Anthony W. Marx, President and CEO, The New York Public Library: Master Class in Transformative Leadership
Anthony W. Marx is the president and CEO of the New York Public Library, the nation’s largest library system and the world’s preeminent public research library. Over fifteen years, Marx has reimagined this storied institution, building on his transformative leadership in higher education as president of Amherst College. A distinguished scholar and political scientist, Marx’s education — in the power of education — was forged by his experience in South Africa in the 1980s.