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David Rockefeller, Jr.

Board Member

David Rockefeller Jr. is a long-standing businessman and philanthropist. He has held many positions amongst Rockefeller-related entities, as well as in nonprofits that support the arts and the environment. Mr. Rockefeller previously served as Chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation and Rockefeller Brothers Fund, as well as President of the Rockefeller Family Fund. He was twice Chairman of Rockefeller & Company, which became Rockefeller Capital Management in 2018, and where he now serves as a Director. He is a trustee of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the David Rockefeller Fund, as well as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. True to his family’s legacy of land preservation, Mr. Rockefeller served as Citizen Chair of the National Parks Foundation from 1995 to 2005. Mr. Rockefeller is a life trustee of the Museum of Modern Art, a trustee of the Asian Cultural Council, and a fellow of the Academy of Arts and Sciences. Mr. Rockefeller’s commitment to environmental preservation—and passion for sailing—led him to found the nonprofit organization Sailors for the Sea (SfS) in 2004. In 2018 SfS joined forces with the global ocean conservation organization Oceana, becoming one of its programs. Mr. Rockefeller is now a director of Oceana.