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Anne Welsh McNulty, a former managing director at Goldman Sachs and now the chief executive of the McNulty Foundation, is focused on locating and nurturing the next generation of formidable leaders. In the last three years alone, she has given more than $18 million to organizations with that goal in mind, including creating the annual $100,000 McNulty Prize for individuals willing to address seemingly intractable problems. She’s also developing leadership programs for women at Villanova University and for men and women at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Her imprint also can be found at schools like St. Joseph’s University and Hunter College, where she is cultivating female movers and shakers in math and science. Ms. McNulty lives in an apartment in Downtown Manhattan and spends as much time as she can with her three grown children.
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OLD SCHOOL MEDIA I generally get up at 7:30 or 8 a.m., which is a little later than the rest of the week. For me, as long as I can remember, Sunday morning has always meant “CBS News Sunday Morning.” It’s also the day I read the print version of The New York Times instead of the digital version.
JOE AND JOHNNY I’m not a big brunch person, so around 10:30, I go to Joe Coffee Company on East 13th Street, because it’s around the corner and because it has good coffee and muffins. Plus, it’s on The New School campus and right next to N.Y.U., so I get a good dose of feeling like a college student. My son Johnny lives in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, which means I don’t get to see him as often as when he lived a few blocks away, but he is often in Manhattan on the weekends to coach improv comedy, so sometimes he’ll come with me.
KISS THE RING My first grandchild, Kelly Marie Rojas or Baby K, was born in September. She led a successful coup to replace me as the head of the family. My daughter, Brynne, and my son-in-law Julio work in Bogotá, Colombia, and when Baby K brings them to town, I’m the first one to kiss the ring, or the pacifier, as it were. If Baby K agrees, I take my daughter out to lunch at Fig & Olive on Lexington.
I WANT TO RIDE MY (TEMPORARY) BICYCLE This is followed by a trip to SoulCycle, where I get my dose of endorphins and check in with myself and ask important questions such as, “Why the hell did I let Brynne talk me into this?” When Baby K is not in town, I’m still on a bike, but in a much more relaxed manner and setting with my boyfriend, Bruce McEver. He’s an investment banker and a published poet. We like to rent Citi Bikes and pedal around Central Park. They’re big and slow and easy to see coming — perfect for Sunday in the park with 60-somethings.
FUR BABY Finn, my other grandchild, is a big White Swiss Shepherd. When I say big, I mean about 70 pounds. He belongs to my son Kevin, who works in Connecticut but lives in the West Village on the weekends. Whenever possible, I like to walk with them in Washington Square Park. Kevin always gets leash duty — Finn is a sweetheart but full of so much energy that he needs to be out for at least an hour. Probably a third of that time is taken up by young women stopping Kevin to ask to pet Finn. I understand now why Kevin chose him.
TAKING IN THE SIGHTS I always make time to call or FaceTime my mother, who is 94 and lives outside of Philadelphia. I lived in Short Hills, New Jersey for 20 years before moving to Manhattan eight years ago, so I’m happy to say that I do far more New York things than I expected or than I did when I was a tourist. One of the best things about my apartment is that I live near the Strand bookstore, which I consider a cathedral of culture. If I’m not at the Strand, I’m at Washington Square, Central Park, the Met Opera, the Metropolitan Museum, MoMA or the High Line.
DINNER WITH FRIENDS I’m out of town a lot during the week, so I catch up with friends on the weekends, either at the Regency Bar & Grill on Park Avenue if I’m on the Upper East Side with Bruce — we have a long-distance uptown-downtown relationship — or the Gotham Bar and Grill on 12th Street if I’m home.
VIEWS FROM THE COUCH By 9:30 p.m., I’m usually at home being a couch potato. Bruce never watched much TV, but I’m converting him to my bad habits. We got hooked on “Stranger Things” on Netflix and now we’re watching “Outlander,” a historical time-travel show on Starz. I try to make it to bed by 11.