Sarah Elizabeth Nash is a retired vice chair, Investment Banking at J. P. Morgan & Company in New York.

Education:
BA, Vassar College, 1974

Personal:
Married to Michael Sylvester
Previous marriage ended in divorce. Two children: Alexander Appel and Elizabeth Appel
Grew up in Montreal, Canada

Background:
An investment banker with J.P. Morgan Chase since 1976, Sarah Nash Sylvester's focus was to build and broaden J.P. Morgan's North American client franchise, beginning in the late 1970's with Midwest client coverage. She developed and led J.P. Morgan's Leveraged Finance business from 1985-1990. From 1992 through 2005, she has held a variety of senior management positions in Investment Banking. Her personal areas of expertise are strategic advisory, capital raising, and financial restructurings.

Prior to joining J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Ms. Nash Sylvester spent two years with IBM Corporation in its Data Processing Division.

Active in New York City civic affairs, Ms. Nash Sylvester serves on the Board of Trustees and the Executive Committee for The New York-Presbyterian Hospital, The New-York Historical Society and The New York Restoration Project. She is on the Business Leadership Council of CUNY and a Director of Ultima Health Products.

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