David A. Fleischner Elected to the Barnes Foundation Board of Trustees

Philadelphia, PA, January 31, 2023—The Board of Trustees of the Barnes Foundation today announced that David A. Fleischner, Executive Vice President at Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC, has been elected to the Board of Trustees.

“Our Barnes Trustees and staff are delighted and extremely fortunate to welcome David Fleischner to the Board,” says Aileen Roberts, Chair of the Barnes Foundation Board of Trustees. “David has been a steadfast supporter of the Barnes and our myriad educational initiatives for many years and currently serves as co-chair of our Ambassadors Board. His extensive business background coupled with his philanthropic work with many educational, civic, and charitable organizations in Philadelphia and beyond will make him a significant asset to the Barnes as we continue expanding our service and fulfilling our mission in the years to come.”

“I look forward to working alongside my fellow trustees and the staff as we continue fulfilling the Barnes’s educational mission and growing its significant impact at home in Philadelphia and around the world,” says Fleischner.

David A. Fleischner is an executive vice president and board member at Asplundh Tree Expert, LLC. Fleischner joined the company in 1998 and spent nine years working in a training program throughout the United States and Australia before returning to the corporate office in Philadelphia in 2007. During his 25 years at Asplundh, he has been involved in many operational aspects of vegetation management, utility construction, and landscape businesses in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

In addition to his role as a Barnes Trustee, Fleischner is also co-chair of the Barnes’s Ambassadors Board, and serves on the board of St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire, where he is co-chair of the Grounds and Building Committee. In the Philadelphia area, David and his family support many civic and charitable organizations, including MANNA, Mural Arts Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, and NOMO Foundation. He has served in board leadership capacities for several industry associations during his career.

Fleischner holds a bachelor of arts in international relations from Johns Hopkins University. He and his wife, Julia, live in Haverford, Pennsylvania, and have two daughters.

The Board of Trustees of the Barnes Foundation
Aileen Roberts, Chair
John R. Alchin, Vice Chair
Stephen J. Harmelin, Esq., Treasurer
The Honorable Jacqueline F. Allen, Secretary
John J. Aglialoro*
Armando I. Bengochea, PhD*
Sheldon M. Bonovitz, Esq.*
Pamela D. Bundy*
Gregory E. Deavens
David A. Fleischner
Jeffrey A. Honickman
Cathy Hughes
John H. McFadden, Esq.
Joseph Neubauer
Christine Poggi, PhD*

*Elected to the Barnes’s Board of Trustees upon the nomination of the Trustees of Lincoln University.

Chair Emeritus
Bernard C. Watson, PhD

Emeritus Trustees
Stephanie Bell-Rose
Bruce S. Gordon
Agnes Gund
Neil L. Rudenstine, PhD
Brenda A. Thompson, PhD

Honorary Trustees
Wallis Annenberg
Laura T. Buck
Tory Burch
Betsy Z. Cohen
David Haas
Anne F. Hamilton
Herbert Kean
Marguerite Lenfest
James J. Maguire
William A. Slaughter, Esq.
Joan Thalheimer
Bruce E. Toll
A. Morris Williams, Jr.

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