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The New York Observer has published a profile
of Lisa Carnoy, the Bank of America executive who pulled off a stock
sale that raised $19 billion for BoA and allowed the company to pay
back its TARP loans from the government. Carnoy sounds like a
fascinating businesswoman and anecdotes from the piece—like the one
about how she once wooed Lululemon Athletica with tales of her team’s
yoga and fitness habits—hint that she brings a different perspective,
one that is influenced by her gender. Nothing wrong with that—instead,
I see it as something to celebrate.
But I’d like to juxtapose that article with the piece that Hanna mentioned yesterday, the profile of Rahm Emanuel
from the Daily Beast. Rebecca Dana writes that “He is a doting father,
with an office so full of family photographs it struck filmmaker Karen
Price, who made HouseQuake, a documentary about the 2006 elections, as
‘unusual,’ even for an elected official.”
We are told that Lisa Carnoy is an incredible businesswoman despite
being a mother of four. And we are told that Rahm Emanuel is an
incredible father despite his demanding career. I guess we have a ways
to go, don’t we?
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The Times' Sewell Chan wrote a good blog post yesterday on Lauren Bush, a fashion model and niece of the president who's promoting the FEED bag: "[A] reusable cloth bag that costs $60 and enables the food program to feed a child for one full school year." News of Lauren Bush's do-gooding got me wondering how the younger female members of our two dynastic families—the Bushes and the Clintons—match up.
I'm a loyal Democrat, but I must admit that the Bushes are racking up all the karma points. Besides promoting the FEED bag, Lauren Bush has served as an honorary spokeswoman for the U.N. World Food Program. And Jenna Bush just published a book called Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope, which chronicles her experiences working with U.N.-sponsored charities in Latin America. Chelsea Clinton, on the other hand, has joined the corporate ranks. She left McKinsey not too long ago to work at a hedge fund.
I find it interesting that the daughter of two Democrats chases cash while the Bush girls advance liberal causes. Is Chelsea acting out? Are the Bush girls rebelling against their conservative forebear? Or am I being too cynical? Maybe Chelsea figures the private sector is the only way she can get any, um, privacy. Maybe Lauren and Jenna really care about the United Nations.