Doreen Mogavero

Doreen began her career in 1975 on the American Stock Exchange as the clerk for Ivan F. Boesky and Co. In 1980, Doreen became a member of the New York Stock Exchange and in 1989 she founded Mogavero, Lee & Co., Inc., the first and only floor based direct access firm to be wholly owned and operated by women.

Her committee work includes: serving on the Board of the Floor Members Emergency Fund as member, treasurer, and member of the Audit Committee and Trustee; member of the Board of the Organization of the Independent Floor Brokers, as a member and vice president; 23 years service on the New York Stock Exchange Hearing Board; twelve one year terms as a New York Stock Exchange Floor Official; two term member of the Governor Selection Committee.

In an effort to restructure the New York Stock Exchange in 2003, the newly formed Independent Board of Directors appointed Doreen to the Board of Executives to help position the NYSE for the challenges of the future in market structure, corporate governance and technology. During this time Doreen served as one of only two floor members appointed to the Regulation, Enforcement and Listing Standard Committee. She served on the Board of the New York Stock Exchange Foundation and co-chaired the Market Performance Committee with the other Board of Executive Floor members. During this time she also founded and chaired the Market Information Committee to bring the members and staff together to promote a feeling of inclusion and unity within the institution, and as a base for all outreach and educational programs. She also founded and chaired the New York Stock Exchange Floor Members Diversity Committee.

Today Doreen continues to serve on the Market Performance Committee, Technology Planning and Oversight Committee, briefly returned to the Board of the Organization of Independent Floor Brokers, and serves in a regulatory capacity as an Executive Floor Official on the floor of the Exchange. After a brief hiatus from the Market Information Committee she was reappointed to chair it in 2006. Her other committees include serving on the Security Traders Association Trading Issues Committee for the third year, the Financial Women’s Organization, and 100 Women in Hedge Funds. Doreen also serves on the Corporate Advisory Boards of Fordham Business School and Inwood House and is an honorary member of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization.

Doreen regularly appears as a guest commentator on CNBC and Bloomberg. She has also made brief appearances on the Ellen Degeneres and Oprah Winfrey shows. She frequently speaks and participates in panel discussions at industry conferences and has been a featured speaker at Baruch College, Zicklin School of Business. Doreen has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, LA Times, CBS News and Radio, 60 Minutes, ABC Nightline, Fox Business, Shepard Smith, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg TV and Radio, Forbes, BBC International Commentator, Sky News, Bloomberg India, Chinese, Swedish, Spanish Television Stations, Investment Dealers’ Digest, New York Post, Women’s Enterprise Magazine and the South Florida Times Magazine.

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