TRUSTEES & OFFICERS
TRUSTEES & OFFICERS
Our Trustees and Officers guide the Club’s direction and membership. They are experienced and recognized in the business, economic, and academic realms.
Officers
Chair
Dambisa Moyo Global Economist, Author & Board MemberCo-Principal
Versaca Investments
Dambisa Moyo is a member of the United Kingdom's House of Lords. She is a principal of Versaca Investments - a family office focused on growth investing globally. She serves on a number of global corporate boards including Chevron, and the Oxford University Endowment Investment Committee.
She is a member of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Dambisa is the author of five bestselling books on the global macroeconomy and geopolitics. She holds a PhD in economics from Oxford University and a Masters degree from Harvard University.
Vice Chair
Arvind Krishna Chair & Chief Executive OfficerIBM Corporation
IBM
Arvind Krishna is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IBM. As a business leader and technologist, he has led the building and expansion of new markets for IBM in artificial intelligence, cloud, quantum computing, and blockchain. He has also played a significant role in the development of innovative IBM products and solutions based on Arvind Krishna, Chairman these emerging technologies.
Arvind previously was senior vice president of Cloud and Cognitive Software, where he pioneered the company's hybrid cloud business, transformed IBM's entire software and services portfolio and offerings for cloud, and grew the business. He also headed IBM Research, where he drove innovation in core and emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, quantum computing, blockchain, cloud platform services, data-driven solutions, and nanotechnology. In 2016, Wired Magazine selected Arvind as "one of 25 geniuses who are creating the future of business" for his foundational work on blockchain. As general manager of IBM Systems and Technology Group's development and manufacturing organization, Arvind led the strategy for data-centric systems and the widespread industry adoption of open and collaborative technology standards. He also grew the IBM Information Management business by 50 percent.
At IBM, Arvind has been an outspoken advocate for learning at every stage of one's career. He has made scientific contributions in a number of technical fields, including wireless networking, security, systems, and databases. In addition, he founded IBM's security software business and helped create the world's first commercial wireless system. Arvind has an undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK) and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the recipient of distinguished alumni awards from both institutions.
Vice Chair
Deven J. Parekh Managing Director Insight Partners
Deven J. Parekh is a Managing Director at Insight Partners. Since joining Insight in 2000, he has made more than 140 investments in enterprise software, data, and consumer internet businesses globally, including in North America, Europe, India, Southeast Asia, Israel, Africa, Latin America, and Australia. Currently, Deven serves on the Boards of Directors for Checkout.com, Chrono24, CoreLogic, Diligent, DistroKid, Fanatics, Gamma, iad, PDI, TetraScience, and Vinted. Other companies within his portfolio include Calm, Kpler, FloQast, Chargebee, Splitwise, Zest.ai, Slice, Saks.com and Saks OFF 5th, and Automattic (WordPress). Deven’s previous investments include Duck Creek (IPO), Appriss Insights (sale to Equifax), Twitter (IPO), eVestment (sale to NASDAQ), Alibaba (IPO), JD.com (IPO), Bullhorn (sale to Stone Point Capital), Buddy Media (acquired by Salesforce), Website Pros (IPO), Yext (IPO), Enverus (sale to Genstar), EveryAction (sale to Apax), and Turnitin (sale to Advance). In addition to his work at Insight, Deven currently serves as a Board Member for the Council on Foreign Relations, NYU Langone, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Tisch New York MS Research Center, and the Economic Council of New York. He was also confirmed by the United States Senate to serve on the Board of Directors for the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation. He has previously served on the Board of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), on the Advisory Board of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, and on a Technical Advisory Council of the Federal Communications Commission. He is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Publicolor, a non-profit organization focused on New York City public schools, and also served on the Board and Executive Committee of the Ethical Culture Fieldston School. In December 2021, Deven was named a recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award. He is also a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute. Prior to joining Insight, Deven was a Principal at Berenson Minella & Company, a New York-based merchant banking firm, where he served on the M&A Committee. He also worked for Blackstone on M&A and other investment activities. Deven has a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Other awards: • Named one of GrowthCap’s Top 25 Software Investors of 2020 • Named to the Forbes Midas List in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 • Selected as a Top 100 Venture Capitalist by CB Insights in 2016, 2018, and 2019 • Named a Venture Capital 100 winner by AlwaysOn in 2014 for his investments in Twitter and Chegg
Vice Chair
Charles Phillips Managing Partner & Co-FounderRECOGNIZE
RECOGNIZE
Charles Phillips is Managing Partner & Co-Founder of RECOGNIZE. Previously, he was Chairman of Infor, the world's third-largest provider of business applications and services with more than 70,000 customers in nearly 200 countries.
