Meet Cyrus Eaton Foundation Board Members
Alice Gulick, President
Robert LeFevre, Vice President
Matt Eaton, Vice President
Alice (Lissy) is the stepdaughter of Cyrus Eaton and daughter of Anne Eaton, whom she succeeded on the Foundation board over 40 years ago, serving as Treasurer, and currently as president. She has served on the Website Committee. A retired actress after 50 years in the profession, she is passionate about the importance of the Arts to the class-room and the community. A long-time advocate for peace and nuclear disarmament, Lissy is an activist in the crucial area of Climate Change, which she feels is an even bigger peril in our time than was the nuclear threat at the height of the Cold War.
Robert (Bob) is grandson of Cyrus Eaton and was a long time resident of Cleveland. As a child, he spent summers with his grandfather in Deep Cove, Nova Scotia and currently lives in Modesto, California, where he was a hospice doctor. He attended Hawken School, Western Reserve Academy, Yale University, and Case Western Reserve Medical School. An avid sailor and skier, he enjoys traveling and spending time with his grandchildren. He is a member of our Finance Committee and is passionate about reaching out to those in need in the health and welfare area
Matt, the great-grandson of Cyrus Eaton, currently works as the Custom Success Manager at Lucid in New Orleans, Louisiana. In the past he has worked for community organizing non-profits as well as for disaster recovery groups. Like his great grandfather, Matt is passionate about the outdoors and enjoys exploring new landscapes whenever he gets the opportunity. He is on the Finance and Tech Committees, and is our assistant web master.
Cathy Eaton, Vice President
Shelley Rose, Secretary
Henry Gulick, Treasurer
Cathy, past president, grew up on a farm next to her grandfather's farm in Northfield, Ohio, and spent summers with him in Deep Cove, Nova Scotia. Retired from teaching English, she focuses on photography, historical research, and fiction writing as well as volunteering at Thinkers Lodge. Cathy stewards a website that contains historical documents narrating the contributions of the Eatons and Thinkers Lodge, a national historic landmark. She is our web master and author of Thinkers Lodge: Its History and Legacy. Originally from NE Ohio, she now lives in NH. Finding ways to reverse climate change is her priority.
Ralph Higgins, Assistant Treasurer
Shelley is an Associate History Professor at Cleveland State University specializing in German and European history, world history, gender history, and transnational history, and she teaches courses in Modern German and twentieth-century European history. Professor Rose's current research focuses on gendered uses of peace in German politics and reevaluates the influence of transnational networks in the German political arena. She brings her passion for history and peace to the Cyrus Eaton Foundation and is on the Tech and Web Committees. She is the secretary for the foundation.
Ralph is a law partner at Frantz Ward Attorneys at Law, and for many years he has been our legal consultant as well as a member of the Finance Committee. Ralph enjoys spending time with his children and grandchildren and is very active in his community.
Henry (Hank) is the step son-in-law of Cyrus Eaton. He has played numerous roles in the Cyrus Eaton Foundation for over thirty years. Currently, he is the Treasurer, monitors our investments, keeps our books, and is a member of our Finance Committee. He is an accountant. Hank is passionate about conservation and encourages all to take care of our planet.