Betsy Gotbaum - General American Independent Director
| XGAMX Fund | USD 55.54 0.43 0.78% |
Ms. Betsy F. Gotbaum is an Independent Director of General American Investors Company, Inc. In addition to her tenure since 2010 as a Director of the Company, Ms. Gotbaum serves as the Executive Director of Citizens Union and served as the New York City Public Advocate from 2002 through 2009, New York Citys second highest ranking public official, and served as New York Citys primary Ombudsperson. In that role, Ms. Gotbaum presided over the New York City Council, introduced legislation of concern to her constituency, and sat on both the Voters Assistance Commission and the Audit Committee of the City of New York. Ms. Gotbaum was also a Trustee on the Board and a member of the Proxy Committee of the New York City Employees Retirement System. Previously, Ms. Gotbaum was President of the New York Historical Society. Ms. Gotbaum has served on the Boards of Trustees of several notforprofit organizations and currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Center for Community Alternatives, the Community Service Society, Fisher Center for Alzheimers Research Foundation, Learning Leaders, and the Visiting Nurse Association of New York
| Age | 79 |
| Tenure | 14 years |
General American Inv Leadership Team
Elected by the shareholders, the General American's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: General American inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of General. The board's role is to monitor General American's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. General American's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, General American's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
| Diane Radosti, Principal Accounting Officer, Treasurer | ||
| Henry Schirmer, Director | ||
| Clara Villar, Director | ||
| Linda Genid, Assistant Corporate Secretary | ||
| Arthur Altschul, Independent Director | ||
| Connie Maria, Assistant Corporate Secretary | ||
| Lewis Cullman, Independent Director | ||
| Spencer Davidson, Chairman of the Board, CEO | ||
| Anang Majmudar, Vice President | ||
| Eugene Stark, Principal Financial Officer, Vice President - Administration, Chief Compliance Officer | ||
| Sidney Knafel, Lead Independent Director | ||
| Craig Grassi, Assistant Vice-President | ||
| Sally Lynch, Vice President | ||
| Michael Robinson, Vice President | ||
| Raymond Troubh, Independent Director | ||
| Daniel Neidich, Independent Director | ||
| Rose Lynch, Director | ||
| Andrew Vindigni, Senior Vice President | ||
| Liron Kronzon, Vice President | ||
| Jeffrey Priest, President | ||
| Betsy Gotbaum, Independent Director | ||
| Samantha Jin, Treasurer, Principal Accounting Officer | ||
| Maureen LoBello, Assistant Secretary | ||
| Rodney Berens, Independent Director | ||
| John Gordan, Independent Director |
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