Ann F. Kaplan ’72SW, ’77BUS was a graduate of the Columbia School of Social Work and Columbia Business School, as well as a Columbia University Trustee Emerita. As the Chair of the Committee on Global Initiatives and Co-Chair of the Global Leadership Council, she had the pleasure of supporting the establishment of the network of Columbia Global Centers.
She served on the board of the Columbia University Investment Management Company and, as Vice Chair of the Finance Committee, chaired the Committee on Social Responsibility.
As a member of the Board of Overseers of Columbia Business School, she served on the Governance and Nominating Committee, was a Founding member of the Women’s Circle, has supported the Manhattanville Campus, and had endowed a chair. She also served on the Board of Advisors at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, the Mailman School of Public Health, and the Beijing and Amman Global Centers.
Kaplan was the Chair of the Women Creating Change Leadership Board, which supports a Columbia grant giving program for interdisciplinary work on issues that affect women. She supported projects at The Global Centers, the Medical Center, and the Center for Chronic Grief. And she taught asset management at Columbia Business School from 2004 to 2014.