Mary Elizabeth Bunzel

In 2005, Mary Elizabeth Bunzel co-founded the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) with Susan L. Solomon. In addition to NYSCF, she serves on the Board of Directors of the New York Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and has previously served as Chapter President. Ms. Bunzel is also the Senior State Leader in New York for JDRF International, acting as liaison for advocate efforts in New York City, Westchester and Long Island.

A former journalist who has written for newspapers throughout the United States and abroad, Ms. Bunzel also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Nightingale-Bamford School in New York City and Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. She is married to Jeffrey H. Bunzel, who runs U.S. Equity Capital Markets for Credit Suisse First Boston. The Bunzels have four children.