Ben Cameron, Senior Adviser and former President (2015–23), was Program Director for the Arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (2006-15), where, during his tenure, the Foundation created the Doris Duke Artists Awards and received the National Medal of the Arts from President Barack Obama. He previously served as the Executive Director of Theatre Communications Group, as the Senior Program Officer for the Dayton Hudson Foundation and Manager of Community Relations for Target Stores, and as the Director of the Theater Program at the National Endowment for the Arts. He received an MFA from the Yale School of Drama, a BA with honors from UNC-CH and is a recipient of three honorary degrees. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Minnesota Council on Foundations.

“Jerome Hill’s relentless curiosity, his dedication to experimentation and humor, his essential humility, his embrace of traditions and heritages outside of his own and his remarkable sense of humor, continue to inspire us all,  as we respond to and embrace a new set of challenges, dreams and goals. All of us at the Jerome Foundation are deeply honored to support artists and organizations in both Minnesota and New York City in a way that we hope would make him proud today.”