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Billionaire Tony Ressler and Actress Jami Gertz Give $5 Million to Support Black-Owned Businesses

By  Maria Di Mento
November 2, 2020
LACMA Trustee Tony Ressler (L) and actor Jami Gertz attend the 2017 LACMA Art + Film Gala on November 4, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.
Charley Gallay, Getty Images for LACMA
Tony Ressler and Jami Gertz’s gift will go toward expanding the Russell Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

A roundup of notable gifts compiled by the Chronicle:

Georgetown University

David and Heidi Jacquin gave $10 million to establish the Robert J. Henle, S.J. Scholarship for undergraduate students, which is named for Georgetown’s 45th president, Robert J. Henle, who led the university from 1969 to 1978.

David Jacquin founded North Point Advisors, a San Francisco investment bank focused on mergers and acquisitions, and previously practiced law with Cravath, Swaine and Moore in New York and London.

Jacquin met Henle at his alma mater, St. Louis University, where Henle served as academic vice president. Henle later encouraged Jacquin to attend Georgetown Law Center, where Jacquin earned a law degree in 1988. Henle died in 2000.

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A roundup of notable gifts compiled by the Chronicle:

Georgetown University

David and Heidi Jacquin gave $10 million to establish the Robert J. Henle, S.J. Scholarship for undergraduate students, which is named for Georgetown’s 45th president, Robert J. Henle, who led the university from 1969 to 1978.

David Jacquin founded North Point Advisors, a San Francisco investment bank focused on mergers and acquisitions, and previously practiced law with Cravath, Swaine and Moore in New York and London.

Jacquin met Henle at his alma mater, St. Louis University, where Henle served as academic vice president. Henle later encouraged Jacquin to attend Georgetown Law Center, where Jacquin earned a law degree in 1988. Henle died in 2000.

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Atrium Health Foundation

George Shinn donated $7.5 million through his George Shinn Foundation to back the health system’s regional stroke network. Atrium Health officials plan, to name the organization’s stroke center for Shinn. The gift will also establish the George Shinn Endowed Chair in Neurovascular Medicine.

Shinn founded Rutledge Education Systems, a group of small for-profit business colleges, which he later sold in the late 1980s. He used the proceeds from the sale of Rutledge to buy a number of sports teams including the Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets, now known as the New Orleans Pelicans.

Boston College High School

Jack Shields donated $5 million to create the Shields Innovation Center, which will house new curriculum and programs for students and alumni, as well as act as a hub where students can connect to alumni who are local business leaders.

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Shields founded Stoughton-based Shields Health Solutions, a Stoughton, Mass., pharmacy company that works with hospitals. He previously founded and led Shields MRI, an outpatient imaging provider, and other medical companies.

Claremont McKenna College

Randall Lewis gave $3.75 million to support the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, which will be named for him. Lewis is executive vice president of marketing at the Lewis Group, a real-estate development company his parents, Ralph and Goldy Lewis, founded in 1955. He graduated from Claremont McKenna in 1973.

The college also received $1.25 million from George Roberts, a billionaire financier who co-founded Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, a New York investment firm, to back the center. Roberts graduated from the college in 1966.

Russell Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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Tony Ressler and Jami Gertz gave $5 million through their Ressler Gertz Family Foundation to expand the nonprofit’s efforts to provide financial support to local Black-owned businesses, and to back other programs.

Ressler is a billionaire investor who co-founded Apollo Global Management and Ares Management, two private-equity firms in Los Angles and New York. Jami Gertz is an actress. Ressler and Gertz are majority and controlling owners of the Atlanta Hawks basketball team.

Mount Sinai Health System

Jonathan and Lizzie Tisch gave $4 million to support the Milton and Carroll Petrie Department of Urology and prostate health programs.

The system’s prostate center will be named the Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Center for Prostate Health. Jonathan Tisch is chairman and chief executive of Loews Hotels in New York.

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To learn about other big donations, see our database of gifts of $1 million or more, which is updated throughout the week.

We welcome your thoughts and questions about this article. Please email the editors or submit a letter for publication.
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Maria Di Mento
Maria directs the annual Philanthropy 50, a comprehensive report on America’s most generous donors. She writes about wealthy philanthropists, arts organizations, key trends and insights related to high-net-worth donors, and other topics.
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