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| SECTOR MEMBERS |
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Mark Aaron Elif Bali David Barr Pamela Baxter Jeff T. Blau Phil Bleser Cheryl Boyer Pauline Brown John Catsimatidis Paul Charron* Jerome Chazen Mary Anne Citrino Andrew Conway Dino Fusco Peter Hennessy Evan Janovic Don Jones Patti Lee Lili Lynton Tarrus Richardson Renee Roen Guy Metcalfe Mitchell Modell Patrick Murphy Robert Negron, Sr. Christine Nevin Robert Selsam Gregory J. Shaia Robert Stillman Steven Strauss James Y. Wohn
* Sector Group |
The Fund's Retail & Tourism sector group seeks to support projects that will bring new retail services and employment opportunities to the city. The sector group is chaired by Paul R. Charron, former Chairman and CEO of Liz Claiborne. Mr. Charron has been involved in a number of retail industry activities, including leadership positions on the boards of the National Retail Federation and the American Apparel and Footwear Association. He is currently a senior advisor at Warburg Pincus, a managing partner with Fidus Investment Partners, and the Chairman of the Board of Campbell Soup Company.
Past retail sector investments include Harbor Experience Companies, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, Applebee's Neighborhood Grill Bar, NuKitchen, Aabco Sheet Metal Company, and Greenpoint Manufacturing & Design. In addition, NYCIF has provided loans to non-profit organizations, such as, The Doe Fund and Therapy and Learning Center, to help them expand their ability to offer needed community services, as well as to welfare-to-work initiatives to train and place individuals in retail industry jobs.
Sector investments include:
7thOnline
American Bank Note Building
Common Ground Community
Harlem Lanes
Oasis Children's Services
Trey Whitfield School