[POSTPONED until further notice] 31st Annual Durland Lecture: Barbara Novick, BlackRock Vice Chairman & Co-Founder, "Leading Change and Evolving in a Changing Environment"

[Postponed until further notice]

Barbara G. Novick AB ’82, Vice Chairman and co-founder of BlackRock, is a member of BlackRock's Global Executive Committee, Enterprise Risk Committee and Geopolitical Risk 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 oversees the firm's efforts globally for public policy and for investment stewardship. Ms. Novick has authored numerous articles on asset management and public policy issues. Ms. Novick serves as Vice Chairman of Cornell University's Board of Trustees and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Investment Company Institute. She is also a member of MSCI's Editorial Advisory Board, Center for Financial Stability Advisory Board, Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership Advisory Board, and Peterson Institute for International Economics Board of Directors. Ms. Novick previously 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 her AB degree, cum laude, in economics from Cornell University. She and her husband, Barry BS ’79, have three children, Abby, Asher BS ’15, MEng ’16, and Rachel AB ’19.
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The Lewis H. Durland Memorial Lecture is presented by the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management. It was established in 1983 in memory of Lew Durland, treasurer emeritus of Cornell.