With Marcy Syms, President of the Syms Foundation, Director of the TPD Group and Succession Planning Expert
Do you have a strategic plan in place for yourself or your family business when you retire? Have you established who will take over the day-to-day operations or make critical decisions in your absence? Or, if you’re the family breadwinner and suddenly become ill and can’t work, how will your family replace your lost income? Over the past few years, we’ve learned how fragile our lives and the world we live in can be, when in the blink of an eye, lives are lost, businesses shuttered, and family finances destroyed. When talking about a backup plan, such as a succession or contingency plan, many people don’t know what it is or the importance of having one. But making these contingency plans now can mean the difference between a smooth and orderly transition from one generation to the next versus years of legal battles that often divide families and cost a lot of money. Read more…
Radio Interviews
Video Interviews
Events
Sonia Ossoria, Marcy Syms, Chair of the ERA Coaltion, Carol Jenkins, Rep Jerry Nadler, Sally MInard, Rep Carolyn Maloney, Judy Lotas, Co Pres Jessica Newirth & Carol Robles Roman,
Carol Robles Roman, outgoing Co-President of the ERA Coalition and Marcy Syms, who remain Board Chair at the Botanical Gardens.
Carol Jenkins, Marcy Syms, Deborah Santana, Jules Spector, Prisca Bae at 2018 Feminist Press Power Awards
Marcy Syms & Friends, 2018 Feminist Press Power Awards
The Sy Syms Foundation has partnered with NPR and WNYC for decades, supporting initiatives around education, communication, access to information, science and the arts. Marcy Syms shares why providing philanthropic support to public radio is a logical choice.
Bonnie Schaefer, Gloria Steinem, & Marcy Syms , 2016 Honoree & Member of the Host Committee, Ms. Foundation Visionary Awards Honoring 2017 Honoree, Hillary Clinton
Jessica Neuwirth, Marcy Syms, Marie Wilson, Linda Sarsourt at 2017 Ms. Foundation Visionary Awards
Marcy Syms, 2017 Bottomless Closet Benefit Panel with Jessica Neuwirth and Carol Jenkins, Screening of “Equal Means Equal”
Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Councilman Ben Kallos,Letitia James, Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Sherry Kaufman, Marcy Syms on the steps of City Hall to hail final bipartisan report American Museum of Women’s History Congressional Commission.
Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Sherry Kaufman, Marcy Syms
Caroline’s Comedy Club with Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda, Jessica Neuwirth
Moderating WCD Cyber Security Panel, Atlanta, Ga
WCD, Women Corporate Directors Cyber Security Panel
Women’s Senate Network Luncheon: Passing the Torch: Honoring Senators Barbara Mikulski & Senator Barbara Boxer
Marcy Syms & Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum at the AHA Guinness World Record CPR Relay Attempt
Marcy Syms & Craig Mayes, CEO of NYC Rescue Mission
Marcy Syms, Recipient of the 2015 Heart Saver Award from the American Heart Association
Marcy Syms, among VIP Participants at the American Heart Association Guinness World Record Relay Attempt in Times Square, June 4, 2015
Marcy Syms, VIP Participant at AHA Guinness World Record CPR Relay Attempt
Banner at American Heart Association “Keep the Beat” Event at Times Square, June 2015
Harold Grinspoon, 2015 Recipient of the Sy Syms Humanitarian Award
Marcy Syms, AHA, Go Red For Women, New York Spokesperson and Luncheon Co-Chair 2015
Marcy Syms with Honorees at AHA, Go Red For Women, 2015 Luncheon Co-Host
Marcy Syms, 2015 Go Red For Women Spokesperson and Luncheon Co-Chair
2015 AHA Go Red For Women Honorees
Marcy Syms & Gloria Steinem at ERA Coalition “Equal Means Equal” Launch Party
Transitions can’t be done in a quarter, said Marcy Syms, who ran the Syms company when it was public and now advises leaders on succession planning. “You have to sell it to the Street,” she said.
A new project bringing cutting-edge research, strategy and legal resources to the fight for gender-based equality was instituted at Columbia Law School’s Center for Gender and Sexuality Law (CGSL) In January, 2021.
NEW YORK (WOMENSENEWS)–The interruption of the powerful narratives that shape and reinforce cultures is a primary requirement for the movement for the equality and equity of women and girls.
Marcy Syms became one of the youngest female presidents of a New York Stock Exchange-traded company when her family’s business, Syms Corp., went public in 1983.
The Sy Syms Foundation made its first gift to the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center in 2010. But the roots of that gift reach back 30 years and tell the story of an American family founded on hard work and dedicated to philanthropy.
As you probably know by now, only the most extreme circumstances could keep the faithful from their usual lunch at Michael’s. Since Mother Nature proved to be too formidable a force for us on not one,
Business School Honors Students and Faculty at Annual Awards Dinner
Yeshiva University’s Sy Syms School of Business celebrated its 27th anniversary and the graduating class of 2014 with a gala awards dinner on April 30 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage.