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{{Short description|Former First Lady of New York}}
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| name = Silda Wall Spitzer
| name = Silda Wall Spitzer
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| office = [[First Ladies and Gentlemen of New York|First Lady of New York]]
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|12|10}}
| predecessor = [[Libby Pataki]]
| birth_place = [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]]
| successor = [[Michelle Paige Paterson]]
| education =[[Meredith College]] <br> [[Harvard Law School]]
| occupation = [[Attorney]]
| governor = [[Eliot Spitzer]]
| birth_name = Silda Alice Wall
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|12|30}}
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| birth_place = [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]], U.S.<ref>[http://www.wnbc.com/newsforum/9859741/detail.html "Eliot Spitzer, Wife Discuss Run For Governor On 'News Forum' (9/17/06)"], ''[[WNBC]]'', September 17, 2006. Retrieved on March 11, 2008.</ref>
| nationality = [[United States|American]]
| nationality = American
| residence = [[New York State Executive Mansion]] ([[Albany, New York]]) <br> [[Manhattan, New York]]
| spouse = [[Eliot Spitzer]] (1987 - present)
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Eliot Spitzer]]|1987|2013|reason=divorce}}
| children = 3
| children = 3
| residence = [[Manhattan]], New York, U.S.
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| alma_mater = [[Meredith College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Harvard Law School|Harvard University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
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| occupation = Lawyer<br/>[[private equity]]<br/>entrepreneur
| term_start = January 1, 2007
| term_end = March 17, 2008
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'''Silda Alice Wall Spitzer'''<ref>{{cite web|title=New York State Unified Court System-eCourts-Attorney Detail|url=https://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/attorney/AttorneyDetails?attorneyId=5430633|website=NYCOURTS.GOV|publisher=New York State Office of Court Administration|accessdate=April 24, 2015}}</ref> (born December 30, 1957) is an American businesswoman and lawyer who was the [[First Ladies and Gentlemen of New York|First Lady of New York]] from January 2007 until March 2008, when her then husband, [[Eliot Spitzer]], was governor. She has worked in the private, nonprofit, and public sectors in the areas of green/sustainability issues, youth service/education, and human rights and women's financial and other empowerment.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Rebecca|title=The Survivor: Silda Spitzer|url=http://www.vogue.com/865239/the-survivor-silda-spitzer/#1|accessdate=April 24, 2015|work=Vogue|publisher=Condé Nast|date=March 1, 2009}}</ref>
'''Silda Alice Wall Spitzer''' (born [[December 10]], [[1957]]{{Fact|date=March 2008}} in [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina]]<ref>[http://www.wnbc.com/newsforum/9859741/detail.html "Eliot Spitzer, Wife Discuss Run For Governor On 'News Forum' (9/17/06)"], ''[[WNBC]]'', September 17, 2006. Retrieved on 2008-03-11.</ref>) is the founder and chair of the board of [[Children for Children]], a not-for-profit organization that fosters community involvement and social responsibility in young people. She was also the [[First Lady]] of [[New York|New York state]], as the wife of former [[New York Governor]] [[Eliot Spitzer]]. Her scandal-plagued husband resigned as governor, effective [[March 17]], [[2008]].

Currently, she is director and principal at NewWorld Capital Group, a [[private equity firm]] investing in environmental and energy-related products and services.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/buyouts-newworldcapital-idUSL2E8IBC7F20120711 | work=Reuters | title=BUYOUTS-Ex-NY State 1st Lady on board, private equity shop targets $300M | date=July 11, 2012}}</ref> She is also co-founder and CEO of woman-owned ''New York Makers'', a digital magazine and marketplace covering New York State.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/17/nyregion/in-spitzers-comeback-campaign-a-once-fervent-advocate-isnt-at-his-side.html?smid=pl-share | newspaper=The New York Times | first=Michael M. | last=Grynbaum | title=As Spitzer Pursues a Comeback, His Wife Chooses to Stay Offstage | date=July 16, 2013}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
Wall grew up in [[Concord, North Carolina]].<ref name="NYT1">{{cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/10/nyregion/10silda.html?ex=1320814800&en=7728e1154316f5da&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss |title=Her Next Job: First Lady of New York |accessdate= 2008-03-10 |last=Konigsberg |first=Eric |date=[[November 10]], [[2006]] |work=N.Y. / Region |publisher= [[The New York Times]] }}</ref> Her father, Bob, was a hospital administrator and her mother, Trilby, was a homemaker. She was raised as a [[Baptist]]. Wall graduated in 1980 with a B.A., ''[[summa cum laude]]'', from [[Meredith College]]. She received a law degree from [[Harvard Law School]] in 1984.
Born Silda Alice Wall, she grew up in [[Concord, North Carolina|Concord]], the county seat of Cabarrus County in south-central North Carolina.<ref name="NYT1">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/10/nyregion/10silda.html?ex=1320814800&en=7728e1154316f5da&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss |title=Her Next Job: First Lady of New York |accessdate= March 10, 2008 |last=Konigsberg |first=Eric |date=November 10, 2006 |work=N.Y. / Region |publisher= [[The New York Times]] }}</ref> Her father, Robert, was a hospital administrator, and her mother, Trilby, was a homemaker. She was raised as a [[Southern Baptist]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Silda Wall Spitzer's Friend: Take the Kids and Run|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/silda-wall-spitzers-friend-take-the-kids-and-run/|access-date=April 24, 2015|work=FoxNews.com|date=March 11, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Chan|first1=Sewell|title=Eliot Spitzer's 'Good Baptist Wife'|url=http://empirezone.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/03/12/eliot-spitzers-good-baptist-wife/|accessdate=April 24, 2015|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 12, 2007}}</ref> She graduated ''[[summa cum laude]]'' from [[Meredith College]] in 1980 with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in [[English studies|English]] and history.<ref>Meredith College</ref><ref name="newsobserver">{{cite web |url=http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/05/03/2048260/meredith-college-graduates-477.html |title=Meredith College graduates 477 &#124; Politics &#124; NewsObserver.com |accessdate=October 3, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213605/http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/05/03/2048260/meredith-college-graduates-477.html |archivedate=October 4, 2013 }}</ref> She received a [[Juris Doctor]] from [[Harvard Law School]] in 1984.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
She married [[Eliot Spitzer]] on October 17, 1987,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://marriage.about.com/od/politics/p/eliotspitzer.htm |title=Silda Wall and Eliot Spitzer Marriage Profile |access-date=March 14, 2008 |archive-date=March 14, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314050553/http://marriage.about.com/od/politics/p/eliotspitzer.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> and had three daughters: Elyssa, Sarabeth, and Jenna.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://nypost.com/2013/03/10/silda-spitzer-still-with-husband-eliot-five-years-after-luv-guv-scandal/|title= Silda Spitzer still with husband Eliot five years after 'Luv Guv' scandal|newspaper=New York Post | first=Maureen | last=Callahan}}</ref> In December 2013, Wall and her husband announced the end of their marriage.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/24/politics/eliot-spitzer-marriage|title=Eliot Spitzer and his wife announce the end of their marriage|work=CNN|date=December 24, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-ny-gov-eliot-spitzer-announces-end-of-his-marriage/ | work=Fox News | title=Former NY gov Eliot Spitzer announces end of his marriage | date=December 25, 2013}}</ref>
In 1982, after her second year in law school, Wall married Peter Stamos, who was also a student at Harvard Law school. They separated after 29 days of marriage.<ref name="NYT1"/> She married [[Eliot Spitzer]] on [[October 17]] [[1987]] and together they have three daughters: Elyssa (b. [[December 12]], [[1989]]), Sarabeth (b. [[July 23]], [[1992]]), and Jenna (b. [[May 23]], [[1994]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D04EFDF153DF936A25751C1A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2 |title=Man in the News; A Centrist With a Passion for Ideas: Eliot Laurence Spitzer |last=Pristin |first= Terry |accessdate= 2008-03-10 |date= [[December 18]], [[1998]] |publisher= [[New York Times]] }}</ref> The three girls attend [[Horace Mann School]], a private school in the Riverdale section of the [[Bronx]]. Elyssa is editor of the school newspaper.<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080311/ap_on_re_us/spitzer_wife_2;_ylt=AgQgZ5pUILuvvqLPwP6q82xH2ocA</ref> In a ''[[New York Times]]'' article<ref name="NYT1"/> she stated that when her husband decided to pursue his political career, she turned her focus more towards the raising of their children, which also allowed her to focus on her work with non-profit organizations.

