Often featured in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, Harvard Law Today, and Vanity Fair, our speakers this week are Robert J. “Bob” Katz and Arline Mann.
Bob is a Senior Director of The Goldman Sachs Group, where he has served in a succession of senior capacities since 1988, including General Counsel and member of the Management and Partnership Committees. Previously, he was a litigation partner of Sullivan & Cromwell, a major international law firm. Bob currently serves as the Chairman of the Board at Harvard Law School and on the boards of Cornell University (where he was Vice Chair), of Weill Cornell Medical College, of the Allen-Stevenson School and of Achilles International, which he previously chaired. He is a recipient of the Anti-Defamation League’s Human Relations Award, the American Friends of the Hebrew University’s Torch of Learning Award, and Cornell Hillel’s Harold Tanner Prize.
Arline Mann retired in 2012 as a Managing Director of the firm and head of the Global Employment Law Group of Gold-man, Sachs & Co. in New York. Prior to her work at Gold-man Sachs, Arline was a commercial litigator at Sullivan & Cromwell. During her legal career, she was named by Human Resource Executive and Lawdragon as one of the nations' 50 most powerful employment attorneys.
Before attending law school, she was trained as a theatrical director at the Boston University Graduate School of Fine Arts, and worked as the assistant to a Broadway and London theatrical producer. She is currently the Chair of the Board of Directors of The Ayn Rand Institute, and a member of the Board of Control of The Art Students League in New York, where she is also a committed painting student.
Please join me in welcoming Bob and Arline to our club!

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