We’re proud to announce the addition of two new trustees to our Board.

Dr. Ella M. Foshay (above left) joined the Library in 1998 and has served since 2013 on the New York City Book Awards jury.

With a PhD in art history, she worked for many years at the New-York Historical Society as a curator for paintings and sculpture. Her books include Reflections of Nature: Flowers in American Art and John James Audubon,  among others. Dr. Foshay served as Chair of the Board of the Chapin School from 2002 to 2009, leading the search for a new Head of School, the launch of a new website, a strategic planning process, and a historic capital fund drive. 

Bestselling author Gretchen Rubin (below left) has also been a Library member since 1998. Her books include The Happiness Project, Better Than Before, and Happier at Home, plus the new The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better (and Other People’s Lives Better, Too). She hosts a top-ranked, award-winning podcast, Happier with Gretchen Rubin. (Listing for her upcoming event here!).

A graduate of Yale and Yale Law School, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Law Journal and winner of the Edgar M. Cullen Prize, Ms. Rubin started her career in law. She was clerking for Justice Sandra Day O’Connor when she realized she really wanted to be a writer. Raised in Kansas City, she lives near the Library with her husband and two daughters.

Learn more about current and historic Library Board members here.