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H. Dale Hemmerdinger
Chairman

H. Dale Hemmerdinger     

Recommended by: Governor
Date Appointed: October 22, 2007
Term Expires: June 7, 2009 (holdover)
Board Committees: Chair: Capital Program Oversight, Governance
           

H. Dale Hemmerdinger was nominated by Governor Eliot Spitzer in June of 2007 to serve as the ninth Chairman of the MTA and was confirmed by the New York State Senate on October 22, 2007.   His term as Chairman runs through June 30, 2011.

Mr. Hemmerdinger is president and director of The Hemmerdinger Corporation, a commercial and residential real estate ownership and development company based in New York City.

He also serves as president of Atco Properties & Management, Inc. and Atco Properties Services Corporation and is chairman of Atlas Real Estate Funds, Inc. He is also a board member of Valley National Bank.

Mr. Hemmerdinger is active in civic and business affairs in the New York region and is a trustee and secretary/treasurer of the NYC Police Foundation, a partner in the Partnership for New York City, and trustee and chairman emeritus of the Citizens Budget Commission. He serves as executive vice president of the Realty Foundation of New York, is a member of the Real Estate Board of New York, and is a former commissioner of the City of New York Conciliation and Appeals Board.

He is a 1967 graduate of New York University, where he also did graduate work, and is a trustee of the university, where he is on the budget/finance, alumni relations, library, and executive committees.