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LARRY E. THOMPSON ELECTED CHAIR OF FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF NEW YORK

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Thursday, November 16, 2023

NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York ("FHLBNY") announced today that Larry E. Thompson has been elected by its Board of Directors ("Board") to serve as Board chair for a two-year term that will commence on January 1, 2024.

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  • NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York ("FHLBNY") announced today that Larry E. Thompson has been elected by its Board of Directors ("Board") to serve as Board chair for a two-year term that will commence on January 1, 2024.
  • He is the chair-elect of the Council of Federal Home Loan Banks, which serves as the public voice of the Federal Home Loan Bank System.
  • Mr. Thompson was chair of the Board of DTCC Deriv/SERV LLC and former chair of the DTCC Operating Committee.
  • The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York is a Congressionally chartered, wholesale Bank.

Jacolby Satterwhite's First Major Survey to Open at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's SAIC Galleries

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

CHICAGO, Aug. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This fall, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's SAIC Galleries will exhibit the first major survey of seminal contemporary artist Jacolby Satterwhite.

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  • CHICAGO, Aug. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This fall, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's SAIC Galleries will exhibit the first major survey of seminal contemporary artist Jacolby Satterwhite.
  • The exhibition, curated by SAIC alum Elizabeth Chodos (Dual MA 2008), first premiered at the Miller Institute for Contemporary Art at Carnegie Mellon University in 2021.
  • SAIC Galleries is free and open to the public Monday through Saturday, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. A state-issued ID is required for entry.
  • For more than 155 years, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has been a leader in educating the world's most influential artists, designers, and scholars.

Angela Y. Davis, Amy Sherald, Clara Wu Tsai, Crystal R. McCrary and Raymond McGuire to be honored at the May 23rd Gordon Parks Foundation Awards Dinner & Auction in NYC

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Gordon Parks Foundation will host its annual Awards Dinner and Auction celebrating Gordon Parks's legacy and those continuing his commitment to advancing social justice on Tuesday, May 23rd at Cipriani 42nd St. This year's gala will honor scholar and activist Angela Y. Davis, artist Amy Sherald, businesswoman and philanthropist Clara Wu Tsai, author and producer Crystal R. McCrary and businessman and community leader Raymond McGuire. Additionally, the Foundation will welcome Kate Clark Harris, daughter of Dr. Kenneth Clark and Dr. Mamie Clark, groundbreaking psychologists who developed the "doll test" experiments, which were photographed by Parks for Ebony in 1947.

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  • This year's gala will honor scholar and activist Angela Y. Davis, artist Amy Sherald, businesswoman and philanthropist Clara Wu Tsai, author and producer Crystal R. McCrary and businessman and community leader Raymond McGuire.
  • PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y., March 28, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Gordon Parks Foundation will host its annual Awards Dinner and Auction celebrating Gordon Parks's legacy and those continuing his commitment to advancing social justice on Tuesday, May 23rd at Cipriani 42nd St.
  • This year's gala will honor scholar and activist Angela Y. Davis, artist Amy Sherald, businesswoman and philanthropist Clara Wu Tsai, author and producer Crystal R. McCrary and businessman and community leader Raymond McGuire.
  • They can be purchased on the Gordon Parks Foundation website , or by contacting Buckley Hall Events at [email protected] or 914-579-1000.

Ally names Russell Hutchinson as chief financial officer

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Friday, March 24, 2023

CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE: ALLY) today announced Russell (Russ) Hutchinson will join the company as its chief financial officer, effective July 3, 2023.

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  • CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ally Financial Inc. (NYSE: ALLY) today announced Russell (Russ) Hutchinson will join the company as its chief financial officer, effective July 3, 2023.
  • He most recently served as chief operating officer for global mergers and acquisitions at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., after holding the position of chief strategy officer, where he oversaw mergers and acquisitions (M&A), strategy and innovation.
  • Earlier, he spent two decades working in Goldman's Investment Banking Division, advising clients in the specialty finance sector – including Ally.
  • Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Hutchinson began his career as an associate consultant at the Boston Consulting Group in its Toronto office.

Raymond J. McGuire Joins Lazard as President

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Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Lazard Ltd (NYSE: LAZ) today announced that Raymond J. McGuire has joined the firm as President, effective April 3, 2023.

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  • Lazard Ltd (NYSE: LAZ) today announced that Raymond J. McGuire has joined the firm as President, effective April 3, 2023.
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    “We are privileged to have Ray join us and serve in a senior leadership role.
  • He subsequently became one of the original members of Wasserstein Perella & Co., where he was named a Partner/Managing Director in 1991.
  • Mr. McGuire has an extensive record of service on both corporate and not-for-profit boards.

