Managing Director
Wolfensohn & Company, L.L.C.
New York, New York
Elected 2008 (Charter Trustee)
A.B. Dartmouth College
M.B.A., M.P.H. Columbia University
Ms. Taylor joined Wolfensohn & Company, a strategic consulting and investment firm, in 2007, prior to which she served as New York State superintendent of banks and chairwoman of the New York State Banking Board. As superintendent, a position to which she was appointed by Governor George Pataki, she was regulator for more than 3,500 financial institutions with assets totaling over $1.5 trillion. Previously, she held a number of other public service positions, including serving in roles as the governor's deputy secretary for finance and housing and before that as chief financial officer of the Long Island Power Authority. Prior to her government service, she worked in the private sector, as vice president for KeySpan Energy and as an investment banker with Smith Barney, Lehman Brothers and Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette. Taylor was a founding partner of M.R. Beal & Co., a successful investment banking firm concentrating primarily in municipal bonds. She earned her Dartmouth A.B. degree in economics and an M.B.A. and Master's in public health from Columbia University. Taylor serves on the boards of Citigroup, Brookfield Properties and Sotheby's. She also serves on several charitable boards. She chairs the boards of ACCION International, the New York Women's Foundation, the YMCA of Greater New York and the Hudson River Park Trust. She also serves on the boards of the International Women's Health Coalition, Columbia University School of Business, the Mailman School of Public Health, the Economic Club Of New York, GEMS and The After School Corporation. Taylor's volunteer work for Dartmouth has included service as a Dartmouth Alumni Fund volunteer, a class officer and a member of her class Reunion Giving Committee.
