Carol Lister

Background

Lister, Carol was born on June 3, 1935 in New York City. Daughter of Jack and Esther (Freed) Orenstein.

Education

Bachelor of Science, New York University, 1955.

Career

Copy chief, Allen Christopher Advertising, New York City, 1956-1957; associate radio-television director, William D. Murdock Advertising, Washington, 1957-1960; writer, public relations consultant, Washington, 1960-1966; news director mayoral campaign, Baltimore, 1967; assistant director District of Columbia-Maryland. office, Anti-Defamation League, Washington, 1968-1975; regional director, Anti-Defamation League, Columbus, Ohio., 1975-1981; regional director, Anti-Defamation League, New York City, 1981-1988; eastern area director, Anti-Defamation League, New York City, 1986-1988; associate director development, Anti-Defamation League, New York City, since 1989.

Achievements

• Carol Lister has been listed as a noteworthy anti-discrimination organization administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board trustees National B'nai B'rith Pension Plan, Washington, 1976-1988. Commissioner New York City Commission on Human Rights, 1988-1990. Acting chairman New York State Martin Luther King Institute, 1988-1991.

Member Governor's Task Force on Bias Violence, New York, 1987-1988. Member advisory council New York State Division Human Rights, 1984-1990.

Connections

Married Martin Gunther Lister, June 30, 1957 (divorced November 1978). 1 child, Douglas Scott.

Father:

Jack Orenstein

Mother:

Esther (Freed) Orenstein

Spouse:

Martin Gunther Lister

child:

Douglas Scott Lister