New York Leadership for Accountable Government (NY LEAD) is a bipartisan group of New York business, civic, and philanthropic leaders who have come together to advocate for comprehensive reform to the way elections are funded in the Empire State. We want to join our collective voices to restore fairness and integrity to New York’s political process.
Members of New York Leadership for Accountable Government
*Indicates recent addition to NY LEAD
| Richard Aborn CAAS, LLC |
Fmr. Rep. Mike Arcuri 24th Congressional District, NY |
| Robert Arnow Swig, Weiler and Arnow |
Robert Atkins Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison |
| Francis Barron Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP |
Alan Belzer President & CEO (Retired), Allied Signal |
| Jeff Benjamin* | Alex von Bidder Managing Partner, The Four Seasons Restaurant |
| Sam Blair Main Street Alliance |
Fmr. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert 24th Congressional District, NY |
| Andrea Bonime-Blanc | Stephen Bowman |
| Edgar Bronfman, Sr. Former President & CEO Seagram’s, Ltd. |
Brad Burnham Union Square Ventures |
| David L. Calone President & CEO, Jove Equity Partners, LLC |
Zachary W. Carter Dorsey & Whitney LLP |
| Ellen Chesler | Sean Coffey Fmr. Candidate for NYS Attorney General |
| Robert Colson Trustee, Committee for Economic Development |
W. Bowman Cutter Senior Fellow, Roosevelt Institute |
| Dr. Kenneth Davis President, Mt. Sinai |
Richard Davis |
| Cynthia DiBartolo* CEO of Tigress Financial Partners Chairperson of the Greater New York Chamber of Commerce |
Barry Diller |
| William Donaldson 27th Chairman of the SEC |
Irwin Dorros President, Dorros Associates |
| Patricia Duff* Founder of The Common Good |
Dr. Hazel N. Dukes President, NAACP New York State Conference |
| John R. Dunne | Sean Eldridge President, Hudson River Ventures |
| Blaine (Fin) Fogg Skadden, Arps |
Fmr. Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. |
| Steven Haft | Christie Hefner Fellow, Center for American Progress |
| Stephen Heintz President, Rockefeller Brothers Fund |
Anne H. Hess |
| Ambassador William vanden Heuvel | Leo Hindery InterMedia Partners, LP |
| Fmr. Rep. Amory Houghton 29th Congressional District, NY |
Chris Hughes Co-Founder, Facebook |
| Craig Kaplan | Robert M. Kaufman Proskauer Rose |
| Fmr. Senator Bob Kerrey Co-Chair of Americans for Campaign Reform |
Jerome Kohlberg Kohlberg & Company and the Kohlberg Foundation |
| Charlie Kolb Past President, Committee for Economic Development |
Daniel F. Kolb Davis Polk |
| Kay Koplovitz | Dan Kramer Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison |
| Eric Lane Interim Dean, Hofstra Law School |
Geraldine B. Laybourne |
| Marjorie Press Lindblom of counsel (retired partner), Kirkland & Ellis LLP |
Susan Lyne CEO, Gilt.com |
| John MacIntosh SeaChange Capital Partners |
Kathryn Grant Madigan Levene Gouldin & Thompson LLP |
| Vincent Mai | Matthew Mallow |
| Dennis Mehiel* Chairman and CEO of U.S. Corrugated Chairman and CEO of Battery Park City |
Danny Meyer CEO, Union Square Hospitality Group |
| Judith Mogul Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C. |
Fmr. Rep. Scott Murphy 20th Congressional District, NY |
| Charles Myers | Dan Neidich Dune Real Estate Partners LP |
| Wendy Neu Hugo Neu Corporation |
Charles J. O’Byrne |
| Father Joseph A. O’Hare President Emeritus, Fordham University |
Morris Pearl |
| Eugene Pinover Willkie Farr & Gallagher |
Betsy Plevan Proskaeur Rose |
| Rabbi Joseph Potasnik Executive VP, New York Board of Rabbis |
Frederic C. Rich Sullivan & Cromwell LLP |
| David Rockefeller | Jonathan F.P. Rose President, Jonathan Rose Companies |
| Donald Rubin* Co-founder, Rubin Museum of Art |
Shelley Rubin* Co-founder, Rubin Museum of Art |
| Susan Rubinstein | George E. Rupp President, International Rescue Committee |
| Jeffrey Sachs | Josh Sapan President, AMC Networks |
| Ralph Schlosstein CEO, Evercore Partners |
Frederick A.O. Schwarz Brennan Center for Justice |
| Thomas J. Schwarz | Dr. Robert A. Scott President, Adelphi University |
| Frank Selvaggi, CPA | Jane Sherburne BNY Mellon |
| Claire Silberman | Daniel A. Simon |
| Michael Solender* | Peter J. Solomon Peter J. Solomon Company |
| Jonathan Soros JS Capital Management, LLC |
Sung-Hee Suh |
| Ellen Susman | Steve Susman Susman Godfrey |
| Andrew Tobias | Jeffrey C. Walker |
| Delroy Warmington* Managing Partner of Delwar Capital Management LLC |
Rudy Washington President, RW Consultants |
| Frank Weil Chairman, Abacus & Associates |
Marc N. Weiss Founder, WebLab |
| John C. Wilcox Chairman, SODALI |
Jacob Worenklein Partner and Co-Head, Global Projects, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP |
| Kent Yalowitz Arnold & Porter |
Peter Zimroth Arnold & Porter LLP |
We regret the passing of NY LEAD member Ed Koch, former Mayor of New York City. We will miss his advice and support.
All affiliations listed for identification purposes only