Richard D. Parsons, Esq., a member since 1988, is the Chairman of Citigroup and the former Chairman of Time Warner, Inc. From May 2002 until December 2007, Mr. Parsons also served as Chief Executive Officer of Time Warner. Institutional Investor magazine named him the top CEO in the entertainment industry in 2005. He is the former Chairman and CEO of Dime Bancorp, Inc. He has held various positions in state and federal government, including First Assistant Counsel to Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, and General Counsel and Associate Director of the White House Domestic Counsel under President Gerald R. Ford. In 1998, he received a congressional appointment to serve on the Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce. In May 2001, he was appointed by President George W. Bush as Co-Chairman of the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security. His undergraduate education was at the University of Hawaii and his legal training at Union University Albany School of Law, where he was valedictorian. He is the Chairman of the Apollo Theater Foundation, and also serves on the boards of Citigroup, the Estee Lauder Companies, the Museum of Modern Art, and the American Museum of Natural History. He also co-chairs the Advisory Committee of the National Museum of African American History and Culture at the Smithsonian.