Hayley Geftman-Gold
Hayley Geftman-Gold
Hayley Geftman-Gold (née Hayley Nicole Lattman) formerly the Vice President and Senior Counsel of CBS.
Early Life
Hayley Geftman-Gold is the daughter of Barbara Lattman and Michael Lattman of New York. Her father retired as a stockbroker with Invest Private Inc., a brokerage firm in New York. Her mother retired as a reading teacher at Public School 15, also in New York.
Education
Hayley Geftman-Gold earned her Bachelor's degree at University of Pennsylvania, graduating cum laude. Subsequently, Geftman-Gold graduated from Columbia Law School in 2000.
Career
Geftman-Gold was previously an Associate at the law firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher. She also worked at Heller Ehrman.
Geftman-Gold also worked as Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs for MTV Networks.
Personal Life
Hayley is married to Ryan Geftman-Gold, President of Handoff Business Ventures. They were married on October 27, 2007. The couple lives in Brooklyn, New York.
In October 2017, Geftman-Gold angered many Americans by expressing sympathies with a mass shooter in the Mandalay Bay Resort Shooting October 2017. She wrote: “If they wouldn’t do anything when children were murdered I have no hope that Repugs will ever do the right thing. I’m actually not even sympathetic bc country music fans often are Republican gun toters.”
Firing
On October 1, 2017, CBS fired Hayley Geftman-Gold for her remarks.
A CBS spokeswoman told Fox News:
“This individual, who was with us for approximately one year, violated the standards of our company and is no longer an employee of CBS.
Her views as expressed on social media are deeply unacceptable to all of us at CBS.
Our hearts go out to the victims in Las Vegas and their families."