Laurie M. Tisch is president of the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, a charitable enterprise that builds on a longstanding commitment to enable more New Yorkers to take advantage of the rich opportunities that the city has to offer. Tisch was the founding chair of the Center for Arts Education, where she led a fund-raising campaign that resulted in an investment of nearly $40 million in arts education programs in New York City schools. Tisch is also chair emeritus of the Children’s Museum of Manhattan. In addition, Tisch sits on the board of trustees and executive committee of the Whitney Museum of American Art; is chair of the development committee and vice chair of the board of directors of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; and is vice chair of the board of trustees at Teachers College, Columbia University. Tisch is a co-owner of the New York Giants.

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