Prior to Infor, Mr. Phillips was President of Oracle Corporation and a member of the Board of Directors. During his tenure, the company tripled in size and successfully acquired 70 companies. Prior to Oracle, he was a Managing Director in the Technology Group at Morgan Stanley, where he was an Institutional Investor All Star for ten consecutive years. Before Wall Street, Mr. Phillips was a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps in the 2nd Battalion, 10th Marines artillery unit. He is a member of the Georgia State Bar and served on the Obama Administration's Economic Recovery Board.
PayPal
Dan Schulman was focused on democratizing and transforming financial services and e-commerce to improve the financial health of billions of people, families and businesses around the world. With extensive experience in payments and mobile technology, Dan led PayPal to reimagine how people move and manage money, and how merchants and consumers interact and transact. Under Dan's leadership, PayPal has been named as one of the top companies on JUST Capital and Forbes' JUST 100 list, featuring "companies doing right by America". PayPal has also been recognized as a Fortune Change the World company for its work to tackle the biggest challenges facing society today. Dan's leadership and impact have been recognized by several notable organizations. In 2020, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights honored him with the Ripple of Hope Award, which recognizes those who have demonstrated a commitment to social change and a passion for equality, justice and basic human rights. In 2019, Dan was recognized by Endeavor Global with the High-Impact Leader of the Year Award for his work to support entrepreneurs around the globe. He was also honored with the Financial Health Network's inaugural Visionary Award in 2018 for his commitment to improving the financial lives of people around the world. Dan received the 2017 Brennan Legacy Award, established to honor the late Supreme Court justice and his career-long commitment to social justice and "common human dignity". The Council for Economic Education named Dan as its 2017 Visionary for promoting economic and financial literacy to create a better-informed society. Rutgers University bestowed upon Dan an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree, and he also delivered the University's 252nd anniversary commencement speech. Dan has frequently been recognized by Fortune as one of the top 20 Businesspersons of the Year. He has also been named one of the top 100 Most Creative People by Fast Company and, in 2019, he was named one of Glassdoor's Top 50 CEOs. In addition, he has been recognized as one of the top 10 Most Innovative CEOs in Banking. Dan previously served as Group President at American Express. Prior to joining American Express, Dan was President of the Prepaid Group at Sprint Nextel Corporation following its acquisition of Virgin Mobile USA, Inc., where he led the company as its founding CEO for eight years. Earlier in his career, Dan was President and CEO of Priceline Group, Inc., where he led the company through a period of rapid growth and expansion. He also spent 18 years at AT&T, where he held a series of positions, including President of the Consumer Markets Division. Dan is actively involved in the World Economic Forum, as a member of the International Business Council, and the Board of Governors and Board of Stewards for the Future of Financial & Monetary Systems platform. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Business Roundtable. In addition, Dan is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and an International Advisory Council member of the Singapore Economic Development Board. Dan is a Director of Verizon Communications, Inc., and previously served as Non-Executive Chairman of NortonLifeLock (formerly Symantec Corporation). He also serves on the boards of The Economic Club of New York and Autism Speaks. Dan earned a BA from Middlebury College and an MBA from New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business. He is an avid mixed martial arts practitioner.
Secretary
Ed Cox Retired PartnerPatterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP.
Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP.
Ed Cox is Chairman of the New York Republican State Committee. Previously, he was senior partner, Chairman of Corporate Development, and member of the Management Committee at Patterson, Belknap, Webb, & Tyler LLP. Mr. Cox has served under three presidents, including advising on international relations for President Richard Nixon and President George H. W. Bush and as general counsel of a major energy agency for President Ronald Reagan.
