Cummings Foundation, Inc. announced this week that Tufts University president Anthony P. Monaco has joined its board of trustees.
Founded in 1986, CFI is a private operating foundation funded primarily by Joyce and Bill Cummings of Winchester. The Woburn-based organization has grown to become one of the largest foundations in New England, with more than $900 million in net assets. Among its many charitable endeavors is the McKeown Scholars Program, which has awarded $220,000 in scholarships to outstanding Winchester graduates over the past 15 years, and more than $1.8 million in all participating communities combined.
Joel Swets, executive director of CFI, said, ?Cummings Foundation is delighted that President Monaco has accepted its invitation to become a trustee. A distinguished university leader, and exceptional researcher and teacher, we expect the Foundation will benefit greatly from his advice and counsel.?
A native of Wilmington, Del., Monaco is a distinguished neuroscientist who has focused on the genetic basis of neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism, specific language impairment, and dyslexia. He received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1981, and his M.D. and Ph.D. from Harvard Medical School.
?I am honored to join the Cummings Foundation Board of Trustees,? said President Monaco.? ?Tufts and the Foundation share a strong partnership, built on shared commitments that include enhancing opportunities for individuals and making a positive impact in our communities. It is a privilege to work with a foundation that focuses on the communities in which it does business and where the majority of its employees live. I am very much looking forward to it.?
Monaco comes most recently from the University of Oxford, where he had served as pro-vice-chancellor for planning and resources since 2007, and previously directed the university?s Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics. He now resides at Gifford House, the President?s Residence on Tufts? campus. He is married to Zoia Monaco, Ph.D., a molecular geneticist at Oxford University. The couple has three young sons.
Other CFI trustees include the Honorable Margot Botsford of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court; Deborah T. Kochevar, D.V.M., Ph.D., dean of Tufts? Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine; retired Boston Globe president Richard C. Ockerbloom; retired Massachusetts legislators Paul C. Casey and Carol A. Donovan; and orthopedic surgeon Dr. Joseph A. Abate. Lawrence S. Bacow, immediate past president of Tufts University and 2011-2012 president-in-residence in the Higher Education Program at Harvard?s Graduate School of Education, is a trustee emeritus.
Ockerbloom, Abate, and Casey are all Winchester residents, as is the president and CEO of Cummings Properties, Dennis A. Clarke.
Through CFI, Bill Cummings, a Medford native and 1958 graduate of Tufts, has been a significant supporter of his alma mater. The Foundation?s largest grant to date was a $50 million commitment in 2005 to what is now the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. More recently, the Cummings established the Cummings/Hillel Program for Holocaust and Genocide Education at Tufts University.
In addition, CFI owns and operates two large not-for-profit independent and assisted living facilities. Together, New Horizons at Choate in Woburn and New Horizons at Marlborough serve more than 500 senior residents.
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