Liz Peek (born January 10, 1949) is an

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commentator and business analyst on the finance industry and government.

Education

Peek graduated as a Durant scholar from

Wellesley College Wellesley College is a Private university, private Women's colleges in the United States, historically women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henr ...

with an Honors Degree.

Career

Peek spent more than 20 years on

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as a research analyst focused on the

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. She began working for Wertheim & Company in 1975 and in 1983, was one of the first women to become partner at a Wall Street investment firm. She left Wall Street in 1990 to raise her children, but remained active as a commentator. She has written for ''

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'', ''Fox News'', the ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Alternate Universe'', the ''

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'', and '' Women on the Web'' and has appeared on ''

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'' with

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and ''

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''. Peek contributes opinion pieces to The Hill. Peek was the first woman elected president of the National Association of Petroleum Investment Analysts and was also a member of Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts. She serves as executive vice president of the board of Women's Committee of the Central Park Conservancy and on the board and executive committee of the

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. In August 2012, she was named chairman of the Board of Trustees of the

Fashion Institute of Technology The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) is a public college under the State University of New York, in New York City. It focuses on art, business, design, mass communication, and technology connected to the fashion industry. It was founded in ...

(FIT), a college in the State University of New York system. Peek was awarded the statuette of a spool of thread award by FIT's Couture Council in February 2013. She chairs the fundraising organization for The Museum at FIT and is a member of the board of the FIT Foundation.

Personal life

Liz Peek and her husband Jeff Peek, former CEO of

CIT Group CIT Group (CIT), a subsidiary of First Citizens BancShares, is an American financial services company. It provides financing, including factoring, cash management, treasury management, mortgage loans, Small Business Administration loans, le ...

, have three children.

References

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