AI and data analytics. Before going into business, David studied film at Colgate University, earned a law degree from Boston College and made documentary films. He has raised millions of dollars in philanthropy to support kids’ programs by biking, running, climbing, and rowing. He and his wife Nina produce documentary films focused on social justice. Their film Icarus won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2018. His other non-profit boards include Facing History and Ourselves, The Pan-Mass Challenge (former chairman), the Dean's Advisory Council at the MIT School of Engineering, and the Council on Foreign Relations. He is chair of the Investment Advisory Committee of The Engine (launched by MIT).
Ron Rappaport
Ronald Rappaport is a founding director of Reynolds, Rappaport, Kaplan & Hackney, LLC, in Edgartown. He was a partner at Friedman & Atherton in Boston, before returning to his native Martha's Vineyard in 1985 to start his own firm. Mr. Rappaport is town counsel for five of the six island towns (Aquinnah, Chilmark, Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, and West Tisbury) and is counsel to the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank Commission. Ron plays a significant role in Martha’s Vineyard civic organizations and is currently a Trustee for Martha's Vineyard Savings Bank. Ron lives in Chilmark with his wife, attorney Jane Kaplan. They have one grown daughter, Julia.
Mimi Haas
Mimi Haas is President of the Mimi and Peter Haas Fund, a position she has held since August of 1981. She is the Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees, Chair of the Compensation Committee and Chair of the Governance Committee of the New York Museum of Modern Art, and Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. She serves on the Board of Directors of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Martha’s Vineyard Youth. She is also a member of the National Advisory Board of the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University, of the Council on Foreign Relations and of the Global Philanthropists Circle. Mrs. Haas was a Fellow at the Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute. She previously served on the board of Levi Strauss & Co. for two separate terms; 2004-2006, 2014-2018.
Bob Higgins
Bob Higgins is a Founder and Partner at Causeway Media Partners in Cambridge, MA. Also, he has taught at Harvard Business School for many years. In addition to Causeway, Bob helped found several other venture capital firms. Over the years, he has served on the board of various companies, schools, and charitable organizations. Bob is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School. Among other Vineyard connections, Bob is President of the Farm Neck Golf Club.