Public Ambassadors for Caramoor.
The major responsibilities of the Board are to help set Caramoor’s strategic direction, to uphold its mission, to provide governance and oversight of its operations, and maintain the organization’s financial solvency. Trustees are public ambassadors for Caramoor and are vital to the organization’s ability to advance its mission. This is volunteerism at its finest, and the organization depends on its Trustees for their generous donation of time, energy, resources, and expertise for strength and advancement.
Board of Trustees
James A. Attwood, Jr., Chairman*
Peter Kend, Vice Chairman*
Paul S. Bird, Treasurer*
Angela Haines, Secretary*
Judy Evnin, Chairman Emerita*
Barry J. Alperin*
James L. Amine*
David Barber *
Jon Bauer*
Gail A. Binderman
Ian Cook*
William Cordiano*
Jane Donaldson
Lawrence Elow
Susan W. Freund*
Francis Goldwyn
Sandra S. Joys*
Floy B. Kaminski*
Jim Lee
Stephen Limpe*
Nancy Offit*
Richard H. O’Leary
Lawrence Rothenberg
Mrs. Andrew Saul
Nina Stanton
Deborah Stiles
Lisa Welch
Ian Winchester
Richard Zinman*
* Executive Committee Member
About Caramoor’s Chairman
James A. Attwood, Jr.
Joined / 2007
Committee Involvement / All
Resides / Bedford Hills, NY
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Jim Attwood is a Senior Advisor at The Carlyle Group. Between 2000 and 2017, Mr. Attwood directed Carlyle’s private equity investments in the media and telecommunications industries globally, and between 2014 and 2017, he directed the firm’s investments in the technology industry as well. He presently serves on the Boards of Directors of Syniverse Technologies (Chairman) and The Nielsen Company (Chairman). He also serves as a member of the Harvard Law School Dean’s Advisory Board, The Friends of MVY Radio Board (Chairman), the Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) Board, the Board of Directors of The Nature Conservancy, and the WNET Board of Trustees. Before Carlyle, Mr. Attwood served as Executive Vice President for Strategy, Development, and Planning at Verizon Communications, and held the same position at GTE Corporation prior to that. Mr. Attwood began his professional career as an investment banker with Goldman, Sachs & Co., where he worked in both New York and Tokyo.
Mr. Attwood received his BA in Applied Mathematics and MA in Statistics from Yale in 1980. In 1985, he received both his JD and MBA degrees from Harvard. He currently lives in Bedford, NY with his wife Leslie.