Mr. Leventhal, who was appointed to the Board in November 2003, served as Chief of Staff to John Lindsay, Deputy Mayor to Ed Koch, and Transition Chairman for both Mayors David Dinkins and Michael Bloomberg. He currently chairs Mayor Bloomberg’s Committee on Appointments. In the not-for-profit sector, Mr. Leventhal served for 17 years as President of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, where he is now President Emeritus and Chairman of the Avery Fisher Artist Program. He currently serves on the boards and is chairman of the audit committees of 16 equity and fixed income mutual funds managed by the Dreyfus Corporation. Mr. Leventhal is a former partner of the law firm Poletti Freidin Prashker Feldman & Gartner.
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