Eugene Kahn is retired chief executive officer of Claire’s Stores, Inc. and retired chairman and chief executive officer of May Department Stores Company. He is a member of the boards of Barnes-Jewish Hospital and the Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College. In addition to his leadership on the Board of Trustees, Mr. Kahn serves on the National Councils of the Brown School and the Institute of Public Health and is past chair of the Brown School’s Leading Together campaign. In 2016, he received the Brown School Dean’s Medal. Mr. Kahn earned a bachelor’s degree from City College of New York.