He has worked extensively in New York's state government aiding in issues ranging from the state's universities and community colleges to the merit selection of judges to New York's highest court. Mr. Cox is director of a New York Stock Exchange independent oil and gas company, Chairman of the New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund, and member of the Executive Committee of the National Stroke Association.
Treasurer
Rachel S. Moore President & Chief Executive OfficerThe Music Center, LA
(Performing Arts Center of LA County)
The Music Center, LA
(Performing Arts Center of LA County)
Rachel S. Moore is president and CEO of The Music Center, which manages The Music Center campus and Grand Park on behalf of the County of Los Angeles. In addition, she guides The Music Center's multi-faceted arts education initiatives, which reach children and youth all over Southern California.
Ms. Moore currently serves on the board of the LA 2024 Olympic Games Bid Committee. She is a member of the Advisory Board for the Dizzy Feet Foundation, on the Board of Advisors of Project STEP, and a member of the Child Performer Advisory Board for the New York State Department of Labor. She is the author of The Artist's Compass: The Complete Guide to Building a Life and a Living in the Performing Arts (2016).
Ms. Moore served as adjunct faculty in Columbia University's Arts Administration program, specializing in nonprofit finance, in the dance department of Emerson College, and as an instructor of non-profit finance in Boston University's Graduate Program in the Arts.
President & CEO
Barbara M. Van Allen President & Chief Executive OfficerEconomic Club of New York
Economic Club of New York
Barbara M. Van Allen is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Economic Club of New York, the nation's foremost nonprofit and nonpartisan speaking forum for social, political, and economic issues. She represents the organization at the highest levels of domestic and international government, business, and finance and, together with her Board, regularly serves as host to heads of state, central bankers, Supreme Court justices, secretaries general of the United Nations, international business leaders as well as key cabinet members, military leaders, ambassadors, members of Congress, and innovators across all sectors
She has served in senior leadership roles in the trade association, corporate, and government sectors including ITT Corporation, Cushman & Wakefield, and on Capitol Hill as a legislative director and adviser to several members of Congress. Ms. Van Allen has served on numerous boards including the Governing Board of the Bishop John T. Walker School for Boys. She is also a member of the Wisemen and was inducted into the YWCA Academy of Women Achievers.
Ms. Van Allen holds an MBA in Marketing from New York University and a master’s degree in Legislative Affairs from George Washington University. She has a bachelor’s degree in Political Science with Honors from the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill, where she also lettered in Division 1 Field Hockey. She has also completed executive coursework in Board Governance at Harvard Business School.
Trustees
Maverick Capital
Before founding Maverick in 1993, Mr. Ainslie was a Managing Director of Tiger Management. Mr. Ainslie serves on the boards of the Robin Hood Foundation, the Partnership for New York City, the Economic Club of New York, the New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and the Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia. Mr. Ainslie received a B.S. in Systems Engineering from the University of Virginia (Westmoreland Davis Scholar and Thomas Pinckney Bryan Jr. Scholar) and an M.B.A. from the University of North Carolina (Beta Gamma Sigma). Mr. Ainslie and his wife, Elizabeth, have two sons.
Cloudflare
Hayley Boesky is a Managing Director and Executive Vice Chair of Public Policy & Client Engagement at Bank of America. In this role, she collaborates across all enterprise lines of business to deepen relationships with the firm's clients around the world. She also serves as a liaison with the global policy making community, fostering connectivity on areas at the forefront of market and regulatory developments. She previously served as vice chairman of Global Markets
Before joining Bank of America, Hayley was a vice president and director of Market Analysis at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where she managed the quantitative Analytical Development unit, the Cross-Market Monitoring market intelligence team, and the Market Outreach Buy-Side and Relationship Management group. Prior to joining the Federal Reserve, Hayley was director of Relative Value and Derivative Trading at Moore Capital Management. She began her career with Goldman Sachs where she specialized in fixed income strategy, eventually serving as chief U.S. Rates strategist.
