Jill M. Considine is senior advisor of The Depository Trust Company (DTC). She served as chair until August 1, 2007. Prior to joining DTC in January 1999, she was president of the New York Clearing House Association, a position she held since July 1993. Prior to joining the Clearing House, she had been managing director and chief administrative officer at American Express Bank Ltd since 1991, and a member of its board of directors.

From 1985-1991, Miss Considine was the superintendent of banks for New York State. She had also served as president and chief executive officer of The First Women’s Bank, and held a variety of executive positions at Bankers Trust Company and Chase Manhattan Bank.

An internationally recognized leader in financial services, Miss Considine serves on the Group of Thirty Steering Committee working to address issues affecting seamless global trading and is a member of the World Economic Forum. In 2003, Miss Considine was appointed by President George W. Bush to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. She has served on Governor Mario Cuomo’s Temporary Commission on Constitutional Revision and participated in President-elect Bill Clinton’s 1992 Economic Summit. In 1989 she was awarded a U.S.-Japan Leadership Fellow.

Her honors include being chosen Equities Achiever of the Year for 2000, by Equities magazine, and one of Crain’s New York Business 100 Most Influential Women in Business in 1999. She received the Star Award from the New York Women’s Agenda in 1995.

An honors graduate from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, Miss Considine attended Bryn Mawr College and holds a bachelor's degree in biology and an honorary doctor of civil law degree from St. John’s University.

September 2007