LEADERSHIP

JON GRAY, Co-Founder

Jon Gray is the Co-Founder of the Gray Foundation. He is also the President and Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone, one of the world's leading investment firms. Formerly, Jon served as Blackstone's Global Head of Real Estate. Since joining Blackstone in 1992, Jon has helped build the largest real estate platform in the world with $115 billion in investor capital under management.

Jon currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Hilton Worldwide and is a board member of Invitation Homes. He also serves on the board of Harlem Village Academies and Trinity School.

Jon received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in English from the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.

Jon currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Hilton Worldwide and is a board member of Invitation Homes. He also serves on the board of Harlem Village Academies and Trinity School.

Jon received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in English from the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.

MINDY GRAY, Co-Founder

Mindy Gray is the Co-Founder of the Gray Foundation. She is the Chair of the Basser Leadership Council and serves on the boards of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and NYC Kids RISE. Mindy is actively involved at the Harlem Village Academies charter schools and sits on the Leadership Council of Peer Health Exchange, an organization dedicated to giving teens a comprehensive health education.

Previously, Mindy worked as an editor at Ziff Davis Publishing and as a marketing executive at Edwin Schlossberg, Inc.

Mindy received her Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in History from the University of Pennsylvania.

Previously, Mindy worked as an editor at Ziff Davis Publishing and as a marketing executive at Edwin Schlossberg, Inc.

Mindy received her Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in History from the University of Pennsylvania.

DANA ZUCKER, Executive Director

Dana Zucker is the Executive Director of the Gray Foundation. She is the Vice-Chairperson and Treasurer of the NYC Kids RISE Board and a member of the Basser Leadership Council at the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Dana serves on the Board of Peer Health Exchange and on the President’s Leadership Council and Women’s Leadership Council at Brown University. Previously, Dana was a Vice President at Teach For America and a Vice President at Lazard Freres & Co. She also worked as a consultant at Bain & Company, as well as in the Venture Capital and Investment Banking Groups at Morgan Stanley.

She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Brown University.

CHI VAN DANG, Chief Science Advisor

Chi Van Dang is the Chief Science Advisor for the Gray Foundation. He also serves as Scientific Director of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and professor at The Wistar Institute. Dang’s laboratory helped define the complex functions of the MYC oncogene and connected MYC to regulation of cancer metabolism. He previously served as Director of the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. He began his career at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where he became Director of the Division of Hematology, the Johns Hopkins Family Professor in Oncology Research, the Vice Dean for Research and Director of the Hopkins Institute for Cell Engineering. He is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, fellow of the American Association for Cancer Research Academy, and was a member of the Cancer Moonshot Blue Ribbon Panel.

STAFF

ANDREW KARAS, Program Officer

Andrew is the Program Officer at the Gray Foundation. He comes to the Foundation from the world of education, where he began his career as a 6th grade teacher in the Bronx through Teach For America. Beyond his teaching experience, Andrew has worked for the NYC Department of Education on their Teacher Effectiveness team and has consulted and managed programs for various education organizations across the city.

Andrew received an MBA from New York University, an MSEd from Hunter College, and a BA from Northwestern University.

MARGARET McCONVILLE, Executive Assistant

Margaret is the Executive Assistant at the Gray Foundation. Most of Margaret’s career has been in an administrative capacity related to recruitment. From campus recruiting to executive search, Margaret’s previous experience includes working at Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs and Heidrick & Struggles, among others. Prior to joining the Foundation, Margaret worked at Geller & Company in the Human Capital Department.

Margaret received her Bachelor of Science in Accounting with a minor in History from the University of Scranton.