Home  About Us NYSCF Team Susan L. Solomon (Chief Executive Officer)
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Susan L. Solomon (Chief Executive Officer)
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Susan L. Solomon is Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF), a non-profit organization established in 2005 to accelerate stem cell research to cure the major diseases of our time. A longtime health-care advocate, Ms. Solomon is a founding member of NYAMR (New Yorkers for the Advancement of Medical Research) and the New York Council for the Joslin Diabetes Center, and has served on the Board of Directors of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, New York Chapter, since 1994. Additionally, Ms. Solomon serves on the Government Affairs Committee for the International Society for Stem Cell Research. Ms. Solomon was integral to the establishment of the Empire State Stem Cell Trust and is a member of the Strategic Planning Committee of the Empire State Stem Cell Board. In March 2008, Ms. Solomon received a New York State Women of Excellence Award from State Governor David A. Paterson. In September 2008, she received the Triumph Award from the Brooke Ellison Foundation.
Ms. Solomon is currently on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Regional Plan Association of New York. Prior to founding NYSCF, Ms. Solomon established and ran Solomon Partners LLC to provide strategic management consulting to corporations, cultural institutions, foundations and non-profit organizations. She was the founding Chief Executive Officer of Sothebys.com, has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lancit Media Productions and was President of Sony Worldwide Networks. Ms. Solomon has also held executive positions at MacAndrews and Forbes Holdings and at MMG Patricof and Co. An attorney, Ms. Solomon practiced law with Debevoise & Plimpton before beginning her career in business. Ms. Solomon received her BA from New York University and her JD from Rutgers University School of Law.
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