Dr. Claire L. Gaudiani

The Wagner  Graduate School of Public Service New York University

295 Lafayette Street  NY 10011 NY  (212)998-6765 office

claire.gaudiani@nyu.edu      www.clairegaudiani.com 

CORPORATE BOARD SERVICE

• MBIA, Inc 1992- Present, Committees: Governance/Nominating Committee (Chair), Compensation. MBIA is recognized by Governance Metrics as one of the top 5 best governed companies in the S&P 500 index.
  
• Bank of Southern Connecticut 2004-06, Committees: Governance (Chair), Compensation (Member).
  
• Southern New England Telephone (now AT&T), 1989-1998, Committees: Executive, Board Affairs(Chair), board member through to the advantageous sale of the company to SBC Communications in 1998.
  
• Citizens Bank of Connecticut, Inc., 1989-2001, Committees: Community Reinvestment (CRA) (Chair)

SOCIAL PROFIT BOARD SERVICE (current)

• The Henry Luce Foundation, 2000- Director
• Council on Economic Education, 2006- Director
• WPI (Worcester Polytechnic Institute), 2001- Trustee
• New London Development Corporation, 1997-02, President; 2003-Director
• Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, 1997-, Member National Advisory Committee
• Spirituality in Higher Education: 2003-Chair , National Study of College
  Students' Search for Meaning and Purpose
• Connecticut Legal Services 2002-Director
  

EMPLOYMENT/APPOINTMENT

PUBLIC SERVICE

New London Development Corporation Volunteer President, 1997- 2002; Board Member 2003 - Revitalized defunct non-profit development organization, planning and implementing economic development and social justice for 25,000-person city and 250,000-person county.

Accomplishments: 

•  Recruited citizens to reestablish community-based development authority, and secured funding to hire professional staff of nine.
  
• Attracted over $300 million in new private investment in City, including global research headquarters of Pfizer, Inc.
  
• Acquired surplus U.S. Navy base from Department of Defense; created and achieved permitting for a 50-acre Municipal Development Plan authorizing transformation of the area with citizen support.
  
• Managed $75 million in city and state-funded projects including creation of a $17 million downtown waterfront park and the upgrading of the state commercial pier in New London.
  
• Delivered a downtown plan by EDAW and Beyer, Blinder, Belle to renovate downtown New London.
  
• Completed the development agreement with Corcoran Jennison and the State of Connecticut to proceed with plans for a four star hotel and conference center, a marina, riverwalk, waterfront, housing and a bio-science and office complex.

HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS

• Phi Beta Kappa, Member and National Associate, Member of PBK Society of Fellows
  
• Recipient of ten honorary doctoral degrees, including University of Notre Dame, Purdue University
  
• Fulbright Association: 50th Anniversary Fellow – Morocco.
  
• John Templeton Foundation, Named One of 50 Outstanding College Presidents, 1999
  
• Indiana University School of Arts and Sciences, Distinuished Alumna Award 2004
  
• Henry Rosso Medal for Outstanding Service to Philanthropy, IU Philanthropy Center, 2005
  
• Distinguished Teaching Awards from Indiana University, Purdue University, and NYU

MEMBERSHIPS

• Council on Foreign Relations, member since 1992.
• American Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected a Fellow, 1999
• Century Association Member since 1999

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

• National Humanities Center Fellow, 1980-1981
• American Council of Learned Societies 1976-1977

SOCIAL PROFIT BOARD SERVICE (completed service):

• National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), 1992-1996; Member, Presidents Commission; Chair, Division III, 1994-1996 (2-year term)
  
• American Council on Education, 1992-1995
  
• American Association of Higher Education, 1990-1992
  
• The Edward W. Hazen Foundation, 1986-1991
  
• Modern Language Association of America, 1988-1991; Member, Advisory Committee on Foreign Language Programs
  
• Public Radio International, 1992-1999; Committees: Finance, Chair; Programming
  
• Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center, 1988-1996
  
• Campus Compact, National Chair: 1996-1998; Member 1990-1998; Founding Member, Connecticut Campus Compact, 1999
  
• Lyman-Allyn Art Museum, 1988-2001

EDUCATION

• Indiana University-Bloomington, Ph.D. 1975; M.A. 1969
• Connecticut College, New London, B.A. 1966

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

On Philanthropy, Civil Society, and Contemporary Culture

• Complete academic publication list available on line at www.clairegaudiani.com Book:
  The Greater Good: How Philanthropy Drives the American Economy and Can Save Capitalism, Times-Holt 2003, paperback 2005. Book Chapters:
  
• "Wisdom as Capital in Prosperous Communities," chapter in The Drucker Foundation - The Community of the Future, Editor: Frances Hesselbein, Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, 1998
  
• “How American women’s philanthropy helped build economic growth and Democratic Society”, chapter in The Transformative Power of Women’s Philanthropy, M Taylor and S. Shaw-Hardy, eds., Jossey-Bass Publishers, No. 50 Winter, 2005, pp. 23-38.
  
