- Andrew Alper
Andrew Alper was the President of the
New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC).President of the New York City Economic Development Corporation
Mr. Alper was appointed as President on
January 15 ,2002 by New York City MayorMichael R. Bloomberg . In his time as President, Mr. Alper worked with the Mayor's Office to encourage industrial expansion, business development, and employment opportunities in New York City. [http://www.newyorkbiz.com/about_us/AndyBio.html] He was also actively involved in the planning for the redevelopment of the site of the formerWorld Trade Center .Goldman, Sachs & Company
Before joining the NYCEDC, Mr. Alper was employed by Goldman, Sachs & Company since 1981. Mr. Alper started work there as a corporate finance generalist before becoming the youngest partner in firm history at the time in 1990. He also served as the Vice President and then the Managing Director of Goldman, Sachs & Co.'s finance department. [http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/050714/alper.shtml] In 1997 he became the Chief Operation Officer of the company's global investment banking business.
Involvement with the University of Chicago
Alper has also been actively involved with his
alma mater : theUniversity of Chicago . He received hisA.B. fromThe College of the University of Chicago in 1980, concentrating ineconomics , and hisM.B.A. from theUniversity of Chicago Graduate School of Business (GSB) in 1981. [http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/050714/alper.shtml] . As an undergraduate in the College, Mr. Alper resided in Pierce Hall and enjoyed working on a free weekly South Side newspaper he created:The Chicago Journal . [http://alper-house.uchicago.edu/php/andrewalper.php] He also met his wife, Camilla Sharon von Dercook at that University during Orientation Week whom they have two children with, Jennifer Caroline(17), and Hayes(19).Since graduating,he has been an active alumnus, receiving a Young Alumni Service Citation in 1993. He was appointed to the Alumni Association Board of Governors in 1994 and served as the board's Vice President from 1996 to 1998. Since that time, he has served on the GSB Council and is currently the co-chair of the GSB's Capital Campaign. [http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/050714/alper.shtml]Currently Alper is the Vice President of the
University of Chicago Board of Trustees [http://trustees.uchicago.edu/board/] and the Chairman of theChicago Initiative [http://chicagoinitiative.uchicago.edu/] , a University fundraising drive to raise $2 billion for Chicago's endowment.He is also the namesake of
Alper House in theUniversity of Chicago House System.Alper House is located on the third and fourth floors of theMax Palevsky East Residential Commons .External links
* [http://www.newyorkbiz.com/about_us/AndyBio.html NYCEDC Alper Biography]
* [http://chronicle.uchicago.edu/050714/alper.shtml Chicago Chronicle Article on Andrew Alper]
* [http://alper-house.uchicago.edu/php/andrewalper.php Alper House Biography of Andrew Alper]
* [http://trustees.uchicago.edu/board/ University of Chicago Board of Trustees]
* [http://chicagoinitiative.uchicago.edu/ The Chicago Initiative]
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