Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Spitzer Appointments
Liz Benjamin Capitol Confidential
Some more appointments....is your name on this list??? andy
Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced two new appointments today: deputy secretary for Government Operations and Superintendent of Banking. Information after the jump:
Sylvia B. Hamer, deputy secretary for Government Operations and Labor Relations (appointment/$150,000). Hamer is currently executive director for administration in the AG’s office, a position she has held since April 2003. From 1999-2003 she served as assistant deputy for Administration. While working at the AG’s office, Hamer also chaired the Labor Management Committee. She worked as a budget analyst for the Senate Finance Committee from September 1995 until May 1999. She also served as coordinator for the Operation Talent Bank Program; managed an outplacement program for dislocated workers and served as a sexual harassment prevention trainer for employees of Westchester County.
Richard H. Neiman, superintendent of the Banking Department (nominated/$127,000). Neiman currently serves as chairman, president and CEO of TD Bank USA, N.A. Prior to this, Neiman served from 1994 to 2006 as executive vice president and general counsel of TD Waterhouse Group, a U.S. bank holding company. From 1990 to 1994 heserved as the director of Regulatory Advisory Services at Price Waterhouse LLP. He served as vice president and counsel at Citicorp, including general counsel of its Global Equities Group from 1979 to 1989. Neiman beganhis legal career at the Comptroller of the Currency where he served as special assistant to the chief counsel.
Some more appointments....is your name on this list??? andy
Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced two new appointments today: deputy secretary for Government Operations and Superintendent of Banking. Information after the jump:
Sylvia B. Hamer, deputy secretary for Government Operations and Labor Relations (appointment/$150,000). Hamer is currently executive director for administration in the AG’s office, a position she has held since April 2003. From 1999-2003 she served as assistant deputy for Administration. While working at the AG’s office, Hamer also chaired the Labor Management Committee. She worked as a budget analyst for the Senate Finance Committee from September 1995 until May 1999. She also served as coordinator for the Operation Talent Bank Program; managed an outplacement program for dislocated workers and served as a sexual harassment prevention trainer for employees of Westchester County.
Richard H. Neiman, superintendent of the Banking Department (nominated/$127,000). Neiman currently serves as chairman, president and CEO of TD Bank USA, N.A. Prior to this, Neiman served from 1994 to 2006 as executive vice president and general counsel of TD Waterhouse Group, a U.S. bank holding company. From 1990 to 1994 heserved as the director of Regulatory Advisory Services at Price Waterhouse LLP. He served as vice president and counsel at Citicorp, including general counsel of its Global Equities Group from 1979 to 1989. Neiman beganhis legal career at the Comptroller of the Currency where he served as special assistant to the chief counsel.
