Board of Directors

Alan Alda

Alan Alda

Actor, Author & Director

Alan AldaAlan Alda, a six-time Emmy Award–winner, played Hawkeye Pierce on the classic television series, M*A*S*H, and, more recently, appeared in continuing roles on ER, The West Wing, and 30 Rock. Altogether, he has been nominated for the Emmy 33 times - as actor, writer, and director. In 1994, he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. read more

Lee Bollinger

Lee Bollinger

President, Columbia University

Lee BollingerLee Bollinger is the nineteenth President of Columbia University. A lawyer and expert on free speech and first amendment issues, he is also on the faculty of Columbia Law School. He is a graduate from the University of Oregon and Columbia Law School, and was the President of Michigan University before returning to Columbia in 2002. read more

Judith Cox

Judith Cox

President, Science Festival Foundation

Judith CoxJudith Cox brings to the Foundation over 15 years of non-profit management experience.  As General Counsel, and then as a Deputy Director for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, she was involved in major development projects, including the restoration and expansion of the Guggenheim Museum on Fifth Avenue and the negotiation and structuring of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, for which she served on the Executive Committee. 

Tracy Day

Tracy Day

Festival Co-founder / Executive Director, World Science Festival

Tracy DayTracy Day, a four-time National News Emmy award-winning journalist, has produced live and documentary programming for the nation's preeminent television news divisions for over two decades. At ABC News she was producer for This Week with David Brinkley, editorial and field producer for Nightline and story editor for the news magazine, Day One. read more

Brian Greene

Brian Greene

Physicist 

Brian Greene is a Professor of Physics and Mathematics at Columbia University, and is recognized for a number of groundbreaking discoveries in his field of superstring theory. His books are widely read: The Elegant Universe, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and has sold more than a million copies worldwide; The Fabric of the Cosmos spent half a year on the New York Times bestseller list, and inspired the Washington Post to call him the “single best explainer of abstruse ideas in the world today.” read more