Marc Spilker

Marc Spilker co-founded The Diane & Marc Spilker Foundation with his wife, Diane, in 1997. Throughout Marc’s long-standing career in the financial industry, he has dedicated time to philanthropic endeavors he believes in.

Mr. Spilker is a board member of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Undergraduate Executive Board, Maxim Capital Group, LLC, The New 42nd Street, Inc., The Samuel Bronfman Department of Medicine Advisory Board at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and the Advisory Board for Mount Sinai’s Institute for Genomics and Multiscale Biology. Additionally, he serves on the Third Way Board of Trustees, where he is the Founder of Third Way’s Capital Markets Initiative, is a member of the Social Finance, Inc. Advisory Council, is a member of the AdvisorAssist, LLC Advisory Board and chairs the RFK Leadership Council at the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights.

Mr. Spilker received the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award in 2010 and the Marian Heiskell Award from The New 42nd Street in 2020. He is also a recipient of the 2016 Wharton Alumni Award for Distinguished Service. He is a committed supporter of independent public affairs documentaries and has provided funding for three prime time PBS specials, all of which received critical acclaim and numerous awards. These films include Anti-Semitism in the 21st Century: The Resurgence (PBS 2007), Jerusalem: Center of the World (PBS, 2009), The Jewish Journey: America (PBS, 2015) and Viral: Antisemitism in Four Mutations (PBS, 2020). Mr. Spilker also supported an independently produced documentary short about the life of pianist Byron Janis and a five-part media series for The New 42nd Street, Inc.