Liz Peek (born January 10, 1949) is an

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Conservative commentator and business analyst on the finance industry and government.

Education

Peek graduated as a Durant scholar from

Wellesley College Wellesley College is a private women's liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henry and Pauline Durant as a female seminary, it is a member of the original Seven Sisters Colleges, an unofficial g ...

with an Honors Degree.

Career

Peek spent more than 20 years on

Wall Street Wall Street is an eight-block-long street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It runs between Broadway in the west to South Street and the East River in the east. The term "Wall Street" has become a metonym for t ...

as a research analyst focused on the

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. She began working for Wertheim & Company in 1975 and in 1983, was one of the first women to become partner at a Wall Street investment firm. She left Wall Street in 1990 to raise her children, but remained active as a commentator. She has written for '' The Fiscal Times'', ''Fox News'', the '' New York Sun'', ''

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'', ''Alternate Universe'', the ''

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'', and '' Women on the Web'' and has appeared on ''

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'' with Neil Cavuto and '' Fox & Friends''. Peek was the first woman elected president of the National Association of Petroleum Investment Analysts and was also a member of Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts. In August 2012, she was named chair of the Board of Trustees of the

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(FIT), a college in the State University of New York system. In February 2013, was awarded the statuette of a spool of thread award by FIT's Couture Council.< Peek is also the executive vice president of the board of Women's Committee of the Central Park Conservancy and served as a board and executive committee member of the

School of American Ballet The School of American Ballet (SAB) is the most renowned ballet school in the United States. School of American Ballet is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New ...

. She is also chairperson of the fundraising organization for The Museum at FIT and member of the board of the FIT Foundation.

Personal life

Liz Peek and her husband

Jeff Peek Jeffrey Peek is a finance industry executive. He headed CIT Group from 2003 until it was reorganized following the 2008 financial crisis. Career Peek joined CIT after being turned down as a potential CEO from Merrill Lynch, where he had been emp ...

, former CEO of CIT Group, have three children. In October 2019, their son Andrew Peek,

Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...

's Europe and Russia adviser, was abruptly removed from his position as Head of European and Russian Affairs at the NSC and is currently under federal investigation.

References

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