Adam Gibbons

Board Chair, Rasmuson Foundation

Adam C. Gibbons has served on the board of directors of the Rasmuson Foundation since 2005. In 2021, he became board chair. He is an investment professional with Latash Inc., an Anchorage, Alaska-based family office that provides investment advisory and consulting services to the Rasmuson Foundation and the Rasmuson family. Prior to joining Latash, Adam was an associate in JPMorgan’s real estate investment banking group and JPMorgan’s mergers & acquisitions group from 1999 to 2002. Before that, he was a corporate associate in the New York law firm, Battle Fowler LLP (now Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP), from 1994 to 1999. At JPMorgan and Battle Fowler, Adam focused on advising public and private clients in their mergers and acquisitions and capital raising activities.

Adam serves as a trustee for The Nature Conservancy in Alaska and previously served on the Family Philanthropy Committee of the Council on Foundations. He received a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1994 and an Artium Baccalaureatus (A.B.), magna cum laude, from Bowdoin College in 1991. He is admitted to the Bar in the State of New York. Adam and his wife, Ingrid, have two children, Tomas and Matias.

Contributions

Board Chair Peer Network: Collaborative Leadership: Building a Successful Board Chair-CEO Partnership

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Gretchen Guess, Nicole Seawell, Billy McGuinness, Robin Holloway, Elizabeth Snowdon Bonner, Adam Gibbons

The success of a family philanthropy depends greatly on a strong relationship between its board chair and executive leader. These relationships are vital to creating a positive organizational culture, for navigating challenges, and guiding the organization through periods of change. Join this session to hear from experienced board chairs and executive leaders on how they built and evolved their relationships… Read More

Adding nonfamily trustees and community voices to your family foundation board

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Adam Gibbons, Alan Fox, Diane Kaplan, Katherine Weaver, Richard Moore

What are the signs that your foundation’s board might benefit from adding a community leader to bring new energy and a fresh voice to board deliberations and decisions? Some family foundations have never had an outside trustee on the board and don’t want one. Others have had non-family trustees since their inception—either a friend or business associate of the founder, a trusted lawyer or accountant, or a program expert or local community leader respected by the family… Read More