Curt Fields became a Trustee of the Turrell Fund in 1997. He was appointed President & CEO of the Fund in 2005, after a distinguished 31-year career with AT&T. 

As a senior executive officer of AT&T, Curt served as President of the $4 billion Consumer Services Division, and, earlier, as President of AT&T’s largest operating region, in the Midwest. His experience with the company included assignments of increasing responsibility in finance, operations, and marketing, and included key assignments in the Office of the Chairman. 

A native of Washington, D.C., Curt holds an undergraduate degree in architecture and engineering, with high honors, from Princeton University. He also holds a master’s in business administration, in finance and marketing, with honors, from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. 

Curt serves on several Boards, including the Board of Directors of the Lincoln Center Theater in New York City as a member of the Theater’s Audit Committee, and Finance and Investment Committee. Curt is also a Trustee of the New Jersey Symphony, where he serves as Vice Chair, and as a member of the Executive Committee. Curt is a Trustee of the Caucus Educational Corporation, the President of which is prominent journalist and broadcaster, Steve Adubato, Jr., PhD. In addition, Curt was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Kearny Financial Corporation. 

Curt served as a Director of the Aftermarket Technology Corporation, a publicly traded company, until its acquisition in 2010 by the privately held GENCO Corporation. Other Directorships included the Boards of Lucent Technologies, Inc., through its initial public offering; and of the AT&T Universal Card, until its acquisition in 1997 by Citicorp. 

Curt has served on the Turrell Fund Board since 1997.