Chairman & CEO
The Karla Scherer Foundation
Boards:
Chicago Humanities Festival - retired
Newberry Library - retired
Wellesley College Business Leadership Council - retired
former National Portrait Gallery Commissioner - 2 terms
Industry:
Foundations/Granting Agency
Member since:
1997
Membership Type:
Life
The Karla Scherer Foundation was established in 1989 as the result of a successful proxy contest waged by me for control of the publicly traded company my father founded in 1930. This proxy battle was extensively covered in Jeff Gramm’s book, “Dear Chairman”, published in March, 2016