Prep Announces 2013 Lilac Ball Honorees

Jane Hartley is the CEO and a Founding Principal of Observatory Group, an international economic and political advisory firm.  Previously, she was CEO of the G7 Group (a macroeconomic and political consulting firm).  Over the course of her career, Ms. Hartley has held several senior management positions in the telecommunications industry and in the public sector.  She was Associate Director in the White House during the Carter Administration and also served as Director of Congressional Relations at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.  Currently Ms. Hartley is a Presidential appointee to the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service.  In addition, she serves on the Boards of Heidrick & Struggles, Sesame Workshop, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering, and is on the Executive Committee of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.  Jane is also Vice Chairman of the Economic Club of New York.  Ms. Hartley earned a B.A. from Boston College (Newton College).