Barbara Novick Joins the Advisory Board of the Center for Financial Stability

New York, September 25, 2017/ The Center for Financial Stability (CFS) is honored to announce that Ms. Barbara G. Novick joins its Advisory Board.

Ms. Novick is the Vice Chairman of BlackRock, and a member of BlackRock’s Global Executive Committee, Corporate Risk Committee and Global Operating Committee. From the inception of the firm in 1988 to 2008, Ms. Novick headed the Global Client Group and oversaw global business development, marketing and client service across equity, fixed income, liquidity, alternative investment and real estate products for institutional and individual investors and their intermediaries worldwide. In her current role, Ms. Novick heads the firm’s efforts globally on government relations and public policy. In addition, she serves as a board member to the BlackRock Equity-Liquidity and BlackRock Closed End fund families, and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Investment Company Institute.

Prior to founding BlackRock in 1988, Ms. Novick was a Vice President in the Mortgage Products Group at The First Boston Corporation. Ms. Novick joined First Boston in 1985 where she became head of the Portfolio Products Team. From 1982 to 1985, Ms. Novick was with Morgan Stanley.

Ms. Novick has authored numerous articles on asset management and public policy issues. Ms. Novick is a member of CFA Institute’s Future of Finance Advisory Council and MSCI’s Editorial Advisory Board. She currently serves as a Trustee of Cornell University and the HCM Foundation. Ms. Novick previously served on the boards of Robert Toigo Foundation (2007 – 2010), UJA-Federation (2009 – 2015) and Westchester Day School (2000 – 2005), served as both Treasurer and Trustee of Westchester Jewish Center (1994 – 2012) and coached in the Westchester Youth Soccer League (1999 – 2015). Ms. Novick earned a BA degree, cum laude, in economics from Cornell University.

Ms. Novick joins the 11 distinguished members of the CFS Advisory Board: Eduardo Aninat, Ph.D; Senator Bill Bradley; The Honorable Carole L. Brookins; Peter Flocos, Esq.; Charles Goodhart, CBE, FBA; Henry Kaufman, Ph.D.; Guillermo Ortiz, Ph.D.; Judge Richard A. Posner; The Honorable Randal K. Quarles; Richard L. Sandor, Ph.D., Dr. Sc.h.c.; and Nobel Laureate Myron Scholes, Ph.D.

It is a great joy to welcome Barbara to our Board.