Members
Our members are current and former CEOs, board members, investment bankers, investors, and lawyers who have delivered very successful results for our companies and firms in a wide variety of roles.
CHARLOTTE P. ARMSTRONG + full bio
Lawyer and consultant, specializing in executive compensation, directors’ compensation and corporate governance.
Cravath, Swaine & Moore; member and chair of numerous non-profit boards; President, Harvard Law School Association; President, Harvard University Board of Overseers; Chair, Overseers’ Committee to Visit Harvard Law School; Director, Human Resources Consulting function, KPMG; Senior Consultant, The Ross Companies.
Harvard/Radcliffe College A.B.; Columbia University A.M.; Harvard Law School J.D.
Steven C. Baum + full bio
Managing Partner, CPA firm; LLM; expert in business and tax consulting, personal financial management, charitable foundations and not-for-profit sector.
Managing Partner Emeritus, Marks Paneth & Shron LLP; former President, New York State Society of CPAs; member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; member, NY State Bar Association; Secretary/Treasurer and Trustee, Dorot Foundation; Secretary/Treasurer and Trustee, Union Square Fund; Director, Justice for Athletes.
Queens College B.A.; Brooklyn Law School L.L.B.; New York University School of Law L.L.M.
ALBERT C. BELLAS + full bio
Global wealth manager, investment banker and member or chair of numerous non-profit boards including Lincoln Center, The School of American Ballet.
CEO and founding partner, The Solaris Group, a global wealth strategy firm; Chairman and CEO, Neuberger Berman Trust Company and Managing Director, Neuberger Berman; Offitbank; Senior EVP, Shearson Lehman, and member, Lehman Board; Goldman Sachs.
Yale University B.A.; U. of Chicago Law School J.D.; Columbia Business School M.B.A.
MICHAEL A. BOYD + full bio
Former general counsel, specializing in securities and corporate law.
General Counsel, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette for 25 years; Davis, Polk & Wardwell; Major General (Retired), US Army Reserve; Trustee, Oxford University Society; President, Oxford Alumni Association of N.Y. and Harvard Law School Association of N.Y.
Harvard University A.B.; Oxford University Rhodes Scholar; Harvard Law School J.D.
LOUIS A. BRADBURY + full bio
Former CEO, tax lawyer, investment banker, principal in private equity firm; private investor.
CEO, Revere Copper & Brass; Ocwen Financial; Merrill Lynch; Covington & Burling; Department of Justice; President, Board of Directors, GMHC.
Northwestern University B.A.; Harvard Law School J.D.
CHARLES L. BROCK + full bio
Director and audit chair of public companies; corporate lawyer with operating experience.
Managed numerous businesses including twelve subsidiaries of Compton Communications (now Saatchi & Saatchi) and the five subsidiaries of Scholastic, also CFO and COO. Carter, Ledyard & Milburn; Sullivan & Cromwell; President, Harvard Alumni Association; President, Harvard Law School Association.
Northwestern University B.A.; Harvard Law School J.D.; Harvard Business School, AMP.
NORMAN H. BROWN, JR. + full bio
Investment banker; expert in metals, mining, infrastructure and mergers & acquisitions.
Headed restructuring and metal & mining; Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc, Credit Suisse First Boston. Trustee and member, Investment Committee of the University of Oregon Endowment Foundation.
University of Oregon B.A.; University of Pennsylvania Wharton School M.B.A.
MARY G. DAVIS + full bio
Organizational consultant specializing in strategy implementation and executive effectiveness. Special focus on post merger integration and strategic directional change.
Founder and President of Davis Consulting Group LLC; Managing Vice President of PeopleTech; Vice Chair of Jannota, Bray and Associates; member Board of Trustees of Mount Holyoke College; and President of Alumnae Association of Mount Holyoke College.
Mount Holyoke College B.A.; Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Masters in International Economics.
JEAN D. HAMILTON + full bio
CEO, diversified financial services; e-commerce and software companies. Operating and investment expertise. Director of private and public companies in insurance, financial services, money management, and non-profits.
