The Advisory Board was created in 1980 as a high level international support group for the Peggy Guggenheim Collection soon after Peggy Guggenheim's death. In 2011, after 31 years of his founding presidency af the Advisory Board, Peter Lawson-Johnston (Honorary Chairman of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation) decided to cede his place to his cousin Patrick, The Earl Castle Stewart, former Vice-President. The Board meets twice a year―once in Venice and once in some other cultural capital which the Board may choose. In 2010 the Board chose the city of Sydney, in 2009 New York and in 2008 Zurich. These meetings are the occasion for the presentation and discussion of the Collection's progress, plans and strategies, as well as for visits to exhibitions, private collections, monuments and museums. The by-laws foresee a maximum of 60 members―with additional Honorary and Emeritus members. Sub-committees exist to manage the business of the Board and to review other issues and questions submitted to its attention: for Membership and Investment, as well as an Executive Committee. The chairman of the Executive Committee, John L. Fiorilla di Santa Croce represents ex officio the Advisory Board and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection on the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Board of Trustees. Membership of the Advisory Board is by invitation. Members x The Earl Castle Stewart President Peter Lawson-Johnston President Emeritus Mimi L-J. Howe Vice-President S.A.R. la Princesse Guillaume de Luxembourg Honorary Co-Chairman Rose Thorne Honorary Co-Chairman Olga Adamishina Honorary Member Luigi Agrati Giuseppina Araldi Guinetti Maria Angeles Aristrain, Condesa de Biñasco Ronald D. Balser Renée Belfer Anita Belgiorno-Nettis Marchese Annibale Berlingieri Giuliano Bianchi Maria Camilla Bianchini d’Alberigo Davide Blei Mary Bloch Gayle Boxer Duncanson, Chairman Membership Committee Susan Burns Alick Campbell of Lochnell Marco Carbonari Sir Trevor Chinn Giovanni Cotroneo Pilar Crespi Robert Isabella Del Frate Rayburn Stefano Del Vecchio Pietro Luigi Draghi Ulla Dreyfus-Best John Leopoldo Fiorilla di Santa Croce, Chairman Executive Committee Nicoletta Fiorucci David Gallagher Anthony Luzzatto Gardner Marino Golinelli Ginny Green Joana Grevers Hans-Christian Habermann Gilbert W. Harrison John F. Hotchkis Leon Koffler Peter L. Levy Samuel H. Lindenbaum Gaetano Maccaferri Lord Marland of Odstock Luca Marzotto Valeria Monti Peter W. Mullin Jacqueline Muzard Ureta Guido Orsi Giorgio Pandini Rose Marie Parravicini Heather M. Podesta Benjamin B. Rauch Elizabeth Richebourg Rea Inge Rodenstock Beatrice Rossi-Landi Miles Rubin Denise Saul Samih Sawiris Brigitte Schuler-Voith James B. Sherwood Massimo Sterpi Robert J. Tomei, Chairman Investment Committee Carlo Traglio Melissa Ulfane Maria Luisa Vaccari Alberto Vitale Ruth Westen Pavese Emeritus Members Fiorella Chiari Patricia Gerber Jacques E. Lennon Hannelore B. Schulhof Anna Scotti Kristen Venable credits: Hangar Design Group