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Photo by Aslan Chalom.
Photo by Aslan Chalom.
Valerie Rockefeller and Joseph Pierson pose in the new David Rockefeller Center for Creative Arts at Pocantico.
Joseph Pierson is a chronicler of his family’s history, and he thinks he has a pretty good story to tell. As the newly installed chair of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Board of Trustees, Pierson, a fifth-generation descendant of oil baron John D. Rockefeller, sees communicating his family’s philanthropic legacy to a broader audience as a key part of his job.
During her nine-year tenure as chair of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Valerie Rockefeller, another fifth-generation descendent, led the storied family philanthropy into a new, more active form of philanthropy that took a more visible stance in public debates. This summer, after her term was over, Pierson succeeded her.
Read more on The Chronicle of Philanthropy.