Catie Marron

<p>Catie Marron is the creator and editor of two anthologies published by HarperCollins which explore the value and significance of urban public spaces: <em>City Squares, Eighteen Writers on the Spirit and Significance of Squares Around the World</em> (2016), and <em>City Parks: Public Places, Private Thoughts </em>(2013). She is currently working on a third book for HarperCollins, which centers on how gardens and the process of their creation enrich lives.</p><p>Marron’s career has encompassed investment banking, magazine journalism, public service, and book publishing. She is currently a trustee and Chair Emeritus of The New York Public Library, where she was Chairman of the Board from 2004 to 2011. Marron is also a trustee of Friends of the High Line, where she was also Board Chair, and a trustee of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.</p><p>Marron began her first career in investment banking at Morgan Stanley and then at Lehman Brothers. She then became Senior Features Editor at <em>Vogue</em>, where she has been a contributing editor for twenty years. While writing her books, Marron launched Good Companies, a curated, online guide to companies that strive to do good while also making a profit. This venture was shaped in part by the success of Treasure & Bond, a pop-up store that she co-founded with Nordstrom and Anna Wintour in 2011. All of the store’s profits went to charities benefiting NYC children.</p>