Governor Announces Committee for the Advancement of Women in Leadership in Financial Services
October 21st, 2019
Governor Cuomo announced the formation of a committee to address the representation and advancement of women in the financial services industry. The committee will serve as a sub-committee of Governor Cuomo’s Council on Women and Girls, and will be co-chaired by Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa and Financial Services Superintendent Linda A. Lacewell.
Membership of the new subcommittee includes:
- Linda A. Lacewell (Co-chair), Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services
- Melissa DeRosa (Co-chair), Secretary to the Governor, Chair of Governor’s Council on Women and Girls
- Sheila Bair, Director, The Volcker Alliance
- Wendy Cai- Lee, CEO & President, Piermont Bank
- Stephanie Cohen, Chief Strategy Officer, Goldman Sachs
- Shirin Emami, Executive Deputy Superintendent of Banking, New York State Department of Financial Services
- Wendy Erdly, Chief of Staff, New York Department of Financial Services
- Laura Evangelista, Executive Deputy Superintendent of Insurance, New York State Department of Financial Services
- Maria Filipakis, Partner, The Topside Group
- Beth Finkel, New York State Director, AARP
- Rachel Haot, Executive Director, Transit Innovation Partnership
- Karen Ignagni, CEO, EmblemHealth
- Andrea Jung, President & CEO, Grameen America
- Katherine Lemire, Executive Deputy Superintendent of the Consumer Protection and Financial Enforcement Division, New York State Department of Financial Services
- Deanna Mulligan, CEO, Guardian Life Insurance
- Racquel Oden, Managing Director, Northeast Division, JPMorgan Chase
- Donna Redel, Professor, Fordham Law School
- Marta L. Tellado, President & CEO, Consumer Reports
- Patricia Wang, CEO, HealthFirst
- Kathryn Wylde, President & CEO, Partnership for New York City
Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa said:
“Women represent a paltry 20 percent of C-suite positions in the financial services industry and New York has an obligation as the financial capital of the world to ensure the executive level managers of these companies reflect the Empire State’s greatest value – diversity. This first-of-its-kind committee is comprised of some of the most successful female leaders in business and I’m confident that with their help we will come up with innovative solutions that help change this unacceptable status quo and boost representation to the benefit of the financial services industry and to all New Yorkers.”