Silda Wall Spitzer

Silda Alice Wall Spitzer (born December 30, 1957) is an American businesswoman and lawyer who was the First Lady of New York from January 2007 until March 2008, when her then husband, Eliot Spitzer, was governor. She has worked in the private, nonprofit, and public sectors in the areas of green/sustainability issues, youth service/education, and human rights and women's financial and other empowerment. Currently, she is director and principal at NewWorld Capital Group, a private equity firm investing in environmental and energy-related products and services. She is also co-founder and CEO of woman-owned New York Makers, a digital magazine and marketplace covering New York State. Early life Born Silda Alice Wall, she grew up in Concord, the county seat of Cabarrus County in south-central North Carolina. Her father, Robert, was a hospital administrator, and her mother, Trilby, was a homemaker. She was raised as a Southern Baptist. She graduated summa cum laude from Meredith College in 1980 with a B.A. in English and history. She received a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1984. Personal life She married Eliot Spitzer on October 17, 1987, and had three daughters: Elyssa, Sarabeth, and Jenna. At the close of 2013, Wall and her husband announced the end of their marriage.