Silda Wall Spitzer is Founding Chair of Children for Children (CFC), a not-for-profit organization that creates opportunities for young people from all backgrounds to Grow Involved through volunteering and service starting at an early age. Through Mrs. Spitzer’s leadership and vision, CFC and its young volunteers have engaged in tens of thousands of service hours to improve their communities and the lives of others. For example, CFC has placed over two million dollars in resources in underserved schools, fundraised to provide bed nets for children in malaria endemic countries, and collected hundreds of thousands of books to build classroom libraries, in addition to countless other accomplishments.

Mrs. Spitzer has a J.D. law degree from Harvard Law School and a B.A. (summa cum laude) from Meredith College. She began her legal career with Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, specializing in mergers, acquisitions and corporate finance. She then joined The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. as a member of its International Legal Group.

She currently serves as an Honorary Chair of the Women's Leadership Forum New York and of the Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Foundation, an organization committed to building women candidates, informed voters, and civic participation. Mrs. Spitzer is also a founding Co-Chair of Project Cicero, the annual NYC book drive that builds classroom libraries in underserved schools. She has also served on the Advisory Board of NYCharities.org, on the NY Blue Ribbon Commission on Youth Leadership, and as a trustee for her children's school. She was a Board member of The Children's Museum of Manhattan from 1995 until January 1999, where she sat on its Executive Committee and chaired its Program Committee. She and her husband, New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer, have three daughters aged 13, 14 and 17.