Living Legends: CATHERINE B. REYNOLDS
CHAIRMAN AND CEO, CATHERINE B. REYNOLDS FOUNDATION, FAIRFAX COUNTY
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Reynolds’ foundation supports myriad groups, including the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the National Gallery of Art and the Library of Congress.
The first self-made woman to make BusinessWeek’s list of the 50 most philanthropic living Americans, Reynolds has been included multiple times on Washingtonian magazine’s annual 100 Most Powerful Women list.
A Vanderbilt University graduate, she was chairman, president and CEO of EduCap Inc., a pioneering nonprofit education finance company that was the first to directly market private student loans to consumers. Reynolds also introduced the first asset-backed securitization structure for consumer education loans, resulting in billions of dollars in AAA bond offerings and a multibillion-dollar annual capital market.
Reynolds sits on the boards of General Dynamics Corp., Lindblad Expeditions LLC and the American Academy of Achievement. She also is co-founder and CEO of nutrition delivery company VitaKey Inc.
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