Corporate Support and Entertaining
Business Committee
- Preeminent corporate leaders from around the world are members, representing a broad range of industries.
- The Committee provides support for the Museum's ongoing programs as well as for special exhibitions and educational initiatives.
- Every year at the Museum's Corporate Benefit, the committee honors two corporate leaders who both personally and professionally exemplify the commitment and generosity so critical to an institution such as the Metropolitan.
Business Committee Members
- Cathleen P. Black
Co-Chair - James P. Gorman
Co-Chair - Jeffrey M. Peek
Co-Chair
- James R. Houghton
Ex officio - Carl Spielvogel
Honorary Chair
Vice Chairs
- Frederick H.S. Allen
- Laurent Attal
President and Chief Executive Officer
L'Oréal USA - Jewelle W. Bickford
Senior Strategist
Genspring Family Offices - Cathleen P. Black (Co-Chair, Business Committee)
President
Hearst Magazines - Leon D. Black
Founding Partner
Apollo Management, L.P. - Richard L. Chilton, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chilton Investment Company, Inc. - Joseph M. Cohen
Chairman
JM Cohen & Co. - George David
Chairman
United Technologies Corporation - Michel David-Weill
- Rena DeSisto
Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Bank of America - Russell C. Deyo
General Counsel
Johnson & Johnson - Peter Dunn
President and General Manager
CBS2-TV - Janice Reals Ellig
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Chadick Ellig - James E. Fitzgerald, Jr.
Executive Vice President, Northeast Division Manager
Wachovia - Alphonse Fletcher, Jr.
Chairman and CEO
Fletcher Asset Management, Inc. - Orit Gadiesh
Chairman of the Board
Bain & Company - Patrick Gaston
President
Verizon Foundation - Toni K. Goodale
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Goodale Associates - James P. Gorman (Co-Chair, Business Committee)
Co-President
Morgan Stanley - Mario Grauso
President of Fashion Division
PUIG Beauty and Fashion Group - Rajat Gupta
Managing Director
McKinsey & Company, Inc. - William Randolph Hearst III
Partner
Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers - James R. Houghton (Ex officio, Business Committee)
Chairman of the Board Emeritus
Corning Incorporated - Ann Kaplan
Partner
Circle Financial Group - Catherine R. Kinney
- Michael J. Kowalski
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Tiffany & Co. - Alexandra Lebenthal
Chief Executive Officer
Lebenthal & Co., LLC - Diony Lebot
Chief Executive Officer
Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking - Lew Leone
Vice President and General Manager
Fox TV - E. Marie McKee
Chairman, Steuben
President, Corning Museum of Glass
Corning Incorporated - Henry de Montebello
Managing Director
Russell Reynolds Associates, Inc. - Jean-Marc Moriani
Global Head of Corporate and Investment Banking
Natixis - Dennis M. Nally
Chairman, Senior Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Pamela J. Newman
Executive Vice President
Aon Risk Services, Inc. of New York - Jacques C. Nordemann
Chairman
Nordmann Grimm, Inc. - Richard D. Parsons
Former Chairman of the Board
Time Warner Inc. - Jeffrey M. Peek (Co-Chair, Business Committee)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
CIT Group Inc. - Robert E. Pelzer
President and Chief Executive Officer
Novartis Corporation - Ruth Porat
Vice Chairman, Investment Banking
Morgan Stanley - Grant A. Porter
Vice Chairman
Barclays Capital - Michael E. Pralle
President and Chief Operating Officer
J.E. Roberts Companies - James D. Price
Co-Head, Wealth Management Advisor Group US
UBS Financial Services, Inc. - Felipe Propper De Callejon
First Vice President
Smith Barney - Thomas A. Renyi
- William R. Rhodes
Senior Vice Chairman
Citi - Frank E. Richardson
Chairman
F. E. Richardson & Co. Inc. - E. John Rosenwald, Jr.
Vice Chairman Emeritus
J. P. Morgan - Sumner Rulon-Miller III
President
Rulon-Miller Inc. - Marjorie M. Scardino
Chief Executive
Pearson PLC - Henry B. Schacht
Managing Director and Senior Advisor
Warburg Pincus LLC - Muriel Siebert
President and Chairman
Muriel Siebert & Co., Inc. - Robert F. X. Sillerman
Chairman and CEO
The Sillerman Companies - Sheldon H. Solow
Chairman
Solow Building Company - Carl Spielvogel, (Honorary Chair, Business Committee)
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Carl Spielvogel Associates - Burton B. Staniar
Chairman
Knoll, Inc. - Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
Chairman Emeritus
The New York Times Company - Steven B. Tanger
President and Chief Operating Officer
Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc. - Roxanne Taylor
Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
Accenture - David Tepper
Senior Partner
Appaloosa Management L.P. - Jonathan M. Tisch
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Loews Hotels - Enzo Viscusi
Representative for the Americas
ENI SpA - Lulu C. Wang
Chief Executive Officer
Tupelo Capital Management, LLC - Bruce Wasserstein
Chief Executive Officer
Lazard Frères & Co. LLC - Donald E. Zilkha
Zilkha Partners, LP
as of June 2009



