Chairman Emeritus

Frank Savage, Chairman Emeritus, served as chairman from 1997 until 2004 and is credited with spearheading the widely successful Campaign for Howard. He is Chief Executive Officer of Savage Holdings LLC, a global financial services company. Prior to forming Savage Holdings, he was chairman of Alliance Capital Management International, a division of Alliance Capital Management, a $700 billion asset management subsidiary of AXA Equitable Life Assurance Company. Mr. Savage has a distinguished career in international banking, corporate finance, and global investment management. He serves on the boards of several corporations and not-for-profit organizations, including Bloomberg LP, Lockheed Martin and the New York Philharmonic, and as a Trustee Emeritus of the Johns Hopkins University Board. He earned a B.A. degree from Howard University, an M.A. degree from the Johns Hopkins Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, and was the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from Hofstra University and an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Howard University.