Edward M. Sermier
Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer & Corporate Secretary; Director of Program Evaluations

Edward M. Sermier brings extensive management experience, analytical, and financial skills to Carnegie Corporation of New York where he serves as vice president, chief administrative officer and corporate secretary; director of program evaluation, responsible for the day-to-day management of the Corporation’s administrative functions, including grants management and financial accountability as well as the evaluation of the Corporation's programs.

Sermier has a long history of public service in New York City where he began his career with the Board of Education. He joined the Corporation as vice president under President Vartan Gregorian after six years as the chief financial officer of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. There he directed the financial, human resources, information system and strategic planning activities of the orchestra while overseeing the $150 million dollar endowment.

Sermier left city government as deputy director of the office of operations for the Office of the Mayor of New York City. He spent two years as deputy vice president of the New York City Transit Authority, responsible for its $12 billion dollar capital budget, and ten years with the New York City Board of Education. At the Board, he served as senior assistant to the Chancellor for business operations, budget director and as chief administrator of the division of special education.

Sermier has lectured extensively on urban public management and on public and nonprofit finance management at New York University, Columbia University, and Baruch College.

Sermier earned his B.S. at Manhattan College and his M.B.A. at Columbia University. He is married and the father of two daughters.