Governor David A. Paterson Anounces SUNY BOT Nominations

Governor David A. Paterson today announced nominations and appointments for several positions.

The Honorable Carl Spielvogel has been nominated to serve as a Member of the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York. Ambassador Spielvogel is currently the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Carl Spielvogel Enterprises, an international investment management and marketing company. He served as United States Ambassador to the Slovak Republic from 2000 to 2001 and is a Member of the Executive Committee of the Council of American Ambassadors. From 1994 to 1997, Ambassador Spielvogel was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the United Auto Group, Incorporated. Earlier, Ambassador Spielvogel was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Backer, Spielvogel, Bates Worldwide, Incorporated, one of the world’s largest marketing and advertising communications companies. Until 1980, Ambassador Spielvogel was Vice Chairman and a Member of the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of the Interpublic Group, one of the world’s largest communications marketing companies. Before joining Interpublic’s parent company in 1972, he was Chairman of the Executive Committee and Executive Vice President and General Manager of McCann-Erickson, Incorporated. Ambassador Spielvogel began his career as a reporter and columnist for eight years at the New York Times.

Ambassador Spielvogel is a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; a Member of the Board of Directors of the Asia Society; and a former Member of the Board of Trustees of Mt. Sinai Hospital and the Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York. He also served for six years on the first Board of Governors of the United States Government Board of Broadcasting.

Ambassador Spielvogel was born and raised in New York and received his education in the public schools of New York City from grammar school through college. He received his BA from Baruch College of the City University of New York and is a past president of the Baruch College Fund. He also received an honorary degree from Baruch College. In addition, Ambassador Spielvogel was a fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He served as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force reserve and served two years in the United States Army.

Pedro A. Noguera has been nominated as a Member of the State University of New York Board of Trustees. Dr. Noguera is currently a Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning and the Department of Social Science and Humanities of New York University. From 2000 to 2003, Professor Noguera was the Judith K. Dimon Professor of Communities and Schools in the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University. In the fall of 2003, he was the Sussman Visiting Professor of Education at Teachers College of Columbia University. From 1996 to 2000, Professor Noguera was an Associate Professor in the Division of Social and Cultural Studies at the Graduate School of Education at the University of California Berkeley and was an Assistant Professor from 1990 to 1996. Professor Noguera is the author of many books and refereed journal articles on education and sociology.

Professor Noguera received his BA and MA from Brown University and his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.

As Members of the Board of Trustees of the State University of New York, Ambassador Spielvogel and Professor Noguera will not receive a salary. These appointments require Senate confirmation.

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