THE COLLEGE OF NEW
ROCHELLE APPOINTS
SADDIE L. SMITH TO BOARD
OF TRUSTEES
NEW ROCHELLE, NY,
November 12, 2007 – The College of New Rochelle (CNR)
has announced the appointment of Saddie L. Smith of Cortland Manor, NY,
to the College’s Board of Trustees. Smith will serve a three-year term.
“The wise counsel and generous support that our trustees
give this College play a key role in this institution’s success,” says
Dr. Stephen J. Sweeny, President of CNR. “Generously, the trustees hold
in their hands the well-being of this vital institution. With the
appointment of Saddie Smith to an already talented and committed Board,
we are in very good hands indeed.”
Smith is corporate secretary for Consolidated Edison,
Inc. and corporate secretary and associate general counsel for its
largest subsidiary, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
As such, she is responsible for corporate compliance and oversight on
fiscal and business matters, board and shareholder relationships,
documentation and reporting and development of the companies’ corporate
structure. Prior to her appointment as secretary, Smith was vice
president of Con Edison’s Staten Island operations. She has also served
Con Edison as director of facilities management and office services,
director of EEO affairs and senior attorney in the company’s law
department. Before joining Con Edison, Smith was with the law firms of
Muoge, Rose, Guthrie & Alexander in New York and Jenner & Block
in Chicago.
She has been recognized as one of the “25 Influential
Black Women in Business” by The
Network Journal, is a recipient of the YMCA’s “Black Achievers
in Industry” and Con Edison’s “Living Our Values” awards.
Smith holds degrees from Bowdoin College and Columbia
University School of Law.
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The first Catholic
college for women in New York State, The College of New Rochelle was
founded in 1904 by the Ursuline Order. Today, it comprises the
all-women School of Arts & Sciences, and three schools which admit
women and men: the School of New Resources
(for adult learners), the School of Nursing and the Graduate
School. The main campus of the College is located in lower
Westchester County, 16 miles north of New York City. The College
maintains five other campus locations in New York City. Visit the
College’s website at www.cnr.edu.
