Bart Friedman

Currently, Bart Friedman is Chairman at Giant Eagle, Inc., Chairman of the Works & Process Program at the Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum, Chairman at Sanford Bernstein Mutual Funds since 2006, Lead Independent Director at Ovid Therapeutics, Inc. since 2015, Director at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc., Trustee at The Brookings Institution, Member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., and Treasurer & Trustee at Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum since 2016.
Formerly, Mr. Friedman was Vice Chairman at The Juilliard School, Lead Independent Director at Allied World Assurance Company Holdings AG from 2011 to 2012, Assistant Director & Special Counsel at the US Securities & Exchange Commission, Director at the Institute of International Education, Inc., Senior Counsel at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP from 1980 to 2017, and Research Associate at Harvard Business School.
Education includes an undergraduate degree from Long Island University in 1966 and a graduate degree from Harvard Law School in 1969.