CEO of Xonos; former CEO of Prudential Institutional, EVP of Prudential Financial, President of Prudential Capital, President of Prudential Asset Sales and Syndications, and SVP of The First National Bank of Chicago (now J.P. Morgan Chase). Trustee, First Eagle Funds; Director, RenaissanceRe Holdings.
University of Illinois B.S.; University of Chicago M.B.A.
KAREN N. HORN + full bio
Former CEO, diversified financial services; professional director; economist; Former Federal Reserve Bank president.
Marsh & McLennan Companies; Bankers Trust; CEO, Bank One of Cleveland; President, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland; Treasurer, Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania; Director and/or lead director, Eli Lilly, Simon Property Group, Fannie Mae, T. Rowe Price Funds, U.S. Russia Investment Fund; former Director, TRW, Rubbermaid, British Petroleum, Georgia-Pacific, The Rockefeller Foundation.
Pomona College B.A.; Johns Hopkins University Ph.D.
KAY KOPLOVITZ + full bio
Founder & former CEO, major cable network; CEO, private equity and venture capital.
CEO, USA Networks; Founder, Springboard Enterprises; Co-founder, Boldcap Ventures; Co-Founder, The Directors’ Council; Chair, National Women’s Business Council; Chair, Liz Claiborne; former Director, Instinet, Oracle, Nabisco and General Re., and numerous non-profits.
University of Wisconsin B.S.; Michigan State University M.A.
ALAIN LEBEC + full bio
Investment banker, head of Mergers and Acquisitions, Telecom, Media and Technology groups and private equity.
Vice Chairman, Merrill Lynch; Co-founder, Reading Excellence and Discovery Foundation.
l’École Polytechnique (Paris, France); Northwestern U. Kellogg School M.B.A.
ELLEN R. MARRAM + full bio
Former CEO, consumer products companies; branding/marketing expert; former private equity partner and chair of portfolio companies; director of public, private and non-profit institutions.
CEO, Tropicana; CEO, Nabisco Biscuit Company; Presiding director, The New York Times; Director, Ford Motor Co., Eli Lilly and Cadbury Schweppes.
Wellesley College B.A.; Harvard Business School M.B.A.
JOHN MEROW + full bio
Former Chairman and Senior Partner of the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP; corporate business and financial lawyer and corporate director.
Trustee, New York-Presbyterian Hospital. Secretary, U.S. Council for International Business, Inc.. Trustee, Archbishop of Canterbury’s global investment and grants organizations. Director, The Municipal Art Society of New York. Former Director, Aleris Intl., Commonwealth Industries, Kaiser Aluminum, Seligman Group Investment Companies, Foreign Policy Association and various Australia and New Zealand business and cultural groups.
University of Michigan B.S.E.; Harvard Law School J.D.
Senior counsel, specializing in private international law.
Senior counsel, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP; member, American, New York State, New York City Bar Associations; overseas member, Commercial Bar Association of London; United States Marine Corps.
Cornell University B.E.; Harvard Law School LL.B.; Columbia University Master of International Affairs.
JAMES NOTARNICOLA + full bio
Expert in retail and restaurant marketing and franchise operations.
CMO Blockbuster, Inc. and 7-Eleven, Inc. Founder and CEO Ice Cream Distribution Co. Franchisee of Friendly’s and Taco Bell of Long Island, NY.
University of Maryland B.S.; University of Texas Advanced Marketing Program.
CARL H. PFORZHEIMER III + full bio
Investment banker, philanthropist, and private investor.
Board member and chair of numerous charities and educational institutions including Harvard, the New York Public Library, Lincoln Center, Pace University, Visiting Nurse Service of New York and Horace Mann School; Manager, century-old firm of Carl H. Pforzheimer & Co.; Director of boards including U.S. Trust and Ampco Pittsburg Corp.; Designated Representative of the State Comptroller for the Municipal Assistance Corporation for the City of New York. President, Harvard Alumni Association.
Harvard College A.B.; Harvard Business School M.B.A.
JAMES P. SCHADT + full bio
Former CEO, worldwide publishing and beverage corporations; former chair, private equity firm; CEO, portfolio companies; private investor.
CEO, Reader’s Digest; Partner, Beacon Group; CEO, Cadbury Beverages; trustee, charitable and educational institutions.
Northwestern University B.A.
