Eileen Rockefeller Growald

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Eileen Rockefeller Growald (born 1952) is the youngest daughter of David Rockefeller, grandson of Standard Oil founder John D. Rockefeller. She is a fourth-generation member of the Rockefeller family, known generically as "the Cousins". Her siblings are Abby, Richard, Peggy Dulany, Neva Rockefeller Goodwin, and David Rockefeller, Jr.

Growald received her bachelor's degree from Middlebury College in 1974 and her master's in Early Childhood Education from Lesley College in association with the Shady Hill School in 1976.

In 1982, she founded and was president of the Institute for the Advancement of Health, dealing principally with the scientific understanding of mind-body interactions in health and disease; this subject has evolved into what is now called Emotional Intelligence. She co-founded The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Economic Learning (CASEL) in 1992.

In 2000, she and her husband, Paul Growald, founded The Champaign Valley Greenbelt Alliance (CVGA), a local non-profit organization to protect greenbelts along major corridors in Vermont.

Growald, who describes herself as a venture philanthropist, is also the founding chair of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, set up in New York by various members of the family in 2002. The largest advisory service of its kind, its current chair is Kevin Broderick, who served on the board of Rockefeller Financial Services and took over as chairman from Rockefeller in 2005. Its mission is to create thoughtful, effective philanthropy throughout the world.

Growald is also closely involved with The Gailer School in Shelburne, Vermont. She was chair of that board for a number of years and has been succeeded recently by Linda Kelliher Samets.

After her brother, David Rockefeller, Jr., she is seen as a leader of the family's fourth-generation, one of whose major funding priorities is reducing the threat of nuclear war.