17 Facts About Cathie Black

Cathleen Prunty "Cathie" Black was born on April 26,1944 and is a former New York City Schools Chancellor.

Cathie Black required a waiver to replace Klein, as she did not possess the education administration experience required by New York State's Education Department.

Cathie Black was previously chair of Hearst Magazines, a division of Hearst Corporation, where she was president for 15 years.

Cathie Black is the author of BASIC BLACK and is a former president and publisher of USA Today.

Cathie Black was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 26,1944, to James Hamilton and Margaret Cathie Black.

Cathie Black holds a degree from Trinity College in Washington, DC, and 10 honorary degrees from: St Mary's College, South Bend, Ind.

Cathie Black began her career at Holiday Magazine, went on to work at New York Magazine, City magazine, Ms.

Cathie Black later worked for USA Today starting in 1983, the year after it was launched.

Cathie Black served as both president and publisher of USA Today, spending eight years at the newspaper.

Cathie Black oversaw Newspaper National Network's founding, raised funding, and hired the first management team.

Cathie Black was president of Hearst Magazines until 2010, when she became chairman.

Cathie Black has been a member of the board of directors of IBM and The Coca-Cola Company, Hearst Corporation, Advertising Council, United Way of America and Gannett Co.

Cathie Black is on the National Leadership Board of Harlem Village Academies and a Trustee of the University of Notre Dame.

Cathie Black resigned her position on the Coke board after the NYC nomination, citing potential conflicts of interest.

Donald McHenry, "a longtime Coke board member and a professor at Georgetown University who sat on the committee" with Cathie Black, confirmed that the issue had faced the board continuously but did not address Cathie Black's position or individual role in the internal company debates, decisions and actions.

Cathie Black resigned, after much controversy, on April 7,2011.

At that meeting Cathie Black told the crowd "I can't speak if you're shouting," and after the crowd continued to boo Cathie Black, she responded by imitating the crowd's jeers in a "mocking" fashion.