Caryn Meg Hirshleifer is a co-owner of Hirshleifers, a highly successful fifth-generation luxury retail business located in Manhasset, New York, where she serves as general counsel as well as in the self-described roles of store historian, store philosopher, and staff nurturer. Before that, she worked as an attorney in New York City government, including her time as general counsel to the New York City Fire Department and, before that, as general counsel to Mayor Koch’s Office of Homelessness. When not at work, Caryn is reading, writing, or practicing riffs on her electric Fender Mustang bass guitar.

Caryn also sits on the Board of the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence.