Silda Wall Spitzer
| Silda Wall Spitzer | |
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Silda Wall Spitzer in Rochester, 2006
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| First Lady of New York | |
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In role January 1, 2007 – March 17, 2008 |
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| Governor | Eliot Spitzer |
| Preceded by | Libby Pataki |
| Succeeded by | Michelle Paige Paterson |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Silda Alice Wall December 30, 1957 Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse(s) | Eliot Spitzer (1987-2013) |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Manhattan, New York |
| Alma mater |
Meredith College (B.A.)(Honorary Doctorate) Harvard Law School (J.D.) |
| Occupation |
Lawyer Private Equity Entrepreneur |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
Silda Alice Wall (born December 30, 1957) is an American businesswoman, lawyer, and former first lady of New York State. She has worked in the private, nonprofit, and public sectors in the areas of green/sustainability issues, youth service/education, and human rights and women's financial and other empowerment. Currently, she is director and principal at NewWorld Capital Group, a private equity firm investing in environmental and energy related products and services. She is also co-founder and CEO of woman-owned New York States of Mind LLC, a digital magazine and marketplace covering New York State.
She is the ex-wife of former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer and was the First Lady of New York State from January 2007 until March 2008.
Wall Spitzer grew up in Concord, North Carolina. Her father, Robert, was a hospital administrator, and her mother, Trilby, was a homemaker. She was raised as a Southern Baptist. Wall Spitzer graduated in 1980 from Meredith College with a B.A. summa cum laude and was awarded an honorary doctorate from there in 2011. She received a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1984.
She married Eliot Spitzer on October 17, 1987 and they have three daughters: Elyssa, Sarabeth, and Jenna. At the close of 2013 Wall Spitzer and her husband announced the end of their marriage.
She began her legal career with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, specializing in mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance. She then joined The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. as a member of its international legal group. She is a founding co-chair of Project Cicero, the annual New York City book drive that builds classroom libraries in under-resourced schools. She served on the New York Blue Ribbon Commission on Youth Leadership and the board of the Children's Museum of Manhattan from 1995 until January 1999, where she was a member of its executive committee and chaired its program committee.
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