Susan L. Solomon

Susan L. Solomon (born 1951) is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF).[1]

Early life

Solomon, the daughter of a pianist and the co-founder of Vanguard Records, grew up in New York City.[2] She graduated from New York University, and she received her JD from Rutgers University School of Law,[3] where she was an editor of the Law Review. She then worked as an attorney at Debevoise & Plimpton.[4]

Career

Solomon founded Solomon Partners LLC, a management consulting firm. and was "CEO" of Sotheby's website.[5]

She has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lancit Media Productions,[6] and as the President of Sony Worldwide Networks.[7] Solomon has also held executive positions at MacAndrews & Forbes and MMG Patricof and Co., and she is a member of the Board of Directors of the Regional Plan Association of New York.

Leadership of New York Stem Cell Foundation

In 2005, Susan L. Solomon co-founded The New York Stem Cell Foundation. Solomon started work as a health-care advocate in 1992 when her son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.[8] As a result of her son’s diagnosis and then her mother’s death from cancer in 2004, she sought to find a way in which the most advanced medical research could translate more quickly into cures. In conversations with clinicians and scientists, Solomon identified stem cells as the most promising way to address unmet patient needs.[9]

Awards

References

  1. "Susan L. Solomon (Chief Executive Officer)". The New York Stem Cell Foundation. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  2. Sugarman, Jacob (17 June 2012). "Susan Solomon". Flatt Magazine. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  3. "Susan Solomon & The New York Stem Cell Foundation". New York Social Diary. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  4. "Susan L. Solomon". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  5. Pristin, Terry (20 January 1999). "Sotheby's Plans Online Auctions". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  6. "Susan L. Solomon named chairman and chief executive officer of Lancit". Press Release. Robinson Lerer & Montgomery. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  7. "SW's Solomon tapped by Sony". Broadcasting & Cable 126 (35): 43. 19 August 1996.
  8. Weaver, Robin (25 October 2009). "Woman Around Town: Susan Solomon— Passion for a Cause". Woman Around Town. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
  9. http://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/full/10.2217/rme.12.92
  10. "GPI 2012 "Stem Cell Action Award" Honorees Announced". World Stem Cell Summit. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
  11. "GOVERNOR DESIGNATE DAVID A. PATERSON APPLAUDS WINNERS OF 2008 WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH AWARDS". NY Governor. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
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