Board of Directors of City Trusts, Philadelphia
The Board of Directors of City Trusts is appointed by and accountable for its actions to the Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. Membership consists of 12 citizens of Philadelphia, the Mayor and the President of City Council, who serve Ex-Officio. They serve without compensation. The Board was first created in 1869. Mr. William Welsh served as the first President of the Board. In addition to overseeing the administration of The Estate of Stephen Girard, Girard College and Wills Eye Health System, the Board of Directors of City Trusts is charged with the administration of approximately 116 other trusts left to the City of Philadelphia for charitable purposes. These are referred to as the “Sundry Trusts,” each maintained separately and administered according to the terms of the benefactor.
The John Scott Award Advisory Committee
Marsha I. Lester
Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
Committee Secretary
Rexford S. Ahima, MD, PhD
Director, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism; Professor of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing;Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Diabetes, Johns Hopkins University
Squire J. Booker
Richard Perry PIK University Professor of Chemistry (School of Arts and Sciences) and of Biochemistry and Biophysics (Perelman School of Medicine), University of Pennsylvania; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Hai-Lung Dai
Laura H. Carnell Professor of Chemistry, Temple University
Pablo G. Debenedetti
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University
Crystal Lacey, Esq.
General Counsel Intellectual Property,VEOLIA – Water Tech
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation PIK Professor, Health Equity and Health Policy, University of Pennsylvania
RenYu Liu
Professor, Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, and Neurology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Ali Naji, MD, PhD
Johnathan E. Rhoades Professor in Surgical Science, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Virginia Man-Yee Lee
The John H. Ware 3rd Endowed Professor in Alzheimer's Research, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
George J. Pappas
UPS Foundation Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical and System Engineering, University of Pennsylvania