Founder & CEO
Peter Westbrook

Peter Westbrook is a legend among American fencers. He is the history making winner of the bronze medal in the individual men’s saber event at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, 6 time US Olympian, and 13 time US national champion. Peter Westbrook is the first African-American to win an Olympic fencing medal, and at the time, the 1st US man in fencing to win an Olympic medal in 36 years.

In 1991, Peter Westbrook founded the Peter Westbrook Foundation where he has transformed the lives of thousands of children from the greater New York City’s underserved communities by providing youth with fencing and academic improvement opportunities.

Over the past 30 years, PWF grew from just 6 fencing students to more than 150 students a year, graduating more than 4,000 students over that period.

 

Meet the Board

  • Arthur Ashe (Posthumous)

    Tennis Legend and Philanthropist
    ‘68 U.S. Open, ‘70 Australian, and ‘75 Wimbledon Champion

  • Rod Brayman

    President, Phoenix Beverage, Inc.

  • Robert Cottingham (Chairperson)

    CEO, Sabre88
    ’88, ’92 Olympian

  • Robert Dow (Treasurer)

    Chairman of the Board Emeritus, Lord Abbett & Co.
    ’72 Olympian

  • David O’Brien

    Retired Partner, Ernst & Young
    VP for Development and External Affairs, The Peterson Institute for International Economics

  • Kristina Perkin-Davison

    Co-Founder and Managing Partner, iEurope Capital

  • Herby Raynaud (Secretary)

    Technical Lead, Yieldmo
    ’99, ’01, ’02 World Championship Team

  • William A. Schreyer (Posthumous)

    Chairman Emeritus, Merrill Lynch

  • Erinn Smart

    Director of Strategic Partnerships, Dot Dash Meredith
    ’00, ’04, ’08 Olympian & ‘08 Olympic Silver Medalist

  • Keeth Smart

    Regional General Manager, Chelsea Piers Fitness and Co-Founder &
    Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder, Physiclo
    ’00, ’04, ’08 Olympian & ‘08 Olympic Silver Medalist

  • Peter Westbrook (CEO)

    Founder & Chief Executive Officer, The Peter Westbrook Foundation
    ’76, ’80, ’84, ’88, ’92, ’96 Olympian & ‘84 Olympic Bronze Medalist

Board of Advisors

  • Past President of USA Fencing & VP of Federation Internationale D’Escrime (FIE)

    ‘89, ‘95 World Championship Team

  • President Emeritus, New York University

  • Pastor, The Abyssinian Baptist Church

    President Emeritus, SUNY Old Westbury

  • Global Entertainer, Archangel Productions

  • President Emeritus, U.S. Olympic Committee

  • Chairman, Global Options

 

 

Meet the Team

  • Founder and CEO

  • Manager, Academic Enrichment

  • Accountant and Bookkeeper

 

Meet the Coach-Mentors