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Siskind was a pioneer in the distressed debt trading market. She became the first female Managing Director at Wasserstein Perella at the age of 31, and later ran trading departments at Morgan Stanley and Imperial Capital, where she was also a partner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theweeklylist.org/about-amy/|title=About Amy|website=The Weekly List|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://events.cornell.edu/event/what_i_wish_i_knew_at_22|title=What I Wish I Knew at 22|last=University|first=Office of Web Communications, Cornell|website=Cornell|language=en|access-date=2018-07-06}}</ref>
Siskind was a pioneer in the distressed debt trading market. She became the first female Managing Director at Wasserstein Perella at the age of 31, and later ran trading departments at Morgan Stanley and Imperial Capital, where she was also a partner.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theweeklylist.org/about-amy/|title=About Amy|website=The Weekly List|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://events.cornell.edu/event/what_i_wish_i_knew_at_22|title=What I Wish I Knew at 22|last=University|first=Office of Web Communications, Cornell|website=Cornell|language=en|access-date=2018-07-06}}</ref>

Siskind has been criticized for engaging in racially charged, inaccurate reporting. In June of 2017, despite not knowing any details about the perpetrator, she tweeted that a "white man" kidnapped and killed a 17-year-old Muslim woman. When it was later revealed that the alleged murderer was actually an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, Siskind deleted the original tweet. In July of 2018 when an elderly Mexican man from the Los Angeles area was brutally beaten with a brick and allegedly told to "go back to your country," Siskind, again with having no actual knowledge about the perpetrator, tweeted that "a white mother beat a 92-year-old Hispanic man with a brick in the face on Independence Day." It was later revealed that the alleged perpetrator was an African-American woman, and Siskind again deleted the original tweet. <ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.dailywire.com/news/32941/reporter-blames-trump-racist-white-mother-amanda-prestigiacomo|title= Leftist Activist Blames Trump For Racist 'White Mother' Attacking Elderly Man. That's Not What Happened. {{!}} Daily Wire|access-date=2018-07-13}}</ref>


Siskind received a BA in Economics from Cornell University and a MBA in Finance and International Business from the NYU Stern School of Business.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/to-the-contrary/panelists/3326/siskind-|title=To The Contrary Panelists {{!}} To The Contrary|website=www.pbs.org|language=en|access-date=2018-07-06}}</ref>
Siskind received a BA in Economics from Cornell University and a MBA in Finance and International Business from the NYU Stern School of Business.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/to-the-contrary/panelists/3326/siskind-|title=To The Contrary Panelists {{!}} To The Contrary|website=www.pbs.org|language=en|access-date=2018-07-06}}</ref>

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Amy Siskind
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCornell University, NYU Stern School of Business

Amy Siskind is an American activist, and President of The New Agenda.[1]

Life

In November 2016, Siskind started keeping a weekly list of not normal events of the Trump administration.[2] In September 2017, she was named to Politico 50.[3]. In June 2018, Siskind started The Weekly List podcast to accompany the lists. Her lists and podcast are archived in the Library of Congress.

In the aftermath of the 2008 election, Siskind co-founded The New Agenda in her living room with 30 Hillary Clinton supporters who were upset with the sexism and misogyny in evidence during the election.[4] The group was unique in their approach, founding a national women's organization inclusive of all women, and not party-aligned.

Siskind was a pioneer in the distressed debt trading market. She became the first female Managing Director at Wasserstein Perella at the age of 31, and later ran trading departments at Morgan Stanley and Imperial Capital, where she was also a partner.[5][6]

Siskind has been criticized for engaging in racially charged, inaccurate reporting. In June of 2017, despite not knowing any details about the perpetrator, she tweeted that a "white man" kidnapped and killed a 17-year-old Muslim woman. When it was later revealed that the alleged murderer was actually an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, Siskind deleted the original tweet. In July of 2018 when an elderly Mexican man from the Los Angeles area was brutally beaten with a brick and allegedly told to "go back to your country," Siskind, again with having no actual knowledge about the perpetrator, tweeted that "a white mother beat a 92-year-old Hispanic man with a brick in the face on Independence Day." It was later revealed that the alleged perpetrator was an African-American woman, and Siskind again deleted the original tweet. [7]

Siskind received a BA in Economics from Cornell University and a MBA in Finance and International Business from the NYU Stern School of Business.[8]

Works

  • The List: A Week-by-Week Reckoning of Trump’s First Year, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018. ISBN 9781635572711 [9][10][11][12][13][14]

References

  1. ^ "Dynamo Amy Siskind and How her "The New Agenda" Helps Women find their Voices". Inside Chappaqua and Inside Armonk: The Magazines for New and North Castle. 2016-09-28. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  2. ^ Sullivan, Margaret (2017-06-25). "Perspective | Trump won, and Amy Siskind started a list of changes. Now it's a sensation". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  3. ^ "#37 Amy Siskind - POLITICO 50 2017". POLITICO. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  4. ^ "It's No Longer Just About Hillary | RealClearPolitics". Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  5. ^ "About Amy". The Weekly List. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  6. ^ University, Office of Web Communications, Cornell. "What I Wish I Knew at 22". Cornell. Retrieved 2018-07-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Leftist Activist Blames Trump For Racist 'White Mother' Attacking Elderly Man. That's Not What Happened. | Daily Wire". Retrieved 2018-07-13.
  8. ^ "To The Contrary Panelists | To The Contrary". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  9. ^ Lozada, Carlos (2018-03-16). "Review | Think you remember every outrage of the Trump presidency so far? A new book will test you". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  10. ^ "Amy Siskind lists the changes under President Donald Trump; now it's a book". lohud.com. Retrieved 2018-04-29.
  11. ^ "Changes under President Trump: Amy Siskind's list grows into a book". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  12. ^ "Trump won, and Amy Siskind started a list of changes. Now it's a sensation". Philly.com. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  13. ^ "Sullivan: In Donald Trump's America, a new list of grievances". Durango Herald. Retrieved 2018-07-01.
  14. ^ "Tracking the oldies but goodies of Trump presidency". Retrieved 2018-07-01.
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