=== Marital issues ===
{{current-related|section|Eliot Spitzer|date=March 2008}}
{{main|Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal}}
On [[March 10]], [[2008]], it was reported that her husband [[Eliot Spitzer]] had been caught on a federal wiretap arranging to meet with a high-priced prostitute in February 2008 at a Washington, D.C. hotel. Gov.Spitzer held a press conference where he apologized for a "private matter" that violated obligations to his family.<ref>Chan, Sewell [http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/i-apologize-to-the-public "‘I Apologize to the Public’"], ''[[New York Times]]'', March 10, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-10.</ref>. Spitzer announced his resignation on March 12, 2008, effective March 17.


==Career==
==Career==
Silda Wall Spitzer began her legal career with [[Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom]], specializing in mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance. She then joined The [[Chase Manhattan Bank]], N.A. as a member of its International Legal Group. She is a founding co-chair of Project Cicero, the annual [[New York, New York|New York City]] book drive building classroom libraries in under-resourced schools and serves as trustee for her children's school. She served on the NY Blue Ribbon Commission on Youth Leadership as well as the board of the [[Children's Museum of Manhattan]] from 1995 until January 1999, where she was a member of its executive committee and chaired its program committee. In 1996, she co-founded [[Children for Children]] a not-for-profit organization promoting community involvement and civic engagement in youths.
Wall began her legal career with [[Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom]], specializing in mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance. She next joined The [[Chase Manhattan Bank]], N.A. as a member of its international legal group. She is a founding co-chair of Project Cicero, the annual New York City book drive that builds classroom libraries in under-resourced schools. She served on the New York Blue Ribbon Commission on Youth Leadership and the board of the [[Children's Museum of Manhattan]] from 1995 until January 1999, where she was a member of its executive committee and chaired its program committee.

In 1996, she co-founded [[Children for Children]], a not-for-profit organization, to engage children from an early age in volunteering and service. She served as its president and chair until 2007. CFC has become the youth service division of [[Points of Light]] and is now called generationOn.

As the wife of former [[New York Governor]] [[Eliot Spitzer]], she was the [[First Lady of New York]] from January 2007 until March 2008. From 2008 to 2011, she was managing director at [[Metropolitan Capital Advisors]], a woman-owned hedge fund.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2008/11/24/silda-wall-spitzer-jumps-to-a-hedge-fund/ | newspaper=The New York Times | title=Silda Wall Spitzer Jumps to a Hedge Fund | date=November 24, 2008}}</ref>

Currently, she is director and principal at NewWorld Capital Group, a private equity firm investing in growth equity and infrastructure project finance environmental opportunities, including [[Efficient energy use|energy efficiency]], clean energy, water, waste-to-value, and environmental products and services. She is also co-founder and CEO of a woman-owned ''New York Makers'', a digital magazine and marketplace covering New York State.

Among her not-for-profit activities, Spitzer serves as the vice-chairperson of Urban Green Council, is on the Ceres president's council, and the Sustainable Endowment Institute's advisory board. She also served on the boards of Points of Light and generation until 2015. She is a board member at [[Meredith College]] and the [[Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior]], and is an honorary trustee of No Bully.

==Honors==
*She was awarded an honorary doctorate from Meredith College in 2012.

==Further reading==
*[[David Paterson|Paterson, David]] ''"Black, Blind, & In Charge: A Story of Visionary Leadership and Overcoming Adversity.''" New York, New York, 2020


==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.ny.gov/governor/firstfamily/sildabio.html First Lady Silda Wall Spitzer Biography]
*[http://www.newworldcapital.net/team/silda-wall-spitzer/ Silda Wall Spitzer bio] – NewWorld Capital Group
*[http://www.childrenforchildren.org/ Children for Children official site]


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Latest revision as of 12:49, 19 December 2024

Silda Wall Spitzer
Silda Wall Spitzer in Rochester, 2006
First Lady of New York
In role
January 1, 2007 – March 17, 2008
GovernorEliot Spitzer
Preceded byLibby Pataki
Succeeded byMichelle Paige Paterson
Personal details
Born
Silda Alice Wall

(1957-12-30) December 30, 1957 (age 67)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.[1]
Spouse
​
​
(m. 1987; div. 2013)​
Children3
Residence(s)Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Alma materMeredith College (BA)
Harvard University (JD)
OccupationLawyer
private equity
entrepreneur

Silda Alice Wall Spitzer[2] (born December 30, 1957) is an American businesswoman and lawyer who was the First Lady of New York from January 2007 until March 2008, when her then husband, Eliot Spitzer, was governor. She has worked in the private, nonprofit, and public sectors in the areas of green/sustainability issues, youth service/education, and human rights and women's financial and other empowerment.[3]

Currently, she is director and principal at NewWorld Capital Group, a private equity firm investing in environmental and energy-related products and services.[4] She is also co-founder and CEO of woman-owned New York Makers, a digital magazine and marketplace covering New York State.[5]

Early life

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Born Silda Alice Wall, she grew up in Concord, the county seat of Cabarrus County in south-central North Carolina.[6] Her father, Robert, was a hospital administrator, and her mother, Trilby, was a homemaker. She was raised as a Southern Baptist.[7][8] She graduated summa cum laude from Meredith College in 1980 with a B.A. in English and history.[9][10] She received a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1984.

