Sally Fay

Chair of the Board of Trustees

Supporting the Arts, the environment, and doing civic work have been constant throughout Sally Fay’s path to Djerassi. She went to NYC to work in film and television after graduating from Cal. She was part of the production team that launched ARTS, then a very high-brow arts cable channel, now A & E. In addition, she established the Junior Council for NRDC-(Natural Resources Defense Council), an environmental group made up of scientists and lawyers, organizing two James Taylor benefit concerts. After marriage, and three children, her young family moved to Boston. There, she served on the boards of Women in Film/Video/NewEngland; Boston Philharmonic Orchestra; USFund for UNICEF/New England. She Co-Chaired “Literary Lights” honoring authors to support the Boston Public Library. As a filmmaker (Boston University CDIA/film school grad), she made films for nonprofits, including NRDC, and the Max Warburg Courage Curriculum. As a writer, her work has been published in IMAGINE NEWS, Huffington Post and the Nob Hill Gazette. Sally is a Native Californian and Woodsider! She returned back to CA nine years ago. She has three grown children all now married, living in various parts of the country.