The Finance and Investments Committee is a committee of the Barth Syndrome Foundation (BSF) Board of Directors (the “Board”) established under Article III Section 17 of the By-Laws. The Committee shall be comprised of at least two Directors, as appointed by the Board, each for a term ending with his/her Board term. The Board Treasurer serves as Chair of the Committee. The Committee is responsible for overseeing BSF’s annual budget, including performance against budget, investments and overall financial health.
Susan A. McCormack
Ms. McCormack spent 30 years in the finance industry before retiring in 2016 to focus on volunteer work and her family. Most recently, she worked as a mutual fund portfolio manager at Putnam Investments in Boston, MA. She joined Putnam in 1994 from Merrill Lynch, where she was an investment banker in Merrill’s Los Angeles office. Ms. McCormack graduated from Dartmouth College in 1986 with a degree in mathematics and received her MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1990. She is a CFA charter holder. Ms. McCormack lives in Wellesley, MA, with her husband, Ken Marra, their two daughters and their two mixed-breed rescue dogs. In addition to her work with Barth Syndrome Foundation, Ms. McCormack serves as the Secretary and Co-Treasurer of her daughters’ middle school PTO.
