Catie Marron
Marron’s career has encompassed investment banking, magazine journalism,
public service, and book publishing. Catie Marron is the creator and editor of two
anthologies published by HarperCollins which explore the value and significance
of urban public spaces: City Squares, Eighteen Writers on the Spirit and Significance of
Squares Around the World (2016), and City Parks: Public Places, Private Thoughts (2013).
She is currently working on a third book for HarperCollins, which centers on how
gardens and the process of their creation enrich lives.
She is 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.
Her first career was in investment banking, at Morgan Stanley and then at Lehman
Brothers. She then became Senior Features Editor at Vogue, where she has been a
contributing editor for twenty years. While writing her books, Marron launched
GoodCompanies, 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.
public service, and book publishing. Catie Marron is the creator and editor of two
anthologies published by HarperCollins which explore the value and significance
of urban public spaces: City Squares, Eighteen Writers on the Spirit and Significance of
Squares Around the World (2016), and City Parks: Public Places, Private Thoughts (2013).
She is currently working on a third book for HarperCollins, which centers on how
gardens and the process of their creation enrich lives.
She is 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.
Her first career was in investment banking, at Morgan Stanley and then at Lehman
Brothers. She then became Senior Features Editor at Vogue, where she has been a
contributing editor for twenty years. While writing her books, Marron launched
GoodCompanies, 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.
