Commission and Staff

Numbering 21, members of the Commission serve in a volunteer capacity. They are the successors to the first members of the board, who were personally chosen by Andrew Carnegie on his establishment of the Hero Fund in 1904.

Members of the staff administer the day-to-day operations of the Fund, including the investigation of hundreds of heroic acts annually.

Members of the Commission

Dara Ware Allen

A. H. Burchfield III, emeritus

Alex DiClaudio

David J. Hickton

Kevin Hiles, Audit committee Chair

David McL. Hillman

Linda T. Hills

Duane D. Holloway

Peter J. Lambrou, M.D., Support for Non-physical Injury sub-committee Co-Chair

Mark Laskow, Chair emeritus

Nathalie Lemieux

Priscilla J. McCrady, emeritus

Ann M. McGuinn, emeritus

Nancy Rackoff, Executive committee Chair, Governance committee Co-Chair

Andrea Ross, Support for Non-physical Injury sub-committee Co-Chair

Arthur M. Scully III, Treasurer

Lisa Sylvester

Michael A. Thompson, Governance co-Chair

Lee Tilghman, Finance committee Chair

Sybil P. Veeder, emeritus

Joseph C. Walton

Susanne C. Wean, Vice Chair, Salary and Benefits sub-committee Chair

Thomas L. Wentling, Jr., Chair

Eric P. Zahren, President & Secretary

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Not pictured:
Robert J. Cindrich, emeritus
Christopher R. McCrady
Frank Brooks Robinson, emeritus

Staff

Office Manager: Jo Braun
Investigations Manager: Joe Mandak
Director of Outreach and Communications: Jewels Phraner
Assistant Investigations Manager: Chris Foreman
Case Investigators: Melissa A. McLaughlin, Colin Cavada, Torsten Ove
Investigative Specialist: Claire Skirtich
Communications assistant: Griffin Erdely
Administrative Assistant: Sharon Terry
Investigative intern: John DeSantes