# Doreen Toben

> Doreen Toben is a startup investor at The New York Times (New York). See 0 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [The New York Times](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newyorktimes)
- Location: New York, United States
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doreen-toben-38558867

Doreen Toben is a startup investor at The New York Times in New York. Doreen Augustinus Toben is the Member of the Board of Directors at The New York Times Company since 2004. Previously, Doreen served as Executive Vice President of Verizon Communications, Inc. from February 2009 until her retirement from the company in June 2009. From 2002 to February 2009, Doreen was Verizon’s Chief Financial Officer and wasresponsible for its finance and strategic planning efforts. Prior to 2002, Doreen was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer with responsibility for finance and strategic planning for Verizon’s Telecom Group. Doreen has over 25 years of experience in the communications industry. Doreen began her career at AT&T Corp. and over the years held various positions of increasing responsibility primarily in treasury, strategic planning and finance both there and beginning in 1984, at Bell Atlantic Inc. Doreen's later positions at Bell Atlantic included Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Bell Atlantic-New Jersey in 1993, Vice President of Finance and Controller in 1995, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Telecom/Network in 1997 and Vice President and Controller in 1999. Doreen is also a Member of the Board of Directors of ARRIS Group Inc., Verizon Media and Kate Spade & Company. Doreen earned her MBA in Finance and Marketing from Fairleigh Dickinson University and her B.A. degree in Political Science from Rosemont College.

## About The New York Times

VC Fund · New York, United States

The New York Times creates, collects, and distributes news, information, and entertainment through a daily newspaper and a website.The New York Times has more than 50 websites and publishes 18 newspapers, including the The company previously owned The New York Times newspaper has won 98 Pulitzer Prizes, more than any other newspaper, and it is organized into sections: News, Opinions, Business, Arts, Science, Sports, Style, and Features. The New York Times website is rated as one of the most popular websites online, receiving over 14 million unique visitors in August 2008.The New York Times is headquartered in New York.

5 contacts available at The New York Times.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Rainert | Head of Audio Product | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-rainert |
| Doreen Toben | Member of the Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/doreen-a-toben |
| Jim Motavalli | Auto Blogger | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jim-motavalli |
| Michael Young | Director of Machine Learning Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-young-7 |
| Nicole Perlroth | Cybersecurity Reporter | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nicole-perlroth |

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