Movado Hosts Derek Jeter’s Turn 2 Foundation at Lincoln Center for an “Evening of Discovery”

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Movado and the Movado Group Foundation hosted The Turn 2 Foundation's "Jeter's Leaders" for an extraordinary evening where the high school students experienced an Orchestral Tribute to the Notorious B.I.G.

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  • Movado and the Movado Group Foundation hosted The Turn 2 Foundation's "Jeter's Leaders" for an extraordinary evening where the high school students experienced an Orchestral Tribute to the Notorious B.I.G.
  • "Arts and culture provide our Jeter's Leaders with such a rich, relevant and integral connection to the academic goals fostered by The Turn 2 Foundation," said Derek Jeter.
  • The Turn 2 Foundation was established by Derek Jeter in 1996 and is led by his sister, Sharlee Jeter, who serves as the Foundation's president.
  • Movado has been a major supporter of New York City Ballet, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Studio Museum Of Harlem, and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Letterform Archive announces new exhibition celebrating design that empowers communities and fights oppression

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Wednesday, June 15, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In collaboration with Polymode, Letterform Archive is excited to announce Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest, a new exhibition on view beginning July 23, 2022. This will be the second-ever exhibition presented by Letterform Archive in their new permanent space at 2325 Third Street, Floor 4R in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco.

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  • This will be the second-ever exhibition presented by Letterform Archive in their new permanent space at 2325 Third Street, Floor 4R in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco.
  • Curated by Silas Munro of the design studio Polymode with Stephen Coles of Letterform Archive, the exhibition will feature more than 100 objects, including broadsheets, buttons, signs, t-shirts, posters, and ephemera spanning the 1800s to today.
  • "We're also very inspired by the collective and collaborative process that Letterform Archive welcomes and supports for typographers, designers, and expanded audiences."
  • The hardcover exhibition catalog, Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest, is authored by Silas Munro, with an introduction by Colette Gaiter.

CHILD OF THE SUN DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS SERIES RETURNS WITH CELEBRATED PHOTOGRAPHER

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Monday, February 7, 2022

LAKELAND, Fla., Feb. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Florida Southern College's Child of the Sun Distinguished Speakers Series returns with a look at life through a camera lens.

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  • LAKELAND, Fla., Feb. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Florida Southern College's Child of the Sun Distinguished Speakers Series returns with a look at life through a camera lens.
  • Vaunted commercial and fine art photographer John Pinderhughes will deliver a talk using his photographs from his more than 50-year career.
  • The Child of the Sun Distinguished Speakers Series brings speakers of national and international renown to the Florida Southern College campus and Lakeland community several times a year to explore some of the most compelling issues and events of our times.
  • Featuring highly regarded experts, the series aims to provoke thought, stimulate conversation, and inspire action on a wide range of topics.

American Express Unveils New U.S. Consumer Platinum Card® Designs by World-Renowned Artists Julie Mehretu and Kehinde Wiley

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Thursday, December 2, 2021

American Express today unveiled two new U.S. Consumer Platinum Card designs by two highly-acclaimed artists, Julie Mehretu and Kehinde Wiley, who transformed the Platinum Card into pieces of art.

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  • American Express today unveiled two new U.S. Consumer Platinum Card designs by two highly-acclaimed artists, Julie Mehretu and Kehinde Wiley, who transformed the Platinum Card into pieces of art.
  • The two new Art x Platinum designs will be available to new and existing Platinum Card Members beginning January 20, 2022, joining the classic Platinum design.
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    American Express Unveils New U.S. Consumer Platinum Card Designs by World-Renowned Artists Julie Mehretu and Kehinde Wiley (Photo: Business Wire)
    Julie Mehretu, one of the most renowned abstract artists today, created the Platinum x Julie Mehretu, which evokes the abstract modernity for which she is known.
  • U.S. Consumer Platinum Card Members will be able to order one of the two new Art x Platinum designs beginning January 20, 2022.

American Express Backs Emerging Artists with $1 Million in Sponsorship to The Studio Museum in Harlem

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Thursday, November 18, 2021

The company will also provide $1 million in sponsorship to The Studio Museum in Harlem (the Studio Museum) to support its work as the nexus for artists of African descent, locally, nationally, and internationally.

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  • The company will also provide $1 million in sponsorship to The Studio Museum in Harlem (the Studio Museum) to support its work as the nexus for artists of African descent, locally, nationally, and internationally.
  • There is great potential in this collaboration with American Express, said Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem.
  • American Express doesnt just bring funding, it shines a light on the important work being done at our institution.
  • In October 2020, American Express committed $1 billion to promote racial, ethnic and gender equity for colleagues, customers and communities.