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December 1, 2004

WTC Memorial Foundation Members Selected

Pataki, Bloomberg each spoke at the conference

Memorial Foundation Members Selected

A diverse group of more than 30 distinguished members was appointed on Wednesday to serve as the board of directors for the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation. The group, which includes corporate executives, victims' family members, civic leaders, and philanthropists, will work together to raise about $500 million for the construction of the memorial and cultural center on the site.

Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton also have accepted invitations to serve as honorary board members, Governor Pataki announced during a luncheon of the Association for a Better New York last week. LMDC Chairman John Whitehead will serve as founding chairman until a permanent chair is selected by the board.

"This board is charged with the task of raising the money for this momentous landmark and will assist the four important cultural organizations that will be housed on the redeveloped site with their fundraising efforts as well," Mayor Bloomberg said at Wednesday's press conference.

In addition to fundraising, the foundation will also coordinate the construction of the memorial, "Reflecting Absence" by architect Michael Arad and landscape architect Peter Walker. A model of the memorial's final design will be unveiled at the end of this month. It includes two large "voids" -- cascading pools sunken thirty feet into the footprints of the Twin Towers -- forming the centerpiece of the design, which also incorporates extensive landscaping in the plaza surrounding the voids. The foundation will also oversee efforts to raise funds for construction of cultural facilities at the site, as well as for the memorial center, an interpretive museum that will preserve artifacts from the attacks and convey individual stories of the people who lost their lives on 9/11.

The cultural center will be comprised of two buildings incorporating dance, theatre, museum, and fine arts facilities. In October, Frank Gehry was chosen to design the performing arts complex, which includes the Joyce Theater International Dance Center as well as the Signature Theatre Center. The Norwegian firm Snøhetta will design the museum complex, which will house the Drawing Center and the International Freedom Center.

The foundation will convene in January to discuss plans for a fundraising campaign to be launched in the spring.

Donations can be made on the foundation's website at www.WTCMemorialFoundation.org.

For more information about the memorial, "Reflecting Absence," please click here. To read more about the cultural complexes, please click here.

WORLD TRADE CENTER MEMORIAL FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS

More than 30 people make up the newly formed board

Members of the board

Honorary Trustees:
Governor George E. Pataki
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani

Honorary Members:
President Gerald Ford President Jimmy Carter President George H.W. Bush President William J. Clinton

Board Members
Ms. Paula Berry
Member Memorial Jury; Member LMDC Families' Advisory Council; Vice Chair International Freedom Center, Wife of David S. Berry, South Tower

Sir John Bond
Chief Executive Officer
HSBC Holdings plc

Ms. Debra Burlingame
Founder of 9/11 Families for America;Sister of Charles "Chic" Burlingame, Captain of American Airlines Flight 77

Mr. Russell L. Carson Co-Founding Partner and General Partner
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe

Mr. Kenneth I. Chenault
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
American Express Company

Mr. Robert DeNiro
Tribeca Film Institute

Mr. Michael D. Eisner
Chief Executive Officer
The Walt Disney Company

Mr. Maurice R. Greenberg
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
American International Group, Inc. (AIG)

Mr. Vartan Gregorian
President
Carnegie Corporation of New York

Agnes Gund
President Emerita
Museum of Modern Art

Mr. William B. Harrison Jr.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
JP Morgan Chase & Co.

Mr. Lee Ielpi
Retired Firefighter, Member of LMDC Families Advisory Council; Father of Jonathan Lee Ielpi, firefighter, FDNY

Ms. Monica Iken
Member of LMDC Families' Advisory Council and Founder of September's Mission; Wife of Michael Iken, South Tower

Mr. Robert "Woody" Johnson
Chairman and CEO of The Johnson Company, Inc. and the New York Jets LLC

Mr. Thomas S. Johnson
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, GreenPoint Financial Corporation; Member of LMDC Families' Advisory Council; Father of Scott Johnson, South Tower

Ms. Anthoula Katsimatides
Assistant Vice President for Family Relations, Lower Manhattan Development Corporation; Sister of John Katsimatides, North Tower

Henry R. Kravis
Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

Mr. Ira M. Millstein
Senior Partner
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

The Right Hon. Martin Brian Mulroney
Former Prime Minister of Canada

Mr. Richard D. Parsons
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Time Warner, Inc.

Mr. Peter G. Peterson
Chairman and Co-Founder
The Blackstone Group

Mr. Kevin M. Rampe President
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation

Mr. Thomas Renyi Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
The Bank of New York Company, Inc.

Mr. David Rockefeller

Mr. Tom Roger
Member of LMDC Families' Advisory Council, LMDC Memorial Program drafting committee; Vice President of Families of September 11; Father of Jean Roger, flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 11

Mr. E. John Rosenwald
Vice ChairmanBear Stearns Companies, Inc.

Mr. Jerry I. Speyer
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Tishman Speyer Properties

Ms. Anne M. Tatlock Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Fiduciary Trust Company International

Ms. Barbara Walters
ABC News Correspondent

Mr. John C. Whitehead , Founding Chairman
Lower Manhattan Development Corporation

Mr. John E. Zuccotti
Co-Chairman
Brookfield Properties Corporation

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