PRESS RELEASE
PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW YORK CITY
New York, New York
December 10, 2010
press release (PDF 91K)Partnership for New York City Elects 2010 Leadership
Blankfein and Murdoch are Re-elected Co-chairs
The Partnership for New York City has elected its leadership for 2010, including Co-Chairs, Vice-Chairs, the Executive Committee, and the Board of Directors. The election was conducted at the Partnership’s annual meeting, held on December 4 at the New York Stock Exchange.
“Our leaders care deeply about New York and have rolled up their sleeves to work on the most important issues facing our city and state,” said Kathryn Wylde, Partnership President & CEO. “They represent the spirit of corporate citizenship that led David Rockefeller to establish the Partnership thirty years ago – a spirit that has helped make New York the place where the top talent in global business and finance want to be.”
Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, and Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corporation, were re-elected Co-Chairs of the Partnership.
The Partnership re-elected Candace K. Beinecke, Chair, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP; Kenneth I. Chenault, Chairman & CEO, American Express Company; and Terry J. Lundgren, Chairman, President & CEO, Macy’s Inc. to the position of Vice Chair. Seth H. Waugh, CEO, Deutsche Bank Americas, was re-elected Treasurer, and Martin Lipton, Senior Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, was elected Secretary.
New executive committee members include Jay Fishman, Chairman & CEO, The Travelers Companies, Inc. and C. Robert Henrikson, Chairman, President & CEO, Metlife, Inc.
Also returning to the Executive Committee are:
Kevin Burke, Chairman, President & CEO, Con Edison
Russell L. Carson, Co-Founder and General Partner, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
James Dimon, Chairman, President, & CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Laurence D. Fink, Chairman & CEO, BlackRock, Inc.
Robert P. Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
Henry R. Kravis, Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
William P. Lauder, Executive Chairman, The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.
Rochelle B. Lazarus, Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
K. Rupert Murdoch, Chairman & CEO, News Corporation
Richard D. Parsons, Chairman, Citigroup Inc.
Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., Chairman & CEO, WL Ross & Co. LLC
Jerry I. Speyer, Chairman & Co-CEO, Tishman Speyer
James S. Tisch, President & CEO, Loews Corporation
Kathryn S. Wylde, President & CEO, Partnership for New York City
The full Board of Directors of the Partnership for New York City includes:
David Barger, Chief Executive Officer, JetBlue Airways Corporation
Candace K. Beinecke, Chair, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Stephen Berger, Chairman, Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC
William H. Berkman, Managing Partner, Associated Partners, LP
Jeffrey L. Bewkes, Chairman & CEO, Time Warner Inc.
Lloyd C. Blankfein, Chairman & CEO, Goldman Sachs & Co.
Kathy Bloomgarden, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Ruder Finn, Inc.
Kevin Burke, Chairman, President & CEO, Con Edison
Russell L. Carson, Co-Founder and General Partner, Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe
Kenneth I. Chenault, Chairman & CEO, American Express Company
Stephen J. Dannhauser, Chairman, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Philippe P. Dauman, President and CEO, Viacom Inc.
James Dimon, Chairman, President, & CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Brian Duperreault, President & CEO, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
Roger W. Ferguson, President & CEO, TIAA-CREF
Laurence D. Fink, Chairman & CEO, BlackRock, Inc.
Alan H. Fishman, Chairman, Ladder Capital Finance LLC
Jay Fishman, Chairman & CEO, The Travelers Companies, Inc.
Thomas Glocer, Chief Executive Officer, Thomson Reuters
Barry M. Gosin, Chief Executive Officer, Newmark Knight Frank
Jonathan N. Grayer, Former Chairman & CEO, Kaplan, Inc.
Robert Greifeld, Chief Executive Officer, The NASDAQ OMX Group
C. Robert Henrikson, Chairman, President & CEO, Metlife, Inc.
Glenn H. Hutchins, Co-CEO, Silver Lake
Jill Kaplan, Publisher, Crain's New York Business
Charles Kaye, Co-President, Warburg Pincus
Robert P. Kelly, Chief Executive Officer, The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
Jeffrey B. Kindler, Chairman & CEO, Pfizer Inc.
Klaus Kleinfeld, President & CEO, Alcoa Inc.
Henry R. Kravis, Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
William P. Lauder, Executive Chairman, The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.
Rochelle B. Lazarus, Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
William M. Lewis, Co-Chairman, Investment Banking, Lazard Freres & Co. LLC
Martin Lipton, Senior Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Terry J. Lundgren, Chairman, President & CEO, Macy's Inc.
John J. Mack, Chairman & CEO, Morgan Stanley
Theodore Mathas, Chairman, President & CEO, New York Life Insurance Company
Harold McGraw, III, Chairman, President & CEO, The McGraw-Hill Companies
K. Rupert Murdoch, Chairman & CEO, News Corporation
Duncan L. Niederauer, Chief Executive Officer, NYSE Euronext
Richard D. Parsons, Chairman, Citigroup Inc.
Michael Patsalos-Fox, Chairman, The Americas, McKinsey & Company, Inc.
John Paulson, President, Paulson & Co. Inc.
Lynn Pike, President, Capital One Bank
Peter J. Powers, Chairman & CEO, Powers Global Strategies, LLC
Vikki L. Pryor, President & CEO, SBLI USA Mutual Life Insurance Company, Inc.
James D. Robinson, III, Co-Founder & General Partner, RRE Ventures
Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., Chairman & CEO, WL Ross & Co. LLC
Michael I. Roth, Chairman & CEO, Interpublic Group
Steven Roth, Chairman, Vornado Realty Trust
Howard J. Rubenstein, President, Rubenstein Associates, Inc.
William C. Rudin, President, Rudin Management Company, Inc.
Philip T. Ruegger, III, Chairman, Executive Committee, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Barry Salzberg, Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Linda S. Sanford, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Transformation, IBM Corporation
Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder, The Blackstone Group
Michihisa Shinagawa, President & CEO, Sumitomo Corporation of America
Jerry I. Speyer, Chairman & Co-CEO, Tishman Speyer
Mary Ann Tighe, Chief Executive Officer, NY Tri-State Region, CB Richard Ellis
James S. Tisch, President & CEO, Loews Corporation
John B. Veihmeyer, Chief Executive Officer, KPMG LLP
Mark L. Wagar, President, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
Seth Waugh, Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Bank Americas
Christopher J. Williams, Chairman & CEO, The Williams Capital Group, L.P.
Robert Wolf, Chairman & CEO, UBS Group Americas, UBS
Deborah C. Wright, Chairman & CEO, Carver Bancorp Inc.
Kathryn S. Wylde, President & CEO, Partnership for New York City
Tim Zagat, Co-Chairman, Zagat Survey LLC
Mortimer B. Zuckerman, Chairman, Boston Properties
About the Partnership for New York City
The Partnership for New York City (www.pfnyc.org) is a network of business leaders dedicated to enhancing the economy of the five boroughs of New York City and maintaining the city’s position as the center of world commerce, finance and innovation. Partnership companies account for nearly 7 million American jobs and contribute over $740 billion to the national GDP.