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 KATHLEEN
M. PESILE, A.A.S., B.B.A., M.P.A. Originally
appointed by Governor George Pataki in June 1998 as a trustee of the Board
of The City University of New York, Mrs. Pesile was reappointed by the Governor in June 2005. She is
a Financial Advisor, educator, and CUNY alumna, and has a diverse background
in international banking and higher education. She is the owner of her
own financial services firm, PESILE FINANCIAL GROUP established in 1995.
Ms. Pesile was Vice President for Global Markets, Treasurer's Division,
and in Mergers and Acquisitions at J. P. Morgan & Co.
for 8 years, where she served as the corporate head of worldwide market data services, and chairperson of an international committee established to
create standard practices in the dissemination of global real-time financial
data. Ms. Pesile served as Vice President of Finance and Administration
at Capital Cities/ABC for 5 years, where she also was part of a three
member team established by CEO Thomas Murphy that developed, financed,
and managed the company sponsored Substance Abuse Assistance Program,
later modeled by Xerox and other Fortune 100 corporations.
She is an adjunct professor in Finance and International
Business at The College of Staten Island, and is a founding member of
its Weekend College. While at JP Morgan, she served as an adjunct thesis advisor/examiner
at the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at the University of Delaware, and as NYC chairperson of the American Bankers Association.
She started her teaching career as the first woman instructor
in the Department of Criminal Justice at Jersey City State College, where
she developed finance related courses for law enforcement personnel, and
was a founding member of the Peter Rodino Institute for Justice.
Ms. Pesile graduated summa cum laude from The College of Staten Island,
and was the recipient of the President's Medal of Honor; and Bernard M.
Baruch College, where she earned her B.B.A. and M.P.A. degrees magna cum
laude, and was awarded the President's Medal of Honor, and is a member
of the Golden Key Honor Society. She was awarded The National Security
Scholarship, towards her doctoral studies at New York University.
Active in many community and non-profit organizations, she was a
member of the Board of Directors with The Alzheimer's Foundation, The
Staten Island Symphony, The College of Staten Island Foundation, and Alumni
Association, where she founded the annual scholarship fundraiser, "The
Taste of the Mediterranean", The New York City Health & Hospitals
Corporation-Community Advisory Council, Staten Island University Hospital, and The Snug Harbor Cultural Center. Ms. Pesile was appointed
to the New York City Cultural Affairs Advisory Commission by Mayor Rudolph
Giuliani in 2000, and received the prestigious Ellis Island Medal of Honor
on May 12, 2001. In 2003, she received the Italo-American Associations'
National Leadership in Education Award and a pontifical knighthood as a Dame of
the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem, invested by Edward Cardinal Egan.
In 2006-07, she was awarded the President's Medal from California State University at Stanislaus, and received three honorary doctorates, Honoris Causa, from public and private universities in Peru for her work in developing a student exchange program with CUNY.
Currently, she chairs the Institute for Effective Governance, with the American Council
of Trustees and Alumni; she is a CUNY delegate to the Association of Community
College Trustees and serves as its North East Region-New York State coordinator and Finance and Audit Committee Associate Board Member; and she is a Director with the NYS Community College Trustees, a coalition of SUNY and CUNY Trustees. Since 1999,
she is the Chair of the annual CUNY - Big Apple Job Fair for all CUNY students,
Chair of the Board's Standing Committee on Student Affairs and Special
Programs, and holds membership on the Board's Standing Committee on Fiscal
Affairs, and the Subcommittee on Investments.
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RITA
DIMARTINO, A.A., B.A., M.P.A., 
ROBERT RAMOS, B.A.