Hayley is a member of the IMF's Financial Institutions Consultative Group, a team of senior investors that advise the IMF on market developments and financial stability issues; the Financial Sector Advisory Council, a committee of market experts who meet regularly with Dallas Fed President Logan to discuss financial stability issues and financial policy; the Harvard Kennedy School Center for Business and Government Advisory Board, where members provide practical advice to improve public policy; and the Bretton Woods Committee Advisory Council, a group of senior leaders in business, finance and policy that advises the Bretton Woods Committee on economic growth and financial stability.
Hayley is a director of the Tory Burch Foundation, which supports women's entrepreneurship and the economic empowerment of women. She serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Overseers for the University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences. She is on the Trustee Council of Penn Women at the University of Pennsylvania and is a member of the Penn Arts and Sciences Women in Business Alliance. In addition, Hayley is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves on the foundation board for U.S. Ski & Snowboard. She previously served on the Board of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University
Hayley holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Astrophysics from Columbia University. In addition to her PhD, she also earned a Master of Science degree and a Master of Philosophy degree from Columbia University, and studied mathematics, astrophysics and French as an undergraduate at the University of Pennsylvania.
Jared A Cohen President of Global Affairs and Co-Head of the Goldman Sachs Global Institute
New York
Jared is president of Global Affairs and co-head of the Goldman Sachs Global Institute, and is a member of the Management Committee and the Firmwide Client Franchise Committee. He joined Goldman Sachs as a partner in 2022.
Prior to joining the firm, Jared was chief executive officer of Jigsaw, which he founded at Alphabet Inc. in 2016. In this role, his work focused on applying frontier technology to the greatest challenges facing humanity. Prior to that, Jared was Google’s first director of Ideas and chief advisor to Google’s chief executive officer and executive chairman Eric Schmidt. From 2006 to 2010, he served as a member of the Secretary of State’s Policy Planning Staff and as a close advisor to both Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton
Jared is a New York Times bestselling author of six books, including One Hundred Days of Silence: America and the Rwanda Genocide, Children of Jihad, The New Digital Age: Transforming Nations,Business, and our Lives, which he coauthored with Eric Schmidt, Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America, Life After Power: Seven Presidents and their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House, and the children's book Speaking of America: United States Presidents and the Words that Changed History.
Jared is a member of and an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security and also a member of the Trilateral Commission.
Jared earned a BA from Stanford University and an MPhil in International Relations from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He speaks fluent Swahili.
Sander R. Gerber Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment OfficerHudson Bay Capital
Sander Gerber is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Hudson Bay Capital, a global investment firm. Mr. Gerber has over three decades of investing experience in multiple securities classes and derivatives across a broad range of strategies.
Mr. Gerber began his investment career in 1991, as a member of the American Stock Exchange working as an equity options market maker. In 1997, he founded Gerber Asset Management to develop and engage in proprietary investment strategies. In late 2005, Mr. Gerber and Yoav Roth co-founded Hudson Bay Capital, which concentrates on generating positive returns while maintaining a focus on risk management and capital preservation.
In 2008, Mr. Gerber developed the Gerber Statistic, which was accepted as an innovation complementary to his own work by the late Dr. Harry Markowitz, the Nobel Prize-winning economist and father of Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT). The Gerber Statistic is utilized by Hudson Bay to identify the co-movement of financial assets, enabling early detection of concentration risks and insufficient diversification. Subsequently, Mr. Gerber and Dr. Markowitz, in a landmark research paper published in The Journal of Portfolio Management, gave further validation to replacing historical correlation in the calculation of covariance with the Gerber Statistic.
Mr. Gerber is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and an investment committee member of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. He serves as a distinguished fellow at The Jewish Institute for National Security of America. Mr. Gerber served as a member of the Senior Advisory Group to the Director of National Intelligence from 2017-2019 and as a member of the United States Agency for International Development's Partnership for Peace Fund Advisory Board from 2022-2025. Formerly, he was the Vice Chairman of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and Chairman of its Investment Committee.
Mr. Gerber graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, with a BSE in Finance from Wharton and a BA in Humanistic Philosophy from the College of Arts and Sciences.
