MARSHA PERELMAN started her career in the energy business at Buckeye Pipe Line as one of the company’s first female executives, followed by co-founding Clearfield Energy and serving on two NYSE energy company boards. She is Chair Emerita of the Board of the Franklin Institute, helping to build the organization into a premier science center during her eight-year tenure as chair. Her ambitious leadership raised over $65 million for the Inspire Science campaign. She is chair of Calder Philadelphia, responsible for Calder Gardens, set to open in 2025 and highlighting the work of world-famous artist Alexander Calder. Passionate about helping animals, she served as chair of the ASPCA, is a founding Board member of Project Chimps, co-chair of ACCT Philly, and a Pennsylvania Dog Law Advisory Board member, where she led the effort to pass the significant overhaul of Pennsylvania’s Dog Law in 2008. Perelman graduated from Northwestern University and received her master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.