Personal life

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She married Eliot Spitzer on October 17, 1987,[11] and had three daughters: Elyssa, Sarabeth, and Jenna.[12] In December 2013, Wall and her husband announced the end of their marriage.[13][14]

Career

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Wall began her legal career with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, specializing in mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance. She next joined The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. as a member of its international legal group. She is a founding co-chair of Project Cicero, the annual New York City book drive that builds classroom libraries in under-resourced schools. She served on the New York Blue Ribbon Commission on Youth Leadership and the board of the Children's Museum of Manhattan from 1995 until January 1999, where she was a member of its executive committee and chaired its program committee.

In 1996, she co-founded Children for Children, a not-for-profit organization, to engage children from an early age in volunteering and service. She served as its president and chair until 2007. CFC has become the youth service division of Points of Light and is now called generationOn.

As the wife of former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, she was the First Lady of New York from January 2007 until March 2008. From 2008 to 2011, she was managing director at Metropolitan Capital Advisors, a woman-owned hedge fund.[15]

Currently, she is director and principal at NewWorld Capital Group, a private equity firm investing in growth equity and infrastructure project finance environmental opportunities, including energy efficiency, clean energy, water, waste-to-value, and environmental products and services. She is also co-founder and CEO of a woman-owned New York Makers, a digital magazine and marketplace covering New York State.

Among her not-for-profit activities, Spitzer serves as the vice-chairperson of Urban Green Council, is on the Ceres president's council, and the Sustainable Endowment Institute's advisory board. She also served on the boards of Points of Light and generation until 2015. She is a board member at Meredith College and the Center for Law, Brain, and Behavior, and is an honorary trustee of No Bully.

Honors

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  • She was awarded an honorary doctorate from Meredith College in 2012.

Further reading

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  • Paterson, David "Black, Blind, & In Charge: A Story of Visionary Leadership and Overcoming Adversity." New York, New York, 2020

References

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  1. ^ "Eliot Spitzer, Wife Discuss Run For Governor On 'News Forum' (9/17/06)", WNBC, September 17, 2006. Retrieved on March 11, 2008.
  2. ^ "New York State Unified Court System-eCourts-Attorney Detail". NYCOURTS.GOV. New York State Office of Court Administration. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  3. ^ Johnson, Rebecca (March 1, 2009). "The Survivor: Silda Spitzer". Vogue. Condé Nast. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  4. ^ "BUYOUTS-Ex-NY State 1st Lady on board, private equity shop targets $300M". Reuters. July 11, 2012.
  5. ^ Grynbaum, Michael M. (July 16, 2013). "As Spitzer Pursues a Comeback, His Wife Chooses to Stay Offstage". The New York Times.
  6. ^ Konigsberg, Eric (November 10, 2006). "Her Next Job: First Lady of New York". N.Y. / Region. The New York Times. Retrieved March 10, 2008.
  7. ^ "Silda Wall Spitzer's Friend: Take the Kids and Run". FoxNews.com. March 11, 2008. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  8. ^ Chan, Sewell (March 12, 2007). "Eliot Spitzer's 'Good Baptist Wife'". The New York Times. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  9. ^ Meredith College
  10. ^ "Meredith College graduates 477 | Politics | NewsObserver.com". Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
  11. ^ "Silda Wall and Eliot Spitzer Marriage Profile". Archived from the original on March 14, 2008. Retrieved March 14, 2008.
  12. ^ Callahan, Maureen. "Silda Spitzer still with husband Eliot five years after 'Luv Guv' scandal". New York Post.
  13. ^ "Eliot Spitzer and his wife announce the end of their marriage". CNN. December 24, 2013.
  14. ^ "Former NY gov Eliot Spitzer announces end of his marriage". Fox News. December 25, 2013.
  15. ^ "Silda Wall Spitzer Jumps to a Hedge Fund". The New York Times. November 24, 2008.
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