David S. Mack

David S. Mack is an American businessman.

Education

Mack graduated from Hofstra University in 1967 with a B.A. degree in Business Administration.^[1][2]

Business

Mack is senior partner of The Mack Company, a real estate development firm, and is a director of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation, a real estate investment trust (REIT).^[3]

Public service

Mack serves on the boards of Boys Town of Jerusalem, Hofstra University, Israel Bonds, Joseph L. Morse Geriatric Center, New York Holocaust Memorial Committee, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Foundation, Palm Beach Community Chest and United Way, Pratt Institute, and UJA of Greater New York and Long Island.^[3]

He is a Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, appointed by former New York Governor George Pataki.^[4]

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Mack is a Vice Chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, serving since December, 1993. He is the Chair of the Long Island Rail Road/Long Island Bus, Bridges and Tunnels Committee, and a member of the Capital Program Oversight, Finance, Interagency Coordination, Audit, Governance, Diversity, Safety and Security, Capital Construction/Planning and Real Estate, New York City Transit, Metro-North Committees. His term runs through June 30, 2009.^[3]

Travel Pass Controversy

In May 2008, New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced that the MTA policy of giving free lifetime passes to current and former board members violated New York State law. The MTA board initially resisted changing this policy.

Philanthropy

Mack has donated to scholarships and capital programs at his alma-mater, Hofstra University. The David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex, the Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center and Mack Hall are named in his honor.^[2]

Mack and his wife Sondra also make charitable donations through the David and Sondra Mack Foundation.

References

1. ^ Board of Directors Biographies, Mack-Cali Realty Corporation, http://www.mack-cali.com/about/bios/bios_mack2.phtml, retrieved 2008-06-20 
2. ^ ^{a b} Capital Campaign: Shaping the Future, Hofstra University, http://www.hofstra.edu/alumni/support/devcc/devcc_bene.html, retrieved 2008-06-20 
3. ^ ^{a b c} David S. Mack, Vice Chairman, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, http://www.mta.info/mta/leadership/mack.htm, retrieved 2008-06-20 
4. ^ Board of Commissioners, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, http://www.panynj.gov/abouttheportauthority/Governance/BoardofCommissioners/, retrieved 2008-06-20 

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