Lower Merion, PA, December 18, 2007 – Bernard C. Watson, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Barnes Foundation has announced the election of Joseph Neubauer to the position of Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees and the appointment of Brenda Taggart Thompson as a Barnes Foundation Board Member. Dr. Thompson was elected unanimously at the most recent board meeting and will replace Stephanie K. Bell-Rose, who completed her term.
Dr. Watson said, “Mr. Neubauer has worked tirelessly for the Barnes Foundation in his role as Trustee. As Chair of the Development Committee Mr. Neubauer has played a key role in our fund raising efforts and his talent and vast experience as a leader in both business and in philanthropy has been an invaluable asset to the Barnes Foundation. I look forward to working with him as Vice Chairman as we move ahead in building a new home for the art collection, fulfilling the educational mission and ensuring the future of the Barnes Foundation.”
“The Barnes Foundation could not be more pleased with the addition of Brenda Thompson to the Board of Trustees,” said Dr. Watson. “Dr. Thompson brings with her a wealth of knowledge in Psychology and Education, and a keen interest in art, her experience working with children in public schools and with young adults in college will be invaluable to the Foundation as we move forward with programming for the new Center for Art Education on the Parkway.”
“I would like to thank Stephanie Bell-Rose personally and on behalf of the board for her hard work, diligence and skill, most recently as Vice Chair of the Board, and before that as Chair of the Development Committee,” continued Dr Watson. “The Barnes Foundation has undergone major positive changes during her six years on the Board and it is in no small part due to her efforts that we have managed to accomplish so much in so little time. We will miss her contributions greatly”
Joseph Neubauer is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ARAMARK. With sales of approximately $12.4 billion, ARAMARK is a leading provider of a broad range of professional services including food, hospitality, facility, and uniform services. The company has approximately 240,000 employees serving 18 countries in North and South America, Europe and the Far East. Mr. Neubauer serves on the Board of Directors of Macy’s Inc., Verizon Communications, Wachovia Corporation, Catalyst and the Jewish Theological Seminary. He also serves on the Board of Trustees for Tufts University and the University of Chicago. In 2005, Neubauer received the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship. In 1994, he was inducted into the prestigious Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans and currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Neubauer received his undergraduate degree from Tufts University and his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.
Brenda Taggart Thompson received a Doctorate of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology from Saint Louis University in 1980. She was an Assistant Professor at Morehouse College in the Department of Psychology, before focusing on child and adolescent mental health, first as a Clinical Psychologist and then as a School Psychologist. Dr. Thompson shares a passion for collecting African-American art with her husband Larry D. Thompson and they have amassed a remarkable collection since 1980. A show containing selections from their collection will be open next year at the David C. Driskell Center in Maryland. Dr. Thompson has two sons and lives with her husband in Greenwich, Connecticut.
About the Barnes Foundation
The Barnes Foundation was established by Albert C. Barnes in 1922 to "promote the advancement of education and the
appreciation of the fine arts." The Galleries house one of the world's largest collections of Impressionist,
Post-Impressionist and early Modern paintings, with extensive holdings by Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse, Picasso,
Rousseau, Modigliani, Soutine and de Chirico, as well as Old Master paintings, important examples of African
sculpture and Native American ceramics, American furniture and metalwork, and antiquities from the Mediterranean
region and Asia.
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For more information, contact:
The Barnes Foundation
Andrew Stewart, 610 667 0290 x1567 or astewart@barnesfoundation.org
Ceisler Jubelirer
Larry Ceisler, 215 735 6760 or larry@cj-llc.com
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