Peter T. Grauer President, Bloomberg Inc. & Chair Emeritus, Bloomberg
A board member since 1996, he became Chairman in 2001, succeeding Michael R. Bloomberg, and then Chairman, President and CEO a year later. From 2000 to 2002, he was managing director and senior partner of Credit Suisse First Boston, founding both DLJ Merchant Banking Partners and DLJ Investment Partners. He was managing director of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette from 1992 until CSFB acquired it in 2000. Peter graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and attended the Program for Management Development at Harvard Business School.
Mr. Grauer serves as lead director of DaVita, Inc. (NYSE: DVA). He is a member of the McKinsey Advisory Council. He is also a member of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum and serves on its Media, Entertainment and Information, Financial Services and Gender Parity Board of Governors. He is founding Chairman of the Community of Chairmen at the World Economic Forum. Mr. Grauer is also a member of the British American Business International Advisory Board and the Asia Business Council. Grauer is the President of the Board of Trustees of the Inner City Scholarship Fund in New York City and a member of the Partnership for Inner City Education Board of Directors. He is a trustee of Rockefeller University and founding Chairman of the U.S. 30% Club. Mr. Grauer is a member of the Board of the Prostate Cancer Foundation and is Chairman of the College Advising Corps.
Erika H. James Dean, The Wharton School; Reliance Professor of Management and Private Enterprise, Professor of Management
Erika H. James became the dean of the Wharton School on July 1, 2020. Trained as an organizational psychologist, Dean James is a leading expert on crisis leadership, workplace diversity, and management strategy.
Prior to her appointment at Wharton, Dean James was the John H. Harland Dean at Emory University's Goizueta Business School from 2014 to 2020. An award-winning educator, accomplished consultant, and innovative researcher, she has paved the way for women in leadership both in education and corporate America. Dean James has been instrumental in developing groundbreaking executive education programs, including the Women's Leadership program at the University of Virginia's Darden School.
Dean James is a sought-after thought leader whose expertise has been quoted by The Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, Bloomberg, The Washington Post, and numerous other media outlets. She has been widely recognized as one of the most powerful and influential women in business and education by Barron's, Black Enterprise, and Ebony.
In addition to her academic responsibilities, Dean James is a board member of Morgan Stanley, The Philadelphia Orchestra and Kimmel Center, Inc., and several organizations that align with her passions for education and advancing women in business. Additionally, she serves as an advisory board member to Tsinghua University School of Economics and Management and as an executive board member to the Indian School of Business.
Dean James holds a Ph.D. and master's degree in organizational psychology from the University of Michigan, as well as a bachelor's degree in psychology from Pomona College of the Claremont Colleges in California.
William M. Lewis, Jr. Partner and member of the Management CommitteeApollo Global Management, Inc
Senior Partner and member of the Management Committee, Apollo Global Management, Inc William M. Lewis, Jr. is Senior Partner and member of the Management Committee at Apollo Global Management, Inc. Bill most recently served as Managing Director and Chairman of Investment Banking at Lazard, where he advised global corporations on corporate and financial matters, including leveraged buyouts and other M&A activity. Previously, Bill spent 24 years with Morgan Stanley in a variety of leadership roles including global M&A, global corporate finance and Morgan Stanley Realty. In 1989, he became Morgan Stanley's first African-American Managing Director. Lewis also chaired its charitable foundation and diversity task force.
Bill earned his undergraduate degree and MBA from Harvard University, and today serves as a member of the Harvard Management Company which is responsible for the university's $58billion endowment. He also serves on the boards of numerous nonprofit organizations including Uncommon Schools, New York Presbyterian Hospital, the New York City Police Foundation, The Posse Foundation, and the National Constitution Center. In addition to his nonprofit work, Bill serves on the board of Ariel Alternatives, LLC, ADT Board of Directors, and formerly served on the boards of Freddie Mac and Darden Restaurants
Lynn Martin Lynn Martin is President of NYSE Groupwhich includes the New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest stock market
Lynn Martin is President of NYSE Group, which includes the New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest stock market.
Martin is the 68th President of the New York Stock Exchange and the second woman to lead the exchange in more than 230-year history. The NYSE, the premier venue for capital raising, is the listing home to the world's most influential and innovative companies.
In addition to the exchange, NYSE Group includes four fully electronic equity markets, including NYSE Arca, the industry leader in ETFs, and two options exchanges.
