John P. Cahill

John P. Cahill, J.D., serves as a Partner of Chadbourne & Parke LLC. Mr. Cahill joined Chadbourne & Parke in 2006. He has been Counsel of Chadbourne & Parke LLP since 2007. Mr. Cahill Co-founded the Pataki-Cahill Group in March 2007. He is also a Principal at the Pataki-Cahill Group LLC After a distinguished career in the public sector, Mr. Cahill serves as Counsel to the law firm of Chadbourne and Parke, LLP. He serves as an Attorney with experience in both the private and public sectors. He served in various capacities in the administration of the Governor of New York, George E. Pataki from 1997 to 2006. From 2002 to 2006, he served as Secretary and Chief of Staff to the Governor of the State of New York, which is the highest ranking appointed official in New York State Government. He was a Partner in the New York City law firm of Plunkett & Jaffe, P.C. He left the DEC in 2001 to serve as Senior Policy Advisor to Governor Pataki. Mr. Cahill first joined the Pataki Administration in 1995 as General Counsel to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). He served as Chairman of the Environmental Facilities Corporation. Prior to that, he served as a Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. He serves as a Director of Zest Labs, Inc. He has been a Director of Hudson Valley Holding Corp. since March 1, 2011 and serves as its Lead Director. He has been an Independent Director of Ecoark Holdings, Inc. since May 2016. He has been Independent Director of Sterling Bancorp., since 2011. He serves as a Director of Sterling National Bank. He serves as Director of National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center Foundation, Inc. He served as Lead Director of Hudson Valley Bank, N.A. and served as its Director since 2011. Mr. Cahill served as a Director of TBS International Plc (alternate name:TBS International Limited) since June 2007. Mr. Cahill holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Fordham University and a Juris Doctor and a Master's degree in Environmental Law from Pace University School of Law.