Awards & Recognition
★W.E.B. Du Bois Medal from Harvard (2018) - prestigious recognition for contributions to African and African American culture
★American Federation of Arts Cultural Leadership Award (2022)
★Shapiro Award dinner recognition from Smart Museum of Art (2019) for her collection
Notable Facts
→Founder and managing partner of Avid Partners, strategic consulting firm for private equity/VC since 2000
→Harvard MBA 1984, Dartmouth BA 1979
→Trustee of prestigious institutions: Getty Trust, Art Institute of Chicago, SFMOMA, Museum of Modern Art
→Created one of most significant collections of African American abstract art with husband Fred Giuffrida
→Former Obama administration Committee on the Arts and Humanities member
→Former Dartmouth College trustee and Investment Committee chair
→Board member/director roles at First Republic Bank, Apollo Global Management
→Published book 'Four Generations: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection of Abstract Art'
→Major art donations to SFMOMA and other museums
→Wikipedia page documenting her business and philanthropic work