Advisory Board
An Advisory Board of distinguished artists and practitioners, chaired by Rolex CEO Patrck Heiniger, suggests and endorses potential mentors.
Patrick Heiniger
Advisory Board Chairman and CEO, Rolex SA
Pina Bausch
choreographer and dancer
Tahar Ben Jelloun
novelist, poet, essayist
Trisha Brown
choreographer and dancer
Peter Carey
author
Carolyn Carlson
choreographer and dancer
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
visual artists
Alain Coblence
attorney and philanthropist
María de Corral
curator and critic of visual arts
Alfonso Cuarón
film-maker
Guy Darmet
cultural producer, dance
Ariel Dorfman
author
Martin Engstroem
cultural producer, music
William Forsythe
choreographer
Jane Friedman
publisher
Jonathan Galassi
publisher, translator, poet
Frank Gehry
architect
Amitav Ghosh
novelist and essayist
the late Paul Gottlieb
editor and publisher
Gary Graffman
pianist and educator
Cynthia Gregory
prima ballerina
Agnes Gund
collector and philanthropist
Sir Peter Hall
theatre and opera director
Geraldine James
film, television and stage actress
Joseph Kalichstein
pianist
Anish Kapoor
visual artist
Alex Katz
visual artist
Harvey Lichtenstein
cultural producer, performing arts
Cho-Liang Lin
violinist
Sir Neville Marriner
conductor
Joseph V. Melillo
cultural producer
Anthony Minghella
film director, producer and writer
Yoko Morishita
prima ballerina
the late Elizabeth Murray
painter
Ivan Nabokov
publisher
Mira Nair
film-maker
Cees Nooteboom
novelist and poet
Jessye Norman
soprano
Michael Ondaatje
novelist and poet
Gabriel Orozco
visual artist
Giuseppe Penone
visual artist
Julia Peyton-Jones
curator
Aidan Quinn
film, television and stage actor
Lynn Redgrave
film, television and stage actress
Eve Ruggieri
cultural producer, music
Carlos Saura
writer and film director
Peter Sellars
theatre and opera director
Anna Deavere Smith
theatre artist
Valerie Solti
author and philanthropist
Wole Soyinka
author
Alistair Spalding
cultural producer, dance
Julie Taymor
theatre, film and opera director
José van Dam
bass-baritone
Robert Wilson
theatre artist