The New York Public Library Board of Trustees

Color headshot of Abby S. Milstein.

Abby S. Milstein
Chair of the Board

Color headshot of Ray McGuire.

Raymond J. McGuire
Vice Chair of the Board

 


The New York Public Library Board of Trustees
2024

Board of Trustees 2024 Meeting Schedule
Contact: boardoftrustees@nypl.org

Board of Trustees

Abby S. Milstein, Chair
Raymond J. McGuire, Vice Chair
Kwame Anthony Appiah
Peter Baldwin
John H. Banks III*
Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos

John Chao
Evan R. Chesler
Jelani Cobb
Andreas C. Dracopoulos *
H.R.H. Princess Firyal *
Kristin Fisher
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. *
Theodore Goff
Annette Gordon-Reed
William Gray
Ethan Hawke *
Chris Hughes
Hubert Joly
Michael ByungJu Kim
Beth Kojima
Jane Lauder
Scott Malkin *
Carey Maloney
Catherine C. Marron *

Anthony W. Marx, President
Howard L. Morgan ◊
Susan Morgenthau
Lisette Nieves
Carl H. Pforzheimer III◊ 
Richard L. Plepler *
Katharine J. Rayner ◊
David Remnick *
Carlos Rodríguez-Pastor
Paul M. Romer
Andrés Santo Domingo
Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chair Board of Advisors *
Dinakar Singh
Tracy K. Smith *
Zadie Smith *
Andrew Solomon
Gayfryd Steinberg *
Joshua L. Steiner *
George Stephanopoulos *
James S. Tisch
Maria Torres-Springer
Luis A. Ubiñas
Tali Farhadian Weinstein
Anthony A. Yoseloff


* Board of AdvisorTrustee  ◊ Foundation Trustee  △ Ex-Officio Trustee

 

Chairs Emeriti

Samuel C. Butler
Evan R. Chesler
Catherine C. Marron

Marshall Rose
Neil L. Rudenstine

 

Board of Advisor Trustees

Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chair
John H. Banks III
Andreas C. Dracopoulos
H.R.H. Princess Firyal
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Ethan Hawke
Scott Malkin
Catherine C. Marron

Richard L. Plepler
David Remnick
Tracy K. Smith
Zadie Smith
Gayfryd Steinberg
Joshua L. Steiner
George Stephanopoulos

 

Life Trustees

Samuel C. Butler
Sila M. Calderon   
Joan Hardy Clark
Richard D. Cohen
Robert Darnton
Gordon J. Davis
Anne E. De La Renta                        
Barbara G. Fleischman
Louise L. Grunwald
Arthur Koenig

Paul LeClerc
Robert Liberman
Victor Marrero
Harold W. McGraw III
Marshall Rose
Neil R. Rudenstine
Calvin Trillin
Edgar Wachenheim III
Sue Ann Weinberg


Ex-Officio Trustees

President of NYPL
Anthony W. Marx

Mayor of the City of New York
Eric L. Adams (Representative: Maria Torres-Springer)

Speaker of the City Council of New York
Adrienne E. Adams (Representative: Theodore Goff)

Comptroller of the City of New York
Brad Lander (Representative: Lisette Nieves)