Ludmila Schwarzenberg Hess '67

2002-2012
Ludmila Schwarzenberg Hess was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia and arrived in this country as a refugee from Communism. She is a graduate of Mount Holyoke's Class of 1967 and majored in History. She attended Northwestern University’s Graduate School of Management (now called Kellogg Graduate School of Management). Ms. Hess has established and continues to fund a scholarship at Mount Holyoke to support students from Central and Eastern Europe.

After graduation she worked for the French Government and then started a nearly thirty-year career specializing in administration and development for not-for-profit organizations. While living in Chicago she held a variety of positions at, among others, the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and Northwestern Memorial Hospital. After moving to New York, she worked for the Manhattan School of Music, ran the US headquarters office of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens for over twelve years and spent three years heading the development effort at the American Academy in Rome. After retiring in 1997, she started classes at the Art Students League of New York and is currently studying sculpture full-time.

Ms. Hess serves on the Boards of the New York Philharmonic, the Art Students League of New York, and CECArtsLink. Her other volunteer interests include Rockefeller University, the International Women's Health Coalition, the Council of American Overseas Research Centers and Dartmouth College where she and her husband serve on the President's Leadership Council. Ms. Hess is married to Carl B. Hess, founder and Chairman Emeritus of AEA Investors, Inc.