Rosemarie Havranek

Philanthropist

Rosemarie B. Havranek is a philanthropist and a director of The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation.

She has served on various charitable committees and boards in the Seattle area, including the Lakeside School Board, the Woodland Park Zoo Safari Club board, and volunteered for the Red Cross WIC program. Rosemarie was a Princeton-in-Asia teaching fellow at the International Christian University in Japan, and also worked for NHK television. She has a deep personal connection to the Hertz Foundation and its mission: both her husband, Nathan Myhrvold, and son, Cameron A. Myhrvold, are Hertz Fellows. Rosemarie holds a BA in Spanish and Business/Economics from Fordham University, cum laude, and an MA in Romance Languages and Literature from Princeton University.

Hertz Foundation Role

Board of Directors

Graduate Studies

MA, Princeton University

Undergraduate Studies

BA, Fordham University

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