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, Secretary, Salary and Benefits Sub-Committee Chair

David J. Hickton

Kevin Hiles, Audit Committee Chair

David McL. Hillman

Linda T. Hills

Peter J. Lambrou, M.D., Support for Non-physical Injury Sub-Committee Co-Chair

Nathalie Lemieux

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

Andrea Ross, Support for Non-physical Injury Sub-Committee Co-Chair

C. Lance Ruttenberg

Arthur M. Scully III, Treasurer

Lisa Sylvester

Michael A. Thompson, Vice Chair, Governance Committee Co-Chair

Lee Tilghman, Finance Committee Chair

Joseph C. Walton

Thomas L. Wentling Jr., Chair

Eric P. Zahren, President 

Not pictured:
Christopher R. McCrady

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Emeritus members

A. H. Burchfield III

Mark Laskow

Priscilla J. McCrady

Sybil P. Veeder

Susanne C. Wean

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
Investigative Specialist: Claire Skirtich
Communications Assistant: Griffin Erdely
Investigative intern: John DeSantes
Data Research intern: Devon Smith
Communications intern: Kathryn Hocevar