Diana Taylor

Diana Taylor "joined Wolfensohn & Co., an investment banking firm, as a Managing Director in April, 2007. She has more than 20 years of experience serving in both the public and private sectors.  She started her career as an investment banker, working for Smith Barney, then Lehman Brothers, then Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette.  She then held various positions in the State government, including Chief Financial Officer of the Long Island Power Authority, and Deputy Secretary to the Governor for Housing and Finance.  From 2003 to 2007 she held the position of Superintendent of Banks for the State of New York, a post to which she was nominated by Governor George Pataki and confirmed by the State Senate.  Ms. Taylor serves on the Board of Directors of Sotheby's  and Brookfield Properties.  In addition, she serves on several not for profit boards, including Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, the New York Women's Foundation, the International Women's Health Coalition, and ACCION International, and she chairs a commission for the Federal Depository Insurance Corporation concentrating on financially underserved communities. Ms. Taylor is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations."


 * Director, BRAC USA
 * Director, The After-School Corporation