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CathleenP.Black

Career

HearstMagazines

Chairman

June28,2010-present

HearstMagazines

President

January1,1996-June28,2010

NewspaperAssociationofAmerica(formerlyANPA)

President&CEO

7/1991-1995

USAToday(GannettCo.Inc.)

Publisher/President

1983-6/1991

NewYorkMagazine

Publisher1979-1983

AssociatePublisher1/78-1979

CityMagazine,SanFrancisco

AdvertisingManager

7/1977-12/77

Ms.Magazine

AdvertisingManager

1972-1977

NewYorkMagazine

AdvertisingSalesRepresentative

1970-1972

U.S.CameraandTravelMagazine

AdvertisingSalesRepresentative

1968-1970

HolidayMagazine

DirectorofSpecialAdvertisingSections

SalesAssistant

1966-1968



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Education

B.A. TrinityCollege,Washington,D.C.,1966

Honorarydegrees:

TrinityCollege,Washington,D.C.

TrinityCollege,Hartford,Conn.HamiltonCollege,Clinton,N.Y.

LehighUniversity,Bethlehem,Pa.

IthacaCollege,Ithaca,N.Y.

SimmonsCollege,Boston,Mass.

MarymountCollege,Tarrytown,N.Y.

LoyolaUniversity,NewOrleans,La.

St.Mary’sCollege,SouthBend,Ind.

CapitolCollege,Laurel,Md.

BoardofDirector/TrusteeMemberships

HearstCorporation TheCoca-ColaCompany

IBM

UniversityofNotreDame

TrinityCollege(Washington,D.C.)(past)

AdvertisingCouncil

UnitedWayofAmerica(past)

GannettCo.Inc.(past)

Affiliations/Memberships

NationalLeadershipBoardofHarlemVillageAcademies

CouncilonForeignRelations HostCommitteefor2010NationalConferenceofVolunteeringandService

(AppointedbyMayorMichaelBloomberg)

TheGlowProject,aphilanthropyanddocumentaryfilmprojectaimedat

empoweringwomenandhelpingthemovercomeseemingly

insurmountablegoals

LiteracyPartners&AmericanLegacyFoundation--designingapublic

servicecampaigntoencouragewomentoquitsmoking.

Lectures/Speeches

• UniversityofMissouriSchoolofJournalism,2010

• TheAlNeuharthAwardforExcellenceintheMedia,UniversityofSouthDakota,2010

• WhiteHouseYouthLeadershipandMentoringEventatWayneState

UniversityinDetroit,2010

• The2010WhartonWomenBusinessConference,WhartonSchoolof

Business,2010

• HarvardBusinessSchoolofAtlantaLeadershipBreakfast,2010

• TheConferenceBoardSeniorMarketingExecutiveConference,2009





NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION CHANCELLOR

JOB DESCRIPTION

November 2010

Position: New York City Schools Chancellor: Mayoral Appointee

Authority and Responsibility: The Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education

serves as chief executive officer for the city school district and the superintendent of schools, and performs other duties as described below.

Term: The Chancellor serves at the pleasure of and is employed by the Mayor of the City of

New York by contract for a term not to exceed by more than two years the term of office of themayor authorizing such contract.

Powers and Duties:The powers and duties of the Chancellor are set forth in section 2590-h and other relevant

sections of the New York Education Law. They include, but are not limited to:

• Promote an equal educational opportunity for all students in the schools of the city district,

promote fiscal and educational equity, and increase student achievement and school

performance• Promulgate minimum clear educational standards, curriculum requirements and frameworks,

and mandatory educational objectives applicable to all schools and programs throughout the

city district, and examine and evaluate all such schools and programs with respect to their

compliance and their educational effectiveness• Promote a parents’ association or parent-teachers’ association in each school under the

Chancellor’s jurisdiction• Control and operate academic and vocational senior high schools, specialized senior high

schools, and special education programs and services• Ensure compliance with state and federal laws and regulations concerning school-based

management and shared decision-making

• Prepare an educational impact statement regarding any proposed school closing or significant

change in school utilization, including the phase-out, grade reconfiguration, re-siting, or co-location of schools, for any public school located within the city district

• Create standards, policies and objectives and promulgate regulations directly related to

maintaining the internal fiscal integrity of administrative operations by the Chancellor, the

community districts and the schools• Ensure compliance with qualifications established for all personnel employed in the city

district, and exercise all of the duties and responsibilities of the employing board with respect

to any members of the teaching or supervisory staff of schools• Establish uniform procedures for record keeping, accounting and reporting throughout the

city district• Delegate any powers and duties to subordinate officers or employees• Develop an educational facilities master plan and a five-year educational facilities capital

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• Promulgate regulations establishing educational, managerial, and administrative

qualifications, performance record criteria, and performance standards for the positions of superintendent and principal

• Select and appoint community superintendents• Intervene in any district or school which is persistently failing to achieve educational results

and standards or has failed to improve its educational results and student achievement• Develop a school-based budgeting process for schools under the Chancellor’s jurisdiction,

and promote the effectiveness and integrity of school-based budgeting• Develop a procurement policy for the New York City school district and the community

districts and public schools therein• Establish uniform procedures for record keeping, accounting and reporting throughout the

city district• Establish a system of internal controls, including internal administrative controls and internal

accounting controls, with provisions for internal audits• Develop and furnish pre-service and in-service training programs for principals and other

employees throughout the city district, and allocate sufficient funds for teacher and principal

training to meet school improvement needs• Promote the involvement and appropriate input of all members of the school community

Documents

Cathleen P. Black Resume and Job Description for Schools Chancellor