Kathryn Wylde

Kathryn Wylde is President & CEO of the nonprofit Partnership for New York City, the city’s leading business organization. She joined the Partnership in 1982, served as founding President & CEO of its major two affiliates, the New York City Investment Fund and the Housing Partnership Development Corporation. Under her leadership, the Partnership played a major role in the revitalization of the city and its neighborhoods and has contributed to the city’s emergence as a premiere global center of commerce, culture and innovation. An internationally known expert in housing, economic development and urban policy, Wylde serves on a number of boards and advisory groups, including the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Mayor’s Sustainability Advisory Board, NYC Economic Development Corporation, NYC Leadership Academy, the Research Alliance for NYC Public Schools, the Manhattan Institute, the Lutheran Medical Center and the Independent Judicial Election Qualification Commission for the First Judicial District.