Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. announced that Leslie D. Biddle has joined its Board of Directors, effective March 6, 2017. She is a Partner and President at Serengeti Asset Management. Prior to joining Serengeti in 2013, Ms. Biddle spent nearly 10 years at Goldman Sachs, where she became a Partner and was most recently Global Head of Commodity Sales and the CFO of the firm’s investments in the metals and mining sector. Earlier, Ms. Biddle was a Vice President at the AES Corporation. She also served as a Vice President at the Overseas Investment Corporation.