• “Thinking About the Why of Giving”, chapter in Reprising Timeless Topics, L. Wagner and T. Seiler, eds. Jossey-Bass Publishers, No. 47, Spring, 2005, pp.5-11. Articles and Editorials:
  
• “Philanthropic Assets in Comprehensive Estate Planning,” Journal of Trust and Estates, June 2007, pp. 1-6. “Values-Centered, Value Creating Financial Planning,” Journal of Practical Estate Planning, June-July 2006, pp. 47-52. “Sweet Dreams,” Currents, Publication of CASE, Vol. XXX, No. 10, 2005, pp.72
  
• “Philanthropy: Wealth Management Needs an Upgrade.” In Private Wealth Management 2006, Camden Publishers, London, pp. 54-55.
  
• "Doing Justice," Leader to Leader, Publication of the Drucker Foundation and Jossey-Bass Publishers, No. 18, Fall 2005
  
• "The Problem of the 21st Century," Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, January/February 2000
  
• "A Call to Social Stewardship," The Presidency, publication of the American Council on Education, Winter 1999
  
• "Prescription for a New Millennium," Norwich Bulletin, December 1999
  "Philanthropy: A Lifetime Commitment," Executive Speeches, Vol.14, No. 2, October/November 1999
  
• "Justice and Economic Prosperity," Vital Speeches of the Day, January 15, 1999
  
• " Clinton's Scandals: Supervisor-in-Chief," Journal of Commerce, New York, NY, August 31, 1998
  
• "Of Cheese and Choices," Beyond the Godfather, Italian American Writers on the Real Italian American Experience, A. Kenneth Ciongoli and Jay Parini, University Press of New England, 1997
  
• "Catalyzing Community: The College as a Model of Civil Society," Educational Record, Summer/Fall 1997
  
• "Wrong Sort of Student Aid," The Christian Science Monitor, May 19, 1997
  
• "E Pluribus Tiger Woods, a Champion for Everyone," Norwich Bulletin, April 27, 1997
  
• "Civic Engagement and the Wisdom Tradition," Annual Report of Connecticut College, 1996-1997
  
• "Fighting Child Labor," Journal of Commerce, July 19, 1996
  
• "We are People of the Hyphen," Providence Journal-Bulletin, November 27, 1996
  
• "Suppose There Were a Samaritan Today-A Response to Vincent Harding," Cross Currents, Fall 1996
  
• "Sizing Down Doesn't Add Up," The Journal of Commerce, May 23, 1996
  
• "Our Ailing Civil Society," The Boston Globe, April 3, 1996
  
• "The Changing Status of American Society and a View to the Future," Naval War College Review, Spring 1996
  
• "The Shameless Silence That Undermines Public Trust," Kansas City Star, January 3, 1996
  
• " America's Transition Can Bring New Strength," Hartford Courant, November 6, 1995
  
• "Report From Copenhagen: A U.N. Focus On Poverty, Growing A Global Conscience," Commonweal, April 21, 1995
  
• "Ways to End Poverty? Some of the Best are Local," The Hartford Courant, March 12, 1995 
   
• "Global Social Development: Higher Education's Next Moral Commitment," Educational Record, Winter 1995
  
• "An International Code of Ethics?" Journal of Commerce, December 5, 1994
  
• "For a New World, A New Curriculum," Educational Record, Winter 1994
  
• "Lights, Camera, Action on N.C.A.A. Reform, Part II," The New York Times, December 12, 1993
  
• "Developing Global Civic Virtues," Vital Speeches of the Day, October 15, 1993
  
• "Dirty Tricks for Scholarships," The New York Times, August 26, 1992
  
• "The Sound Bite Sermons: No Greatness in This Fluff," International Herald Tribune, February 12, 1992 (internationally syndicated). Also in The Los Angeles Times, January 31, 1992
  
• "The Failure to Link Rights with Civic Virtues," The Hartford Courant, March 4, 1992
  
• "The Cold War is Over Between the Generations," The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 20, 1992
  
• "Defending the Humanities: People of Uncommon Reflectiveness," Change Magazine, January/February 1985
  
• "Confessions of a 35 Year Old Middle Linebacker," Chronicle of Higher Education, August 4, 1982