This week’s style diary guest is Cheri Kaufman, the CEO and founder of C iGIVE, a new organization that guides charitable-minded millennials and partners their initiatives with potential donors so that their projects can be implemented.
Cheri is a respected member of New York’s philanthropic community and currently serves as the vice president of Lifeline Organization of New York, the NYC Council Chair of the National Women’s History Museum, and holds positions with other organizations as well.
She has also been a founding partner of Kaufman Astoria Studios, playing a crucial role in starting the 18-acre campus studio and leading it to its prominent place today in the New York’s film and television industry.
Sibylle Eschapasse: Describe your style?
Cheri Kaufman: Simple and classic.
Ms. Eschapasse: If a close friend were to describe your personality in four words, what would they be?
Ms. Kaufman: Compassionate, outgoing, sharp, elegant.
Ms. Eschapasse: How has your style evolved since you were a teenager?
Ms. Kaufman: I was always simple and classic. I was lucky to have my mother and grandmother hand down their incredible style, and they still influence me every day. Their chicness, in my opinion, is still unmatched.
Ms. Eschapasse: What is the wildest thing you have ever worn?
Ms. Kaufman: My black leather pants, and I still wear them to this day!
Ms. Eschapasse: How do you dress on workdays versus weekends?
Ms. Kaufman: Workdays I wear black sweaters, black pants, and black leggings. Living in New York, black was, is, and always will be, the new black. On weekends, I love my jeans.
