Katherine G. Farley is the Chair of

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in New York City. She is Senior Managing Director at Tishman Speyer. In 2013,

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listed her as number twelve among the “50 Most Powerful Women in New York”

Education

Farley graduated from

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in 1971 with a BA in drawing, painting and sculpture. She received her master's degree in Architecture (MARC) degree from

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School of Design in 1976.

Career

Farley began her career as an architect and project coordinator for Turner Construction Company International Division in New York City. In 1984, she was hired by

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to head international development at Tishman Speyer. Currently she is Senior Managing Director, Tishman Speyer, responsible for Brazil and

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business and Global Corporate Marketing in New York City.

Volunteer

Lincoln Center

Farley has volunteered at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts since 1999 when she joined the New York Philharmonic Board. She served on the

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Board from 2003 to 2005. In 2006–2010 she took on the Lincoln Center Redevelopment Project, which redesigned Lincoln Center. She served as chair-designate from 2009 to 2010 and, in 2011 became the Chair of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.About Lincoln Center
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Board memberships

Farley is a member of the board of trustees of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Lang Lang International Music Foundation. She has served on the Board of Trustees of

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and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Personal

Farley married

in 1991. They reside in New York City and have one daughter.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Farley, Katherine G. Living people 20th-century American architects Harvard Graduate School of Design alumni Lincoln Center Pembroke College in Brown University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American architects