David D. Brown IV.(Main)

Executive director, Dormitory Authority of the State of New York

49, splits his time between a home in the Adirondack town of Westport and an apartment in Albany

Personal: Married to Libby McDonald, an author who has also worked on documentary films. Four children ages 4 to 18.

What he does: Runs the Dormitory Authority, which borrows money for big public projects. "We issue bonds, which is a way of borrowing money. We do it on behalf of the state and not-for-profits. And then we also help the state and occasionally not-for-profits do big construction projects. It's called the dormitory authority because after World War II it was set up to actually …