As Executive Director of the FAO Schwarz Family Foundation, Priscilla created and leads the FAO Schwarz Fellowship Program. She brings to this role strategic planning and leadership experience developed through experience in the private sector—at McKinsey and Morgan Stanley—and in the nonprofit sector at Citizen Schools and Beacon Academy.

Priscilla graduated with honors from Harvard Business School and summa cum laude from Williams College. She was the recipient of a Rotary Graduate Scholarship in Italy and of the Coro Fellowship in Public Affairs in California. Priscilla is married to Tony Weiner, a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, and has two young adult children.

As Manager of the FAO Schwarz Fellowship, Claudia von Nostitz supports the program’s outreach and operations.

Claudia completed her FAO Schwarz Fellowship in 2018 at Reading Partners, a literacy intervention nonprofit, where she conducted community outreach and expanded the program to new partnership schools. She currently teaches preschool at the Washington Market School in New York City. With a background in early childhood education, Claudia believes that all children deserve opportunities for success and is committed to creating equitable and accessible learning environments.

Claudia holds a B.A. in Psychology from Wesleyan University.

Mari Badger manages the website, digital communications and outreach for the FAO Schwarz Fellowship. She has worked in marketing and communications for more than 25 years, primarily in the nonprofit sector.

Mari has an A.B. in Philosophy from Princeton University.