Janice Cook Roberts Co-CEO and Co-President New York City Investment Fund
Janice Cook Roberts, Co-CEO and Co- President, helped launch the New York City Investment Fund in 1996. The Fund provides financial and strategic assistance to businesses that spur economic growth in New York City. Co-Chaired by Henry R. Kravis of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. and Russell Carson of Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, the Fund has raised over $100 million in capital and its investors include many of the city's global business and financial leaders. Prior to joining the Investment Fund, Ms. Roberts worked at Universal Studios with its foreign video distributors. Ms. Roberts worked in Bankers Trust's corporate finance department after receiving her B.A. from Amherst College. She also received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.