Kathryn S. Wylde

Kathryn S. Wylde is the President and CEO of the Partnership for New York City, a nonprofit organization whose members are the city’s global business leaders and major employers. The Partnership’s stated mission is to mobilize private sector resources and expertise to advance New York City’s standing as a global center of economic opportunity, upward mobility and innovation.
She is an urban policy expert and represents the business community on issues that impact the economy and public policy more generally. She has written opinion and policy papers and has been recognized for her leadership by educational, professional and nonprofit institutions.
She serves on a number of boards and advisory groups, including the Fund for Public Schools, The League of Women Voters, NYS Council on Women and Girls, NYU Langone Brooklyn, Invest Puerto Rico, Women.nyc, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, NYC & Co., NYC Economic Development Corporation, One NYC, and the NYC Regional Economic Development Council. 
== Biography ==
Prior to taking over as Partnership CEO in 2000, Wylde was the founding CEO of both the Partnership’s investment fund and housing affiliates. From 1995-2000, Wylde worked with Henry Kravis and Jerry Speyer to establish and manage the Partnership Fund for New York City, a civic fund that is capitalized with $170 million in private contributions. The Fund has led successful public-private initiatives to diversify the city economy, creating thousands of jobs and promoting entrepreneurship, with a focus on disadvantaged communities.
From 1982 to 1995, Wylde was responsible for developing and managing affordable housing and economic development programs that contributed to the renaissance of blighted urban neighborhoods across the five boroughs. The New York City Housing Partnership was the sponsor of the city’s New Homes and Neighborhood Builders programs, producing more than 35,000 units of new, owner-occupied housing and of the Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Program, which enabled more than fifty minority and women-owned firms to purchase and rehabilitate apartment buildings that were formerly owned by the city.
Before joining the Partnership, Wylde worked in senior positions at the former Anchor Savings Bank and at Lutheran Medical Center in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. She is a native of Madison, Wisconsin.
Wylde was listed as CRAINS New York’s Most Powerful Women, City & State’s NYC Power 100, Responsible 100 and Economic Development Power 75, and inducted into City Limit’s Hall of Fame. 
In 2020, New York Magazine profiled Wylde’s career from community organizer to the Partnership’s President and CEO. She was also featured in the New York Time’s Sunday Routine column. 
== Views ==
The Partnership has written and published policy papers to promote economic growth, inclusion and opportunity through cross-sector partnerships. In 2020, the Partnership published a comprehensive analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on the city, “A Call for Action and Collaboration.” The report yielded public-private initiatives that are supporting small business recovery and advocating for policies that will restore jobs and retain talent in the city. In response to the 9/11 terrorist attack, the business community similarly worked with government to develop an impact assessment of the city, generating $23 billion in federal aid to support the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan.
The Partnership is a source of the research and policies required to sustain New York City’s role as a world financial and tech hub, including the life sciences and fintech industries, and analyzing the return to office patterns throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wylde has also authored op-eds in local and national outlets, including: Barron’s “The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill is a Breakthrough for Business” and The New York Daily News’s “Nursing NYC back to health.”
 
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