Debora Spar

Former President of Lincoln Center; former President of Barnard

Debora L. Spar became the seventh president of Barnard College on July 1, 2008. Spar is a graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, and received her doctorate in government from Harvard. She is a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences and currently serves as a trustee of the Nightingale-Bamford School and a director of Goldman Sachs. Prior to coming to Barnard, Spar was the Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration and had served as senior associate dean for faculty research and development at Harvard Business School. President Spar is married to Miltos Catomeris, an architect whose specialty is academic, institutional and corporate campuses. They are the parents of three children.

Relationships Interlocks Giving Data

Business Positions

Goldman Sachs Wall Street investment banking, securities and investment management firm

• Independent Director (?→'15)

Board Memberships

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

• Board Member

Goldman Sachs Wall Street investment banking, securities and investment management firm

• Board Member (Jun 16 '11→?)

Barnard College Liberal Arts college for women affiliated with Columbia Univ.

• president ('08→'16)

Positions

Harvard Business School

• Spangler Family Professor of Business Administration [+1]

• senior associate dean for faculty research and development

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

• President (Mar '17→'18)

Donations

Bill de Blasio Former Mayor of New York City

• 2 contributions · 1,250 USD (Mar 4 '17→Apr 17 '17)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

Barack Obama 44th President of the United States

• 5 contributions · 2,000 USD ('07→'12)

Hillary Clinton US Secretary of State & NY Senator; 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate

• 5 contributions · 1,950 USD (Feb 24 '16→Oct 3 '16)

Hillary Victory Fund

• 4 contributions · 1,700 USD (Feb 24 '16→Oct 3 '16)

Elizabeth Warren US Senator from Massachusetts; Harvard law professor; Chair of Congressional Oversight Panel; 2020 Democratic presidential primary candidate

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD ('12)

Jeanne Shaheen US Senator from New Hampshire (2009-present)

• 1 contribution · 1,000 USD (Feb 14 '13)

John Kerry 68th US Secretary of State, Senator from Massachusetts

• 1 contribution · 500 USD ('04)

Howard Dean 79th Governor of Vermont

• 1 contribution · 200 USD ('03)

Family

Miltos Catomeris Architect

• husband

Schools

Harvard University Elite private university located in Cambridge, MA

• PhD

Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service School of international relations at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C

• Undergraduate (?→'84)