Vice Admiral John R. Ryan

Overview

Vice Admiral John R. Ryan has served as a director of CIT since July 2003. Mr. Ryan has served as Chancellor of the State University of New York since June 2005. Previously, Mr. Ryan served as President of the State University of New York Maritime College since June 2002, and also served as the Interim President of the State University of New York at Albany from February 2004 until February 2005. On March 7, 2007, Mr. Ryan announced that he intends to resign as Chancellor at the end of May 2007 to become the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for Creative Leadership in Greensboro, North Carolina. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Ryan was Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy. Mr. Ryan served in the U.S. Navy from 1967 to July 2002, including as Commander of the Fleet Air Mediterranean in Naples, Italy from 1995 to 1998, Commander of the Patrol Wings for the U.S. Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor from 1993 to 1995, and Director of Logistics for the U.S. Pacific Command in Aiea, Hawaii from 1991 to 1993. Mr. Ryan is also a director of Cablevision Systems Corp. and the Center for Creative Leadership.