Judith Harris

Judith Harris "is the chair of The San Diego Public Library Foundation, which raises money to supplement government funding for the San Diego Public Library system. She served on the San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture from 1993 to 2001 and was the chair from 1998 to 2001. She has co-chaired capital campaigns for KPBS, Animal Welfare Complex and Scripps Cardiac Center. Harris was a trustee for the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego for six years and served as secretary from 2006 to 2007. She is a former trustee for La Jolla Playhouse. She has been a major advocate for the San Diego Council on Literacy for more than a decade. She served on the initial arts and culture task force for the San Diego Foundation and was also a trustee. She presently serves as a trustee for The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International. She and her husband, Dr. Robert Singer, live in La Jolla and have charitable interests in Rwanda, Kenya and The Democratic Republic of Congo."