Mr. Gary S. Shedlin is Chief Financial Officer & Senior Managing Director at BlackRock, Inc. and Chief Financial Officer at Blackrock Realty Advisors, Inc. Mr. Shedlin was previously employed as Vice Chairman-Investment Banking by Morgan Stanley, Chairman-Financial Institutions Group by Citigroup, Inc., MD & Co-Head-Financial Institutions Group by Lazard Frères & Co. LLC, and a Managing Director by Financial Institutions Group, Inc. He received his undergraduate degree from Colgate University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.