Joyce Linde

Board Memberships: Linde Family Foundation, Museum of Fine Arts, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Boston Symphony Orchestra Recent Activity: Funded the MFA’s $12.5 million contemporary-art wing, which opened in 2011 The Lindes, who made their fortune in the real estate investment company Boston Properties, have been fixtures in Boston philanthropy. Ed served as board chair at the BSO, and the couple pledged $25 million to MIT for undergraduate scholarships in 2008. Ed passed away in 2010, but Joyce continues to serve on the MFA, BSO, and DeCordova boards, among others, and she was the main donor behind the MFA’s $12.5 million Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art.