Shelton Haynes is the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) Board Member. He is a proven leader in the fields of business, finance, and technology.
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Shelton Haynes joined the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation Board to help create a more resilient and sustainable island community. That was over three years ago. Since then he has helped institute an aggressive sustainability program that has reduced RIOC’s greenhouse gas emissions by more than 40%.
A native New Yorker and CPA with over two decades of experience in financial services, Shelton Haynes has served on various municipal boards and commissions on behalf of residents across the city.
He currently chairs the Economic Development Committee of the Roosevelt Island Resident Association (RIRA) and serves on the Board of Directors of the Roosevelt Island Historical Society.
Prior to joining RIOC, Shelton Haynes was a technology entrepreneur and private investor in health care, real estate and financial services. He also served as Chief Financial Officer for New York City’s e-voting system.
Haynes began his career as an auditor with Arthur Andersen & Co working out of their offices in Paris, France and New York City. He left to help manage a private equity fund in Paris before returning to New York to take a position with Ernst & Young specializing in mergers and acquisitions for technology companies.
Over the years, Haynes has served on the boards of numerous non-profit organizations including Covenant House, an organization that serves homeless youth; The New York State Bankers Association; the Metropolitan Black Bar Association and Harlem Week. At Harlem Week, he chairs its Expansion Committee.
Haynes was born and raised in Brooklyn, attended New York State public schools and attended Hunter College where he earned a B.B.A. in Accounting as a Dean’s Scholar. He is an active member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and served as National Secretary for Chapter Development at the fraternity’s national headquarters in Washington D.C., from 1996 to 2002. He has been named one of the 50 Most Influential African Americans in New York by “New York Magazine”