May 16, 2002
A New Charity CEO Learns How to Dress the Part
A few weeks ago, my development director took me to Filene's Basement so that I could buy my first suit in 15 years. "Do you have dress shoes?" he asked, after choosing my new, conservative, blue wool-silk combination.
"I actually do," I responded, heading for the checkout line. "My Edgar shoes."
The black leather shoes, nicknamed for one of my first philanthropic supporters, Edgar M. Bronfman, symbolize my first brush with compromise as I adjusted to dressing for a new role.
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