About Us
- Brook Lenfest (President) is a prominent Philadelphia-area entrepreneur, real estate investor, and philanthropist.
He serves as President and CEO of NetCarrier, Inc., a leading integrated communications company and AI service provider. He is a private equity investor who has invested in companies like Honeygrow and Bravo Finance and serves on multiple company boards. Mr. Lenfest is also an accomplished real estate investor and developer with projects in Pennsylvania, Florida, Wyoming and Barbados.
Mr. Lenfest is highly active in the community, focusing his philanthropic efforts primarily on education, job training, and cultural programs. Mr. Lenfest is the founding sponsor of Mastery Charter Schools and has endowed scholarship programs at Penn State and Temple Universities. The Brook J. Lenfest Foundation provides additional scholarships for Philadelphia area students to attend West Chester University and Pennsylvania College of Technology. Mr. Lenfest is an Ensemble Arts Board Trustee and Vice Chairman of the Avenue of the Arts, Inc.
Mr. Lenfest is a competitive sailor and avid art collector. His contributions to the Philadelphia Museum of Art are part of the museum’s permanent collection.
- Marguerite Lenfest (Treasurer) is highly respected for her commitment to Philadelphia.
Mrs. Lenfest was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, and grew up in the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia, graduating from Girls High School and earning a bachelor s degree in psychology from Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
Following her marriage to H.F. (Gerry) Lenfest they lived in New York where Mrs. Lenfest taught elementary school. The Lenfests purchased two cable TV systems from Walter Annenberg and became partners in what later became Lenfest Communications. After twenty-five years, Lenfest Communications was sold to Comcast in 2000.
Mrs. Lenfest has served on several nonprofit boards, including Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Temple University, Woodmere Art Museum, Lenfest Scholars Foundation, Wilson College, and The Lenfest Foundation.
- Tracy Coyle (Secretary)
- Wes Somerville (Senior Advisor)
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