Stephanie Bell-Rose

Stephanie Bell-Rose is senior managing director at TIAA and head of TIAA Institute since 2010. Previously, she was a managing director at The Goldman Sachs Group Inc and president of its foundation, and counsel and program officer at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. She is currently a trustee of The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Council on Foundations and the Public Welfare Foundation. Stephanie Bell-Rose was a Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co. and President of The Goldman Sachs Foundation, a $300 million international foundation focused on creating strategic opportunities for growth, development and leadership of young people and their communities worldwide. One of the top 10 U.S. corporate endowments, the foundation utilizes grants, loans and business expertise to advance its mission. Bell-Rose was named by Crain's as one of the "100 Most Influential Women in New York Business." She sits on the boards of the Executive Leadership Council Foundation, the American Museum of Natural History, America's Promise Alliance and the Independent Sector, a leadership forum for charities, foundations and corporate giving programs. She is an appointee to New York City's Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission and the Dean's Council of Harvard Law School. Bell-Rose is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, where she serves on the Membership Committee. She received a bachelor's degree from Harvard College, a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a master's degree in public administration from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. SIGN UP Stephanie Bell-Rose of The Steve Fund. Photograph by David Degner Text size 00:04 / 07:17 1x This feature is powered by text-to-speech technology. Want to see it on more articles? Give your feedback below or email product@barrons.com . In 2014, Stephanie Bell-Rose lost her son Stephen to suicide. A Harvard University graduate who had recently completed a psychology master’s program, Stephen had sought treatment but succumbed to his battle with mental illness. She founded the Steve Fund, dedicated to the mental health and emotional well-being of students of color. (She is board vice president; her son Evan is board president.)