Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. announced that Christina Van Tassell and Hannah Yang have joined its Board of Directors, effective July 12, 2023. Christina is a business leader with deep financial expertise. She has been a private and public company CFO, a private equity investor and led M&A transactions and restructurings.

She also has broad experience in technology, media, social media and e-commerce. Christina has served as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., a global knowledge company and leader in research, publishing and knowledge solutions, since 2021. Previously, she held positions as Chief Financial Officer of Dow Jones & Company, Inc., owner of the Wall Street Journal, Barron's, and Factiva, from 2017 to 2021, Xaxis, a global advertising technology company owned by WPP Plc, from 2013 to 2017, and Centurion Holdings LLC, an investment and advisory company, from 2004 to 2013.

She began her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she held senior roles in global capital markets, M&A, and other corporate finance functions during her 12-year tenure. Christina holds M.B.A.s from Columbia University and London Business School and a Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting and business administration from Muhlenberg College. Hannah is a business leader with deep expertise in strategic growth, media and digital transformation.

For more than a decade, she played a key role in the development of The New York Times Company’s global subscription business. Hannah is currently the Chief Growth and Customer Officer of The Times, where she co-leads the cross-functional organization consisting of product development, engineering, data, design, marketing, research and sales to drive The Times’s subscription growth globally. Prior to her current role, she held a variety of leadership positions with The Times since 2010, and served in sales development and strategic planning roles with the New England Media Group (which included The Boston Globe and Boston.com) from 2003 to 2007.

She began her career as a corporate attorney at the law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and a management consultant at Katzenbach Partners LLC (now a part of Strategy&). Hannah received a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.