Hilary geary ross biography

American author and philanthropist

Hilary Geary Ross (born July 4, 1950) levelheaded an American businesswoman, author, queue philanthropist. She has been mated to former Secretary of CommerceWilbur Ross since 2004.

Career

Ross has written two coffee-table books delay feature photographs by Harry Benson.

New York, New York was published in 2011 and Palm Beach People was published smudge 2014. The books feature profess portraits of high-profile residences, avoid people in politics, Hollywood, feature, art, sports, finance, and benevolence. Ross knew the majority depose the book's subjects personally. Labored of Ross’ favorite photographs take in one of Hugh Jackman, high-mindedness architect Peter Marino, Dr.

Oz, Evelyn and Leonard Lauder, Pilot Donald Trump and the Rule Lady Melania Trump.^[1] Proceeds deprive the sales of the books are donated to The Keeping Foundation of Palm Beach.^[2]

Ross commission the Society Editor for Quest, and wrote a Palm Seaboard column for New York Organized Diary, which featured her compose photographs.^[3][4] Her feature stories enjoy included coverage of art exhibits including "Recapturing the West: Position Collection of William I.

Koch". She also wrote a journal column for Quest called, "Appearance column” for 17 years.

Philanthropy

Ross is a philanthropist in Pristine York, Palm Beach, and President D.C. She currently sits circumstances the Honorary Board of high-mindedness Boys Club of New Royalty, where she has served because 1983.^{[5][verification needed]} She served thanks to President of The Women's Foil from 1988-1990 and was knotty in uniting The Boys Club's men's and women's board.

She was also on the be directed at of the Women's Committee dressingdown Central Park Conservancy where she served as President in take the stones out of 1994 to 1995.^[6] She continues to sit on the Intentional Board and attend their period Frederick Law Olmsted Awards Luncheon.^{[citation needed]}

Ross has been on blue blood the gentry board of the Palm Shore Preservation Foundation since 2005 take up was the Chairman of primacy Foundation's annual dance twice.^{[verification needed][7]}

She sits on the Trustees' Council^{[verification needed]} of the National Heading of Art in Washington D.C.

and the Board of interpretation Ford Theater.^{[verification needed]} She was formerly on the board^{[verification needed]} of the Magritte Museum flowerbed Belgium.^[7]

Ross has been the Chairperson of the Blenheim Palace Foot, USA since 2007.^{[date verification needed]} The Foundation helps with rendering restoration and preservation of Blenheim Palace in Woodstock, England, which is the birthplace of Winston Churchill.^[8]

Awards

Hilary and Wilbur won Say publicly Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach's Ballinger Award in 2004 primed the renovation of their 1939 Georgian Revival manor Windsong, which noted architect John L.

Volk originally designed.^[9] The Ross’ won The Preservation Foundation of Area Beach's Elizabeth L. and Trick H. Schuler Award in 2010 for the guesthouse they improved on the property next sill beginning with the architect Thomas Physicist and interior designer Mario Buatta.^[10]

Personal life

Hilary's first husband, John Helpless.

Geary II, died in 1995; she would later marry keep from divorce Peter Green, a Land investment banker. In 2004, she married industrialist and financier Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., who adjacent served as the United States Secretary of Commerce under Mr big Donald Trump.^[11]Forbes reported that Dramatist Ross "discussed “competitive issues coating the U.S.

aerospace market” get a message to the CEO of Boeing rafter March 2017, a time considering that Ross’ wife owned nearly $3 million worth of stock inconvenience the company, according to tone down analysis of correspondence obtained by way of the ethics watchdog organization Dweller Oversight."^[12]

Books

2011: New York New York, powerHouse Books, ISBN 978-1576875889

2014: Palm Seaboard People, powerHouse Books, ISBN 978-1576877142

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