Board Memberships
Citizens Budget Commission
NYS and NYC think tank
United Jewish Appeal-Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York
The largest local philanthropy in the world
Eliot Spitzer
Former Governor of New York
H Carl McCall
Chairman, SUNY; former NYS Comptroller
Liz Krueger
New York State Senator
Mark J Green
Former NYC Consumer Affairs Commissioners
Anthony D Weiner
Former US Representative from New York
Jonathan Bing
New York State Assembly from January 2003-June 2011; Attorney, Wilson Elser
Andrew Cuomo
former governor of New York State
Darrel J. Aubertine
NYS Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets
Scott Stringer
New York City comptroller
Carolyn Maloney
US Representative from New York (1993-present)
Sander Martin Levin
Former US Representative from Michigan (1983-2019)
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Political Fundraising Committee for Democratic Senatorial Candidates
Anthony D Weiner
Former US Representative from New York
Blanche L Lincoln
lobbyist, former representative and senator from Louisiana
Kathleen A McGinty
former Secretary of the Pennsylvania DEP; SVP, Weston Solutions
Carl Levin
Former US Senator from Michigan
Paul Hodes
former US Representative from New Hampshire
Barack Obama
44th President of the United States
Family
Joseph L Buttenwieser
President of the Federation of Jewish Philanthropies of New York
Benjamin J Buttenwieser
Lehman Brothers
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father
Ann L Buttenwieser
Adjunct Professor of Architecture, Columbia University
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wife
Peter Buttenwieser
Political fundraiser; heir to Lehman Brothers fortune
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brother
Schools
Yale Law School
Ivy League law school
University of Chicago
Founded in 1890 with a gift from John D. Rockefeller