February 2020

Page A17 FEBRUARY 2020 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS S ec t i on A 1215 E. Broadway • Morrilton, AR 72110 • 501.477.2229 • www.rosewoodclassiccoach.com Call us today for the latest on Price and Delivery w Offering Custom Hearses & Limos “Your Brand Icon Awaits” Grand Vista Classic Landau Princess Grand O’Vale Credo Pieta 2 Guadalupe Not Forgotten Celtic Queen of Heaven Heaven Paradise Divine Mercy Immaculate Heart OL Charity Sacred Heart The Green-Wood Cemetery Board of Trustees Elects Davidson as New Chair BROOKLYN,NY— The board of trustees of Green-Wood Cemetery and The Green- Wood Historic Fund has elected Peter W. Davidson as its new chair. Davidson re- places C. Payson Coleman, Jr., who has served as chair since 1997. Coleman will remain an active board member. David- son’s term as chair is effective immediately. A Green-Wood trustee since 2004, Da- vidson is the CEO of Aligned Climate Capital LLC, an investment group fo- cused exclusively on clean energy, effi- cient transportation, green real estate, and sustainable natural resources. A resident of Brooklyn Heights, Davidson serves as chair of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, his fami- ly foundation, which champions transfor- mative social, environmental, and cultur- al causes through inventive grant-making. He is also an adjunct professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Davidson was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as executive director of the Loan Programs Office (LPO) at the United States Department of Energy where he oversaw the program’s portfolio of over $30 billion of clean energy and advanced vehicle loans and loan guarantees, mak- ing it the largest project finance organiza- tion in the United States government. For his work, he received the Secretary’s Excep- tional Service Award from DOE secretary Ernest Moniz. Prior to leading the LPO, Davidson was senior advisor for Energy and Economic Development at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Earlier, he served as the executive director of New York State’s economic development agency, the Empire State Development Corporation. Davidson earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School and a BA from Stanford University. The board also welcomed two new mem- bers: Kathy Kermian-Leicht and Ru- dolph “Rudy” Wynter. Kermian-Leicht,  enjoyed an impres- sive thirteen-year career at Christie’s Auc- tion House in New York, where she was a member of the executive committee and advanced to several senior executive po- sitions, eventually becoming senior vice president and deputy managing director for the Americas. She resides in Brooklyn Heights. Wynter, a resident of Cobble Hill, is president and chief operating officer of Wholesale Networks and United States Capital Delivery at National Grid. A 25- year veteran of the utility company, he is leading the transformation of National Grid’s transmission network into a highly intelligent, resilient system that will help enable a clean energy future. “The collective professional experience of Peter, Rudy and Kathy will be invaluable assets as we continue to innovate in areas including preservation, sustainability, ed- ucation, and the arts. We welcome Rudy and Kathy to the board and congratulate Peter on his new role,” noted Richard J. Moylan, president of Green-Wood. “I’d also like to extend my sincer- est thanks to Payson Coleman on his 22 years of dedicated service shepherd- ing the cemetery through a period of un- precedented growth. His many remark- able accomplishments include initiating the cemetery’s drive to embrace its status as a cultural institution, the dramatic ex- pansion of our education programs, and countless restorations, fundraising efforts, and other initiatives,” Moylan added. Trustees of Green-Wood enjoy the unique dual role of overseeing the operations of a not-for-profit cemetery corporation and the growth of its educational, cultural, his- torical and environmental organization, the Green-Wood Historic Fund. Both are 501c tax-exempt organizations. Incorporated in 1838, The Green-Wood Cemetery stretches across 478 pastoral acres in Brooklyn and boasts extraordinary works of nineteenth- and twentieth-cen- tury sculpture, statuary and architecture. Home to thousands of historic figures, The Green-Wood Cemetery offers tours of its grounds, concerts, book readings and other public events throughout the year. Green-Wood has been designated a Na- tional Historic Landmark by the United States Department of the Interior. The Green-Wood Historic Fund is a registered 501(c)(3) not-for-profit membership or- ganization created to maintain Green- Wood’s monuments and buildings of historical, cultural, and architectural sig- nificance; to advance public knowledge and appreciation; and to preserve the nat- ural habitat of one of New York City’s first green spaces. For more information, visit www.green-wood.com.