Jefferies Group LLC announced today that MaryAnne Gilmartin has been
appointed to its Board of Directors. Ms. Gilmartin is President and
Chief Executive Officer of Forest City Ratner Companies, a New
York-based real estate development company.
Ms. Gilmartin has been point person in the development of some of the
most high profile real estate projects in New York City. She led the
efforts to build Barclays Center, the new state-of-the-art sports and
entertainment venue and the centerpiece of the $4.9 billion, 22-acre
mixed-use Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn. Ms. Gilmartin oversaw
the development of The New York Times Building, designed by world
renowned architect Renzo Piano and the recently opened New York by
Gehry, the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere,
designed by award winning architect Frank Gehry. In addition to these
projects, Ms. Gilmartin has managed the commercial portfolio at
MetroTech Center in Downtown Brooklyn, which consists of 6.7 million
square feet of Class A office space.
Ms. Gilmartin graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Fordham
University, where she also completed her Masters Degree. Ms. Gilmartin
began her real estate development career as a New York City Urban Fellow
in 1986 at the Public Development Corporation.
Ms. Gilmartin served for over seven years on the New York City Ballet
Advisory Board. Currently, Ms. Gilmartin serves as a Board Trustee for
the Brooklyn Academy of Music; a Member of the Board of Governors of the
Real Estate Board of New York; an Executive Committee Member of the
Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and as a Member of the Industry Advisory
Board of the MS Real Estate Development Program at Columbia University.
Richard B. Handler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Brian P.
Friedman, Chairman of the Executive Committee, stated, “We welcome
MaryAnne to our Board as an additional independent member and look
forward to working with her. MaryAnne’s skills and experience complement
those of our other Board members and provide us with an even stronger
and more well-balanced Board.”
Jefferies, the global investment banking firm focused on serving clients
for over 50 years, is a leader in providing insight, expertise and
execution to investors, companies and governments. The firm provides a
full range of investment banking, sales, trading, research and strategy
across the spectrum of equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, futures
and commodities, as well as wealth management, in the Americas, Europe
and Asia. Jefferies Group LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leucadia
National Corporation (NYSE:LUK), a diversified holding company.
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