Iris Weinshall

Iris Weinshall is a vice chancellor at the City University of New York and a former commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation. Weinshall was appointed commissioner by then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani on September 8, 2000 and left the post on April 13, 2007. She is married to New York Senator Charles Schumer.

Weinshall is a graduate of Brooklyn College and earned a Master of Public Administration degree from New York University's Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She served as Senior Vice President of the New York State Urban Development Corporation, where she oversaw the development and implementation of the State's overall economic development program. She then held the position of Regional Vice President of Integrated Resources, Inc. where she structured limited partnerships for property acquisition and operation. She then served as President of the Financial Services Corporation, a nonprofit organization which functioned as the financing arm for the City's economic development initiatives.

From 1988-1996, Weinshall served as Deputy Commissioner for Management and Budget at the New York City Department of Environmental Protection. Before becoming DOT Commissioner, she served as the First Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Citywide Administrative Services.