Cathleen Black

Cathleen Black attending Hillcrest High School (December 13, 2010)

Cathleen "Cathie" Prunty Black (born April 26, 1944 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American entrepreneur , publisher and business manager , who was most recently also Chancellor of the New York City Schools .

Life

After attending school, Cathleen Black studied at Trinity College Washington and graduated in 1966 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). After graduating she began her career in the publishing industry and was initially ad consultant for the magazine Holiday before then from 1970 to 1972 in the same position in the magazine New York Magazine worked. She then worked as an advertising consultant for the feminist magazine Ms. , which was newly founded by Gloria Steinem, and was then associated editor of this magazine between 1975 and 1977.

In 1977 she returned to New York Magazine , where she was initially an associate editor before she was editor of this magazine between 1979 and 1983. After a subsequent short stint as president, she was the 1983-1991 editor of daily newspaper USA Today . In addition to this job, she was also Executive Vice President of the media group Gannett from 1985 to 1991 .

After subsequently serving as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the US newspaper association Newspaper Association of America from 1991 to 1995 , Cathleen Black was President of the Magazines of Hearst Corporation from 1995 to 2010 and also chairwoman of the association from 1999 to 2001 the US magazine publisher Magazine Publishers of America .

In addition to these roles, she also took on numerous roles in the private sector and was a member of the Board of Directors of The Coca-Cola Company from 1990 to 1991 and then again from 1993 to 2010 . Cathleen Black, who has also been a member of the IBM Board of Directors since 1995 , has served on the boards of directors of Gannett, Hearst Corporation, the media company iVillage and the trading organization Ad Council.

Most recently, Cathleen Black, who was temporarily also the trustee ( trustee ) of the University of Notre Dame, was appointed Chancellor of the public schools of New York City by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on November 11, 2010, although she had no prior experience in the US -american education system . At a public appearance in January 2011, she joked that the overcrowding of public schools should be contained through birth control . On April 7, 2011, she resigned from her position as Chancellor, justifying this with the fact that her presence was “a distraction for the city's school system”.

Publications

• Basic Black: The Essential Guide for Getting Ahead at Work (and in Life) (2007, memoir )

Web links

• Cathie Black in the nndb (English)