Jaimie Mayer

Jaimie Mayer is currently serving her second term as chair of The Nathan Cummings Foundation. Under her leadership, Jaimie has focused on values alignment across the organization. The foundation moved 100 percent of its assets to align with its mission for impact, working with a Black-owned and BIPOC-led outsourced chief investment officer. She moved the foundation toward a streamlined mentality, focusing on systemic change with work in racial, economic, and environmental justice. She led the foundation in thinking through alternative vehicles of giving, and helped launch the foundation’s first PRI initiative. She is proud to serve as the first member of the fourth generation to chair the foundation.

As a philanthropic consultant, Jaimie works with next-generation philanthropists and their families and organizations looking to attract a younger demographic with an eye toward succession planning. Jaimie is a frequent speaker on multigenerational philanthropy, next generation philanthropy, impact investing, values alignment in giving, and arts and social justice.

Jaimie’s background in the arts spans two decades in both theater and film. Jaimie has produced on Broadway and off and had films premiere at Sundance and on Showtime. Most recently, she served as managing director of Magic Theatre in San Francisco.

Jaimie holds an executive MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and an MFA in theatre management and producing from Columbia University’s School of the Arts. She is vice president of the Mayer-Rothschild Foundation, and sits on the boards of the Vineyard Theatre and the National Center for Family Philanthropy.