Commission and Staff

Numbering up to 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

Caroline D. Barmen

Diana Bucco

Alex DiClaudio, Vice Chair

David J. Hickton

Kevin Hiles, Audit Committee Chair

David McL. Hillman, Secretary

Linda T. Hills

Nathalie Lemieux

Christopher J. McCrady

Nancy Rackoff, Vice Chair, Executive Committee Chair, Governance Committee Chair

Andrea Ross

C. Lance Ruttenberg

Arthur M. Scully III, Treasurer

Lisa Sylvester

Michael A. Thompson, Chair

Lee Tilghman, Finance Committee Chair

Joseph C. Walton

Eric P. Zahren, President 

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Emeritus members

A. H. Burchfield III

Peter J. Lambrou, M.D.

Mark Laskow

Priscilla J. McCrady

Sybil P. Veeder

Susanne C. Wean

Thomas L. Wentling Jr.

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Staff

Director of Administration and External Affairs, Assistant Secretary: Jewels Phraner
Investigations Manager: Joe Mandak
Office Manager: Jo Braun
Assistant Investigations Manager: Chris Foreman
Case Investigators: Melissa A. McLaughlin, Colin Cavada, Torsten Ove, Claire Skirtich
Communications Assistant: Griffin Erdely
Outreach Coordinator: Kathryn Hocevar
Investigative intern: John DeSantes