Through An Opportunity to Lead, Choate hopes not only to secure funding that will have a history-making impact on the life of the school, but also to broaden the circle of parents, alumni, and friends active in their support. To do so, Choate is enlisting the assistance of volunteer leaders from across the school community. These men and women give of their time to advance the campaign in many ways, most important, by making known their belief in Choate and the value of this campaign.

National Campaign Steering Committee

Bruce S. Gelb '45   National Campaign Chair

Carl T. Anderson '67

Michael J. Carr '76

Dorothy M. Cholnoky '46

Amy C. Cholnoky P '04, '06, '09

Henry A. Clark III '67

Cornelia T. Ferguson '69

Edwin A. Goodman '58

Robert L. Harteveldt '80

Ronna Chao Heffner '85

Brett M. Johnson '88

Grant D. Johnson '88

Warren B. Kanders '75

Paul K. Kelly P '97

Edward O. Lanphier, II '74

Cordelia R. Laverack P '07

Gillian S. Mestre P '99, '03

Robert A. Minicucci '71

Lindsey B. Nederlander '95

Cary L. Neiman '64

Peter B. Orthwein '64

Stacey Plaskett '84

Marshall S. Ruben and Carolyn B. Greenspan P '07, '08, '10

Patricia B. Sweet '54

John Toland '76

Thomas M. Viertel '59

Carolyn S. Wiener '66

Bruce S. Gelb '45, P '74, '76, '78
National Campaign Chair

Bruce S. Gelb is the President of the Council of American Ambassadors. He is at present a senior consultant to Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.

Prior to this responsibility, Ambassador Gelb had been appointed Commissioner for the United Nations, Consular Corps and International Business by New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, serving from 1994 to 1997. Before his work as a Commissioner for New York City, Mr. Gelb served in the George H.W. Bush administration as the US Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium (1991-1993) and as Director of the US Information Agency (1989-1991). Prior to his service in government, he was Vice Chairman of the Board of Bristol-Myers Company, now Bristol-Myers Squibb, and served as a member of President Bush's Arts and Humanities Committee and the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He is also a former Trustee of Howard University and a past Board member of the New York City Economic Development Corporation. Mr. Gelb is currently Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Madison Square Boys and Girls Club; a Life Trustee of Choate Rosemary Hall; a Board member of the United Nations Development Corporation; a member of the Advisory Council of Weissman Center for International Business and serves on the Board of the National Organization on Disability. In February 2003 Ambassador Gelb was appointed by President George W. Bush to the Board of Trustees, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and was named President of the Wilson Council.

A 1945 graduate of Choate Rosemary Hall, Mr. Gelb earned a B.A. degree in 1950 from Yale University and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1953. He holds an honorary Ph.D. from Monterey Institute of International Studies.