At its Annual Meeting of Members on December 17, the National Institute of Social Sciences elected three new members to the Board of Trustees.
James Curtis (left) has been a top broker with Brown Harris Stevens, a New York real estate brokerage, for ten years. He joined the firm after having worked many years as an attorney. He holds a BA from Vassar College, and a JD from Boston University. He attended Sotheby's Institute, where he studied the fine and decorative arts, and later worked at the auction house. Mr. Curtis is an adjunct professor at St. John's University School of Law, where he teaches Internet Law. In addition, he is involved in the Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College.
Joshua Graham Lynn (middle) is the co-founder and managing director of RepresentUs, which he has helped become an 800,000-person strong, bona fide right-left political movement. Since the organization's inception in 2012, he has led movement and brand building at RepresentUs. Mr. Lynn, who addressed the 2019 New York City luncheon, is a seasoned marketer and communications specialist who has launched and managed numerous international brands and has developed membership and consumer outreach campaigns.
Catherine Harris Shraga (right) is a former journalist who went on to manage editorial operations on Wall Street and train financial analysts to write more effectively. She began as an editor for The Daily American in Rome, and later reported for local newspapers in Westchester, NY. In 1987, she went to work for the Dean Witter, and later worked for Morgan Stanley in London. Since 2002, she has taught writing, consulted, and served as board president at the Madeira School in McLean, Virginia.
At the same meeting, the following trustees were reelected to two-year terms: Robert W. Brinckerhoff, Angela Cason, Robert Gregory, Judith Hernstadt, Ron L. Meyers, Peter Samton, and William H. Told, Jr.
Four trustees whose terms expired in 2019—Kent Barwick, Joan K. Davidson, Chauncey G. Olinger, Jr., and Nicholas A. Robinson—did not seek reelection to the Board.