Marcy Syms

Marcy’s 35 year career in retailing culminated with the successful combination of Syms and Filene’s Basement. Marcy and her father, founder Sy Syms, were spokespersons for the company and made the line, “An educated consumer is our best customer.” a household logo. Since 2013 Marcy has been a founding Organizer of the ERA Coalition and the ERA Project at Columbia Law School. Founding trustee and president of the Sy Syms Foundation since 1985, Marcy has been supporting the Sy Syms School of Business at Yeshiva University since its inception. A board member of The Forward, The National Public Radio Foundation, SAFRA Center of Ethics at Harvard University. A funder of Weizmann Institute, WNET Public Broadcasting and countless other non-profits making our world a better place.

Marcy is past director of Benco Dental, the third largest distributor of dental supplies in the U.S.,

and past director of Rite Aid Corp., American Materials and Rebel Media. She was a Reserve Bank of New York former Chair, Small Business and Agricultural Advisory Council.

She recently completed the Advanced Leadership Program at Harvard University and is a lifetime World Presidents’ Organization at large member. A long time columnist at Family Business Magazine and author of “Mind Your Own Business and Keep It in the Family”, in the Fall of 2025 she will be coming out with a new book, “Leading with Respect; From Backroom to Boardroom”.