Martin is also Chair of Fixed Income & Data Services at Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), the parent of NYSE Group. Most recently, she was President of that business, responsible for ICE Bonds execution venues, securities pricing and analytics, reference data, indices, desktop solutions, consolidated feeds and connectivity services that cover all major asset classes.
She previously served as President of ICE Data Services, COO of ICE Clear U.S., and in a number of leadership roles including CEO of NYSE Liffe U.S. and CEO of New York Portfolio Clearing. Martin began her career at IBM in its Global Services organization.
Martin holds a BS in Computer Science from Manhattan College and an MA in Statistics from Columbia University. She currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Partnership for New York City, the Inner-City Scholarship Fund and the New York State Emerging Technology Advisory Board. Martin also serves on the Manhattan College Board of Trustees.
N. Gregory Mankiw Robert M Beren Professor of EconomicsHarvard University
Harvard University
N. Gregory Mankiw is the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University. As a student, he studied economics at Princeton University and MIT. As a teacher, he has taught macroeconomics, microeconomics, statistics, and principles of economics. He even spent one summer long ago as a sailing instructor on Long Beach Island.
Professor Mankiw is a prolific writer and a regular participant in academic and policy debates. His research includes work on price adjustment, consumer behavior, financial markets, monetary and fiscal policy, and economic growth. His published articles have appeared in academic journals, such as the American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, and Quarterly Journal of Economics, and in more widely accessible forums, such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.
He has written two popular textbooks—the intermediate-level textbook Macroeconomics (Worth Publishers) and the introductory textbook Principles of Economics (Cengage Learning). Principles of Economics has sold over two million copies and has been translated into twenty languages. In addition to his teaching, research, and writing, Professor Mankiw has been a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, an adviser to the Congressional Budget Office and the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston and New York, and a member of the ETS test development committee for the advanced placement exam in economics. From 2003 to 2005 he served as Chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers. Professor Mankiw lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with his wife, three children, and their border terrier Tobin.
Daniel A. Neff Membership Committee Co-Chair, ECNYPartner, Co-Chair of the Executive Committee
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Daniel A. Neff is the co-chairman of the Executive Committee and partner in the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, which he joined in 1977. He is a corporate and securities lawyer, and has focused on mergers and acquisitions and advice to boards of directors and board committees. Throughout his career, Mr. Neff has been extensively involved in negotiated as well as hostile acquisitions, and has represented bidders and targets, public and private companies, private equity firms, leveraged acquirers and special committees of directors. He has represented companies in divestitures, cross-border transactions and proxy contests, and has counseled managements and boards of directors concerning acquisition matters, responses to shareholder activism, conflict transactions, corporate governance and other significant issues.
John Rogers Jr. Chair & Co-CEOAriel Investments
Ariel Investments
John is the Chairman, CEO and Chief Investment Officer for Ariel Investments. John's passion for investing began at age 12, when his father began buying him stocks as Christmas and birthday gifts. His interest in equities grew at Princeton University, where he majored in economics, and over the two-plus years he worked as a stockbroker for William Blair & Company, LLC. In 1983, John founded Ariel Investments to employ a patient, value strategy in small and medium-size companies. He strongly believes in giving back to Chicago, sitting on the corporate boards of Exelon and McDonald's, and serving as trustee to the University of Chicago.
Nationally, John is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a director of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. In 2008, he was awarded Princeton University's highest honor, the Woodrow Wilson Award, presented each year to the alumnus whose career embodies a commitment to national service. Following the election of President Barack Obama, John served as co-chair for the Presidential Inaugural Committee 2009. Today, he chairs the President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans.
John received an AB in economics from Princeton University, where he was also captain of the varsity basketball team.
Reshma Saujani Membership Committee Co-Chair, ECNYFounder
Girls Who Code & Moms First
Girls Who Code & Moms First
Reshma Saujani is the Founder and Board Chair of Girls Who Code, the international nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in technology and change the image of what a computer programmer looks like and does. She is the author of the international bestseller Brave, Not Perfect and the New York Times bestseller Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World. Reshma's TED talk, "Teach girls, bravery not perfection," has more than four million views and has sparked a worldwide conversation about how we're raising our girls. She is the host of the award-winning podcast "Brave, Not Perfect." Reshma began her career as an attorney and activist. In 2010, she surged onto the political scene as the first Indian American woman to run for U.S. Congress. During the race, Reshma visited local schools and saw the gender gap in computing classes firsthand, which led her to start Girls Who Code.
Reshma is a graduate of the University of Illinois, Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and Yale Law School. Her work on behalf of young women has earned her broad recognition on lists including: Fortune World's Greatest Leaders; Fortune 40 Under 40; WSJ Magazine Innovator of the Year; Forbes Most Powerful Women Changing the World; and Fast Company 100 Most Creative People, among others. She is the winner of the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education.
Reshma serves on the Board of Overseers for the International Rescue Committee, which provides aid to refugees and those impacted by humanitarian crises. In addition, she serves as an ex-officio Trustee of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Reshma lives in New York City with her husband, Nihal, their son, Shaan, and their bulldog, Stanley.
Jeff Schoenfeld Retired PartnerBrown Brothers Harriman
As Partner and Head of Global Institutional Business Development and Relationship Management, Jeff leads the firm's Institutional Investment Management client activities on a global basis for a range of products/services. He joined BBH in 1984, was named a Partner of the firm in 1996, and has served numerous investment leadership roles during his 38-year BBH career, including Chief Investment Officer, Head of Asset Allocation, and Head of Fixed Income Management.
Currently, Jeff participates in several firm-wide oversight committees for Asset/Liability Management and BBH's volunteerism activities, BBH Cares. He also helps lead BBH's Diversity & Inclusion efforts and is the founding sponsor for the firm's LGBTQ Affinity Group, BBH Pride.
Jeff is passionately involved in several philanthropic organizations. He is the Past President of UJA-Federation of New York, the largest local philanthropy in the world. Preceding his role as President, Jeff was the Co-Chair of UJA's Annual Campaign and the Chair of UJA's Caring Commission, overseeing human service and community building programs in New York, and 70 countries around the world. Today, he chairs UJA's Allocation Steering Committee, is a member of its Executive Committee, Finance Committee and Board of Directors.
Jeff currently serves as Chair of the Israel and Overseas Committee of the Jewish Federations of North America, helping to strategically guide global allocations for the North American Federation system. In this capacity, Jeff serves as a member of the Board of Governors of The Jewish Agency for Israel.
Jeff is a member of the Board of Directors of The Jewish Funders Network, joining other philanthropists to address critical societal challenges. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of amfAR, a leading cure-focused global HIV/AIDS research organization. Jeff serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the NPR Foundation, the country's leading provider of journalistic excellence and programmatic content for public radio and podcasts, and also serves as a member of the Graduate Executive Board at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, working to expand Wharton's impact as the foremost teaching, research, and experience-led business school in the world.
Jeff received his B.A. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley, and his MBA in Finance from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Robert K. Steel ECNY Chair EmeritusPerella Weinberg Partners
Perella Weinberg Partners
Mr. Steel has more than 40 years of experience in financial services and public service. Prior to joining Perella Weinberg Partners in May of 2014, Mr. Steel was New York City’s Deputy Mayor for Economic Development where he was responsible for the Bloomberg Administration’s five-borough economic development strategy, job-creation efforts, and also led the applied sciences initiative, which established the Cornell-Technion campus on Roosevelt Island, New York University Center for Urban Science, and Progress Initiative in Brooklyn, New York.
He was previously president and CEO of Wachovia Corporation, where he oversaw the sale of the bank to Wells Fargo & Co. and served on the Wells Fargo board of directors until 2010. Prior to that, Mr. Steel was Under Secretary for Domestic Finance of the United States Treasury, where he revived the President’s Working Group, the core group to respond to the global economic crisis of 2008. He managed the Department’s Blueprint for Modernized Regulatory Structure, which recommended several of the reforms since pursued by the Obama administration. For his achievements at the Treasury Department, Mr. Steel was awarded the Alexander Hamilton Award, the highest award given to any Treasury employee.
