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Daniel L. Doctoroff

Deputy Mayor of Economic Development and Rebuilding
Office of the Mayor

 

On October 5th, the Fellows had an opportunity to get an inside view of the current NYC administration's development priorities. The evening’s guest speaker: Daniel Doctoroff, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding for the City of New York. As Deputy Mayor, Mr. Doctoroff directs the planning and implementation of the policies that affect the economic prosperity of New York City. Mr. Doctoroff also leads the City's efforts to secure the 2012 Olympic Games, an effort he founded. In addition, he oversees New York City's physical and economic response to the events of September 11, including coordinating with city and state agencies, the federal government and the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation to redevelop the World Trade Center site and all of Lower Manhattan. Prior to joining the Bloomberg administration, Mr. Doctoroff was Managing Partner of Oak Hill Capital Partners, one of the oldest and most respected private equity investment firms. During his fourteen-year association with Oak Hill, Mr. Doctoroff led the purchases of companies in a wide variety of industries, including information services, insurance, thrifts, cable television, hotels and leasing. Prior to joining Oak Hill, Mr. Doctoroff was an investment banker at Lehman Brothers, specializing in merchant banking, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings and reorganizations. Mr. Doctoroff received a B.A. degree from Harvard College. He received a J.D. degree from The Law School at the University of Chicago. Before attending law school, Mr. Doctoroff was a political pollster.

 

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