Cindy S. Moelis

Cindy S. Moelis (born 1961) currently serves as the president of the Pritzker Traubert Foundation and is the former director of the President’s Commission on White House Fellowships.

Biography Moelis was born to a Jewish family, the daughter of Gaye (née Gross) and Herbert I. Moelis, president of Equity Leasing Corporation, an office equipment company in New York, of which her grandfather, Paul I. Gross was its retired president. She has two brothers: Ronald and Kenneth. Her father is also a breeder of thoroughbred race horses at his CandyLand Stables in Middletown, Delaware. After school, she worked as an assistant to Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley for social policy where she worked with Michelle Obama, as a legislative advocate and researcher for the National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse in Chicago, and served on the inaugural board of directors of Public Allies Chicago which was founded by Obama. They have three children: Stephanie, Claire, and Alexander. Her brother-in-law is Charles Rivkin, former ambassador to France and current president of the Motion Picture Association of America. Her elder brothers are both successful businessmen, Kenneth D. Moelis being a prominent investment banker and founder of Moelis & Company, and Ronald Moelis being the CEO and founding partner of L+M Development Partners.