Mr. Steel spent nearly 30 years at Goldman Sachs, rising to Head of the Global Equities Division, Vice Chairman of the firm, and a member of its Management Committee. He also was a member of the board of directors of Barclays from 2005 to 2006.
He is a graduate of Duke University and the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. Mr. Steel is Chairman Emeritus of the Aspen Institute’s Board of Trustees and has served as Chairman of Duke’s Board of Trustees, Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and a member of the FDIC Advisory Committee on Economic Inclusion. In 2010, Mr. Steel was awarded the University Medal for Distinguished Meritorious Service at Duke University.
Currently, Mr. Steel serves on the board of Perella Weinberg Partners, Bloomberg Inc., General Dynamics, Economic Club of New York, Union Square Hospitality Group, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Hospital for Special Surgery, Aspen Institute, Rockefeller University, The Morgan Library & Museum, and is a member of the Aspen Economic Strategy Group and the Partnership for New York City.
John C. Williams ECNY Chair EmeritusPresident & Chief Executive Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
John C. Williams is the president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. In that capacity, he serves as the vice chairman and a permanent member of the Federal Open Market Committee. From 2011 to mid-June 2018, Mr. Williams was the president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Prior to that, he was the executive vice president and director of research at the San Francisco Fed, which he joined in 2002.
Mr. Williams began his career in 1994 as an economist at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. In addition, he served as a senior economist in the White House Council of Economic Advisers and as a lecturer at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. Mr. Williams holds a Ph.D. in economics from Stanford University, an M.S. degree from the London School of Economics, and an A.B. from the University of California at Berkeley.
Marie-Josée Kravis ECNY Chair EmeritaChair
Museum of Modern Art
Mrs. Kravis is an Economist and Senior Fellow and vice chair of the Board of Trustees at Hudson Institute Inc. She is also a well-known economist specializing in public policy analysis and strategic planning. Prior, she was special assistant to the federal Solicitor General and later the Minister of Supply and Services for the Canadian Government. Earlier in her career, Ms. Kravis was a financial analyst for Power Corporation of Canada; authored several books and a weekly column on economics for the National Post; and hosted a weekly television show on economics. Among many expertise, Mrs. Kravis specializes in public policy analyses and strategic planning. In addition to Chairing The Economic Club of New York from June 2018- June 2020, she serves on the board of LVMH and has served on numerous other boards, many times in a leadership capacity, including The Museum of Modern Art as President, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research.
Terry J. Lundgren ECNY Chair EmeritusExecutive Chairman and CEO, Retired, Macy's
On March 23rd, 2017, Terry Lundgren was named executive chairman of Macy's, Inc., which includes Macy's, Bloomingdale's, Blue Mercury and one of the largest on-line retail businesses in America. Prior to becoming executive chairman, Lundgren was CEO of the company beginning in February 2003 and chairman and CEO starting in January, 2004, after having served as president and chief merchandising officer since May 1997. As chief executive officer, Lundgren led Federated's acquisition of The May Department Stores Company in August 2005, nearly doubling the size of the company. One year later, he changed the name of more than 400 regional department stores across the country to the Macy's name, creating the largest Fashion Retail Company in the nation. With fiscal 2016 sales approaching $26 billion and approximately 140,000 employees, the company operates more than 700 department stores under the nameplates Macy's and Bloomingdale's, and approximately 125 specialty stores that include Bloomingdale's The Outlet, Bluemercury and Macy's Backstage. Macy's, Inc. operates stores in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Guam and Puerto Rico, as well as macys.com, bloomingdales.com and bluemercury.com. Lundgren is a native of Long Beach, CA, a graduate of The University of Arizona, and an active supporter of The Terry J. Lundgren Center for Retailing at The University of Arizona. Lundgren currently serves on the boards of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, The Procter & Gamble Company, Carnegie Hall and the National Retail Federation (NRF). He is a former board member of Kraft Foods Inc. and has participated in numerous charitable and civic efforts. He has served as co-chairman of the Partnership for New York City, and chairman of the National Minority Supplier Development Council, NRF and the American Society of Corporate Executives. Lundgren currently serves as chairman of the Economic Club of New York and co-chair of the American Heart Association – CEO Roundtable
