Annette de la Renta

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Annette de la Renta (born 1940) Anne France Engelhard is an American philanthropist married to fashion designer Oscar de la Renta. She is the posthumous daughter of German banker Fritz Mannheimer and Jane Engelhard. When Jane Engelhard married her second husband Charles Engelhard, she was adopted by him. Annette is the former wife of Samuel Pryor Reed. She has three children and nine grand children.

She serves on the Boards of the Metropolitan Museum, the New York Public Library, the Morgan Library and the Engelhard Foundation. She also served on the Board of Rockefeller University for 25 years.

She has homes in the Dominican Republic, Connecticut, and New York City.

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