Professional Profile: Carol Kellermann 2019

Name: Carol Kellermann - 019
Title: President
Company: Citizens Budget Commission
Location: 2 Penn Plaza, New York, NY
Birthplace: New York, NY
Education: BA and JD, Harvard University
First job: Full time? Executive Assistant to a Deputy Mayor in Boston
First job in real estate or allied field: Never really in real estate. Closest thing probably would be assistant commissioner for tax policy at NYC Department of Finance
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? Run a non-partisan fiscal watchdog and think tank; planning to sleep later, get more exercise, read and travel
How do you unwind from a busy day? Dinner out with my husband and watch This is Us
Favorite book or author: Philip Roth
Favorite movie: Godfather series
Last song/album that you purchased/downloaded: Remixed version of “Songs for Only the Lonely” by Frank Sinatra
One word to describe your work environment: Collegial
Rules to live by in business: Delegate; ask the right questions; have office happy hours
If you could invite one person to dinner (living or dead, but not related to you) who would it be and where would you go? Daniel Patrick Moynihan at Tracks in Penn Station
What is your DREAM job? (something other than your current job) I once applied to be the president of the James Beard Foundation…maybe they would hire me now. :)