Katherine August-deWilde
Katherine August-deWilde is an American business executive, board member, and philanthropist. She was the president of First Republic Bank from 2007 to 2015 and currently serves as its vice chair.[1]
Katherine August-deWilde | |
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Born | |
Education | Goucher College (B.A.) Stanford University (M.B.A.) |
Occupation | Bank executive |
Spouse(s) | David deWilde |
Children | 4 |
Early life and education
August-deWilde was born on February 13, 1948, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, to Edward Burstein and Benita Ruth Miller. She received her bachelor's degree in history from Goucher College in Towson, Maryland, and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.[2][3]
Career
From 1969 to 1973, August-deWilde held senior staff positions with various members of Congress.[4] She was a consultant for McKinsey & Company from 1975 to 1978, working out of their offices in London and San Francisco. She was also the director of finance for Itel Corporation (now Anixter) from 1978 to 1979. In 1979, August-deWilde became treasurer of PMI Mortgage Insurance Company, later serving as senior vice president and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) from 1982 to 1985.[5]
In 1985, August-deWilde became one of the early leaders of First Republic, a San Francisco-based bi-coastal bank and wealth management company offering personal banking, business banking, and trust and wealth management services.[2][6][7] August-deWilde joined First Republic as its chief financial officer in 1985 and co-led the bank for 30 years, serving as chief operating officer from 1996 to 2014 and president from 2007 to 2015.[2][8][9] In 2016, she became its vice chair.[10]
In 2010, three years after Merrill Lynch purchased First Republic and two years after Bank of America acquired Merrill Lynch, August-deWilde, as president and COO, helped orchestrate a management buy-back with private equity partners.[10][11][8] She is a 2018 fellow in the Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute cohort.[12]
Board memberships
August-deWilde has served as a member of several boards and councils, including the Advisory Council of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Advisory Council of the Stanford Center on Longevity, Catalyst Corporate Board Resource, and the Committee of 200. She previously served as vice-chair of the Town School for Boys and as a trustee of the Boys and Girls Clubs of San Francisco and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. She was a member of the policy advisory board of the Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley.[2][10] August-deWilde also serves on the boards of TriNet, Sunrun, Equilar, and Eventbrite.[10][2] She is a 2018 fellow in the Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute cohort.[12]
Philanthropy
August-deWilde is an angel investor with the women's investment group Broadway Angels and has been on the board of the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University.[10][13] In 2008, she and her husband founded the Katherine and David deWilde Faculty/Scholar fund to support work on entrepreneurship in developing economies.[14] She and her husband previously seeded a professorship that year at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in honor of Professor George Parker.[15] In 2012, they established the LGBT Summer Fellowship at University of Virginia School of Law to support outstanding law students working on legal matters of national and cultural importance to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.[16] In 2015 they created the Katherine and David deWilde Endowed and Expendable Funds for Women's Achievement.[9]
Personal life
August-deWilde lives in San Francisco with her husband, David deWilde, a lawyer and investor. She has four children.[12]
Honors
- 1985, Working Woman, “The Breakthrough Generation: 73 Women Ready to Run Corporate America”[17]
- 2003, 2005, 2006, San Francisco Business Times, “Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business”[18][19][20]
- 2008, Legal Momentum, Women of Achievement Award[21]
- 2008 - 2013, San Francisco Business Times, “Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business”[22][23][24][25][26][27]
- 2012, Women's Initiative for Self-Employment, Founder's Award[28]
- 2012, Directors & Boards, “Directors to Watch”[29]
- 2015, Private Asset Management, “50 Most Influential Women in Private Wealth”[30]
- 2018, Stanford Graduate School of Business, "Excellence in Leadership Award"[31]
References
- "First Republic: Katherine August-deWilde". First Republic Bank. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
- “TriNet Board of Directors” Trinet.com
- Ayers, Kimberly “At Ease with Hard Work.” American Banker. October 19, 1987
- ”Who's Who of American Women.” 1980
- “Katherine August-deWilde, MBA” 4-Traders
- “Katherine August-de Wilde – First Republic Bank (frc)” twst.com
- “First Republic Bank/CA Bloomberg
- Pender, Kathleen ”First Republic Bank regains its independence” SF Gate
- Stanford GSB Advisory Council Bio
- “Eventbrite Names Katherine August-deWilde to its Board of Directors” Longevity3.com
- Paikert, Charles “First Republic Set To Go Public” wealthmanagement.com
- "Katherine August-deWilde – Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute". dci.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
- “KATHERINE AUGUST-DEWILDE” Broadway Angels
- “Couple Endows Faculty Fellow Position for Entrepreneurship in Developing Economies” Stanford School of Business
- ” Honoring One of a Kind: The George G. C. Parker Professorship” Stanford School of Business
- "UVA Lawyer | Marshall Counsels Low-Income LGBT New Yorkers Through New Fellowship". University of Virginia School of Law. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- Hellwig, Basia. “73 Women Ready to Run Corporate America.” Working Woman Magazine, April 1985
- “Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business.” San Francisco Business Times. 2003
- “Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business.” San Francisco Business Times. 2005
- “Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business.” San Francisco Business Times. 2006
- Legal Momentum's 2008 Annual Report
- “Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business.” San Francisco Business Times. 2008
- “Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business.” San Francisco Business Times. 2009
- “Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business.” San Francisco Business Times. 2010
- “Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business.” San Francisco Business Times, 2011
- “Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business.” San Francisco Business Times. 2013
- ”Most Influential Women in the Bay Area.” San Francisco Business Times. 2012
- Calvey, Mark “Citibank names first Bay Area market president” San Francisco Business Times
- Chase, Scott Directors to Watch Annual Report. 2012
- “The 50 Most Influential Women in Private Wealth.” Private Asset Management. May 2015
- "Excellence in Leadership Award". Stanford Graduate School of Business. Retrieved 2018-04-02.