Lucinda C. Ballard

Lucinda Ballard, born and raised in Maryland, has spent most of her adult life in New York City and is Co-Chair of The Winter Show, one of the nation’s leading art, antiques, and design fairs and the principal fundraiser for East Side House Settlement, where she has long served on the Board of Managers. Deeply engaged in arts and culture, she has been a longtime gallery instructor at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, previously chaired its Volunteer Organization, continues to serve on its Executive Committee, and is the incoming President of the Board of the Nantucket Historical Association. Earlier in her career, she held senior roles in documentary film and advertising, including Vice President and Senior Producer at Ogilvy & Mather, and she holds degrees from the University of California, Berkeley, and Bank Street Graduate School.

Michael R. Lynch

Michael is a Managing Director at Foros with decades of investment banking experience advising companies across industries, including consumer products, retail, manufacturing, and publishing. Over his career, he has held senior leadership roles at Goldman Sachs, GSC Partners, and JP Morgan—where he served as Vice Chairman and established the industry’s leading family office investment banking practice—and has advised on numerous multi-billion-dollar M&A and capital markets transactions. Based in New York City, Michael serves on several nonprofit boards, including as Co-Chair of The Winter Show, the annual art, antiques, and design fair benefiting East Side House Settlement, and as a Director of East Side House, as well as the Board of Trustees of The Clark Art Institute and as Board Chair of Glyndebourne America.