co-president of the Kenneth and Anne Griffin Foundation, which she co-founded in 2009; it was dissolved in 2014 due to the couple's divorce. The foundation focused on early childhood education, the arts, and medical research, with particular emphasis on the health of women and children. The Griffins pledged more than $100 million to leading innovators and entrepreneurs whose initiatives are bringing measurable and sustainable change to the community. Dias organized a national conference on early childhood education every year in Chicago for teachers, academic researchers and public policy experts. In 2006, Dias and Griffin gave $19 million to the Art Institute of Chicago, and in 2009, the Griffin's donated $10 million to establish the Griffin Early Childhood Center. In 2010, they donated $16 million to the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago of Chicago at Northwestern University to create an Emergency Care Center, which opened in 2012. In 2010, Dias founded the Chicago Heights Early Childhood Center (CHECC), an experimental school program for preschool-aged kids. Since then, Dias has partnered with University of Chicago and Harvard economics professors to support and refine the program. The CHECC has helped close to 900 children. Education Dias is a member of Harvard Business School's board of dean's advisors, a director of the Sciences Po American Foundation, and the French-American Foundation in New York. Arts Dias is a trustee of the Museum of Modern Art, of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, and of the Foundation for Contemporary Arts. Dias is a former trustee of the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, where she headed the investment committee. She was also a Trustee of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, the Children's Memorial Medical Center and Foundation which is part of the Lurie Children’s Hospital at Northwestern University. Dias is a former director of Friends of Island Academy (FOIA). Teaching Dias is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business where she teaches a course on hedge fund strategies. The class straddles theoretical teachings and practical applications of the hedge fund industry. Guest speakers have come from the world’s top investment firms, including Elliott Associates, Tiger Global, Citadel, Carnegie Corporation, Monticello, Coatue, Paulson & Co., Magnetar and Viking. Publications Media Dias is a contributor on foreign policy issues, finance and economics as well as French politics for the Financial Times, the Huffington Post, The Chicago Tribune,