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Board of Advisors
The Board of Advisors possess expertise in fields covering the full range of the foundation's activities and provide guidance on particular projects and larger strategic initiatives.
David C. Lahti North America
Assistant Professor of Biology at Queens College, City University of New York, where he runs a Behavior & Evolution laboratory focusing on the evolution of complex traits such as learned behavior in birds and humans. Lahti received a B.S. in biology and history from Gordon College, a Ph.D. in moral philosophy and the philosophy of biology at the Whitefield Institute, Oxford, and a Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Michigan. He has been a Darwin Fellow at the University of Massachusetts and a Kirschstein NRSA Research Fellow with the U.S.
Assistant Professor of Biology at Queens College, City University of New York, where he runs a Behavior & Evolution laboratory focusing on the evolution of complex traits such as learned behavior in birds and humans. Lahti received a B.S. in biology and history from Gordon College, a Ph.D. in moral philosophy and the philosophy of biology at the Whitefield Institute, Oxford, and a Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Michigan. He has been a Darwin Fellow at the University of Massachusetts and a Kirschstein NRSA Research Fellow with the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Current research projects in Lahti's lab include the effects of relaxed natural selection; the predictability of trait evolution; the genetic and cultural divergence of vocal signals; and the correlated cultural evolution of social organization, morality, and religion.
Heinrich Liechtenstein Eurasia and Australia
Assistant professor of financial management, he specializes in entrepreneurial finance and the management of wealth. Liechtenstein holds a Ph.D. in managerial science and applied economics from The Economics School of Vienna, Austria, a M.B.A. from IESE Business School, and a B.Sc. in business economics from the University of Graz. Liechtenstein is co-author on several publications on private equity and angel investing. His ongoing research in this field focuses on operational value creation in private equity.
Assistant professor of financial management, he specializes in entrepreneurial finance and the management of wealth. Liechtenstein holds a Ph.D. in managerial science and applied economics from The Economics School of Vienna, Austria, a M.B.A. from IESE Business School, and a B.Sc. in business economics from the University of Graz. Liechtenstein is co-author on several publications on private equity and angel investing. His ongoing research in this field focuses on operational value creation in private equity. He is co-leading The Family Office Research Project, which is a cross-continental effort within the Wharton Global Family Alliance that aims to serve global families by researching and sharing best practices of globally influential family enterprises, and in establishing a framework for understanding the evolution of family offices. He lectures in the M.B.A. and Executive Programs. As a consultant, he collaborated with leading families and financial institutions and serves on the board of three family-controlled companies. Prior to his academic career, he was engaged in the family owned Liechtenstein Global Trust (LGT) dealing with ultra high-net-worth individuals. He also advised families within the Boston Consulting Group and established and sold two successful businesses.