Bio

• Age: 63
• Education: Northeastern University, BA and MA (1976); Simmons College, MS (1974)
• From: New York, NY
• Ethnicity: Caucasian

As director of New York Public Libraries, Ferriero served at one of the largest public library systems in the United States and one of the largest research library systems in the world. Before his New York job, Ferriero had been Duke University's librarian and had worked for 31 years before that in the Massachusetts Institute of Technologies libraries.

Last Job

• New York Public Libraries, director

Other Jobs

• Duke University, vice provost for library affairs
• Massachusetss Insitute of Technology, acting co-director, Libraries

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