Earle I. Mack
emack@mackcompany.com

Earle I. Mack served as the United States Ambassador to Finland from 2004-2005. He has had a long history associated with business, the arts, service and education.

His business life included being Senior Partner of The Mack Company, established a century ago in real estate investment, construction, development and related trades. The firm, headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey, invests, develops and manages income-producing commercial real estate. He was a board member of Mack-Cali Realty Corporation (NYSE) and served on the Executive Committee of the National Realty Council. Additionally, he was commissioned and completed articles for the ABA Banking Journal and for the Mortgage and Real Estate Executives Report among many other business accomplishments.

Dedicated to the arts, Ambassador Mack served as Chairman and CEO of the New York State Council on the Arts from 1996-1999 where presently he is Chairman Emeritus. He was a Board Member of the New York City Ballet and formerly Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors Theater of Harlem. He produced The Children of Theater Street, a 90-minute documentary film nominated for an Academy Award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and winner of the Film Advisory Boards Award of Excellence. He co-produced a recent documentary called The Return in St. Petersburg, Russia, and he was co-producer of the feature film Hard Choices and the 90-minute documentary She Dances Alone. With Joseph Papp and the New York Shakespeare Public Theater, he co-produced the multi-media rock musical Stomp. In association with the National Actors Theater in New York, he co-produced Judgment at Nuremberg.

Ambassador Mack was a Member of the New York Governors Committee on Scholastic Achievement; a Member of the Advisory Board for the New York State Business Venture Partnership; a Member of the Board of Trustees of the New York Racing Association; and Chairman of the New York State Racing Commission for seven years. In January 2002, he was a Member of the US Presidential Delegation to the Inauguration of His Excellency Enrique Bolanos Geyer, President of the Republic of Nicaragua.

He received a B.S. degree from Drexel University and was honored being selected from 65,000 candidates as one of 100 outstanding alumni among the Drexel 100,and he attended Fordham School of Law. He holds an honorary degree in Doctor of Humane Letters from Yeshiva University. From 1992-2004, he served as Chairman of the Board of the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law where presently he is Chairman Emeritus.

Ambassador Mack served his country as a Second Lieutenant in the US Army Infantry, active duty; and as a First Lieutenant, US Army Infantry and Military Police, reserve duty. He is married and has two children.