Gay Hart Gaines

Member

Gay Hart Gaines was named to the CPB board as a recess appointment by President Bush in December 2003, and confirmed by the Senate in November 2004 to a term ending in 2010. Gaines, an interior designer by training, has been active in a wide range of charitable, civic, and arts organizations.

Gaines has represented the State of Florida on the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association Board and just completed a three year term as Regent (Chairman of the Board) in October 2007. She is currently a member of the Heritage Foundation, and the Madison Council of the Library of Congress. She has served as a board member of the Hudson Institute, the Best Friends Foundation, and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, where she was also President of the Palm Beach Chapter for three years. She was a charter member of GOPAC, which she chaired from 1993-1997, and Chairman of the National Review Institute from 1991-1993.

Long active in Republican Party affairs, Gaines is a trustee of the Palm Beach County Republican Party, past President of the Palm Beach Republican Club, and a current board member. Gaines has also been involved with the New York City Ballet, and served on the Board of the Guthrie Theater of Minneapolis, the Auxiliary Board of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the McCarter Theater Board in Princeton.

A graduate of Sweet Briar College, Gaines received the Alumna of the Year award in September 2007 from her alma mater. Gaines resides in Palm Beach, Florida, with her husband, Stanley. They have four married children and ten grandchildren.

Photo: Renée Bouchard

Gay Hart Gaines

Statements

Testimony before Congress
November 18, 2004

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