Nathan Leventhal served as Chief of Staff to Mayor John Lindsay, Deputy Mayor to Mayor Ed Koch, and Transition Chairman for both Mayors David Dinkins and Michael Bloomberg. He chaired Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Committee on Appointments during his three terms as Mayor and was a Commissioner on the New York City Planning Commission from 2007 to 2011. He currently serves on the boards of directors of a number of equity, fixed income and money market funds managed by the Dreyfus Corporation, an investment advisor, and serves on the Budget and Finance Committee of the Town of Southampton, New York. Mr. Leventhal is a former partner of the law firm Poletti Freidin Prashker Feldman & Gartner. Other New York City governmental positions held by Mr. Leventhal include Fiscal Director of the Human Resources Administration, Commissioner of Rent and Housing Maintenance, Commissioner of Housing Preservation and Development, and Secretary of the New York City Charter Revision Commission. In Washington, D.C., Mr. Leventhal served as an attorney in the Office of the Air Force General Counsel, Assistant to the Executive Director of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Chief Counsel to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure. In the not-for-profit sector, Mr. Leventhal served for 17 years as President of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, where he is now President Emeritus. Mr. Leventhal’s wealth of experience in the areas of government, law, public policy, fiscal affairs and management makes him well qualified to serve on our Board of Directors.