Kathi P. Seifert + full bio
Former senior executive personal products company; expert in branding and product positioning; director of public, private and non-profit institutions.
Retired Executive Vice President, Kimberly-Clark Corporation; Director, Supervalu, Eli Lilly, Revlon, Appleton Papers, Lexmark, National Board of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, ThedaCare and the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center; Co-chair of New North, an economic collaboration for Northwest Wisconsin.
Valparaiso University B.S.
AMBASSADOR JENÖ C. A. STAEHELIN + full bio
Diplomat, ambassador and corporate board member.
Swiss Ambassador to the United Nations; Swiss Ambassador to Japan and the Holy See; Assistant to the State Secretary for European and North American Affairs; Minister and Deputy to the Director General of International Organizations; Governor International Committee of the Red Cross; negotiated merger of two leading Graduate Institutes in Geneva, Switzerland; Member, Board of Schindler Corporation; Chair, UNICEF.
University of Berne, doctorate in law; Harvard Law School LLM.
IRA STEPANIAN + full bio
Former CEO, banking; private investor; angel investor
Current and/or past Director/Trustee: CEO, Bank of Boston (since merged with Fleet, now Bank of America); Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.; NE Tel./NY Tel. (now Verizon); Intercontinental Real Estate Corp.; Common Angels; Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; International Monetary Conference; Museum of Science (Boston); Mass. General Hospital; Tufts University; Boston Public Library Foundation; Museum of Fine Arts (Boston).
Tufts University B.A.; Boston College M.B.A.
LEE C. STEWART + full bio
Investment banker, financial executive, chemical and paper industries.
VP, Union Carbide Corporation; Senior Managing Director Bear Stearns; Director, AEP Industries, Glatfelter Co., Marsulex Inc., ITC Holding Corp. Member Advisory Board, Daniel Stewart and Co.
University of Pennsylvania Wharton B.A.; American Graduate School: Masters Degree in International Management.
CHARLES O. SVENSON + full bio
Investment banker, expert in energy, alternative energy, project finance and transportation.
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (now Credit Suisse); Goldman Sachs; Director of various museums and other non-profits; Trustee and Co-Chair, Investment Committee of Hamilton College; President, Harvard Law School Association of New York.
Hamilton College B.A.; Harvard Law School LL.B.
DAVID F. WASSON + full bio
Investment banker/advisor; expertise in alternative investments, private equity and venture finance.
Partner, Aurum Global Advisors; Managing Director, Aetos Capital LLC; Global Head of Client Strategy Group, Morgan Stanley Asset Management and Mergers and Acquisitions.
Northwestern University, B.A; Harvard Business School, M.B.A.
B. HUNT WHITBECK JR. + full bio
Senior executive, financial services,
investment management.
Executive Director, American Foundation for Affordable Housing, member
of various non-profit boards.
Harvard College A.B.; Harvard Business School M.B.A.
STEPHEN R. WILSON + full bio
Former CFO of RJR Nabisco, The Reader's Digest Association, Reckitt & Colman (London), Footstar, Pepsi-Cola USA, and Cadbury Schweppes North America; also former President of Frito-Lay of Brasil (Sao Paulo), Cadbury Beverages North America, and The Franklin Mint. Board assignments have included Newport News Shipbuilding, Middlesex Mutual Assurance, NatWest Bank NA, and Majesco Entertainment. Not-for-profit boards include the Manhattan Theatre Club in New York.
United States Naval Academy BS; Harvard Business School MBA
ROSALIE J. WOLF + full bio
Financial and investment executive; professional director.
Trustee, TIAA-CREF; North European Oil; Chairman, Sanford C. Bernstein Mutual Funds; Investment Committee: The David and Lucile Packard Foundation; Chief Investment Officer, The Rockefeller Foundation. Founder and Managing Member of Botanica Capital Partners, investment advisory firm.
Wellesley College B.A. Northwestern University M.A. in mathematics.
DAVID O. ZENKER, JR. + full bio
Investment banker, principal and financial advisor in energy, real estate, industrial and service businesses.
Bear Stearns; Oppenheimer and Jefferies & Co. Partner in a London-based marketing and management consultancy firm specializing in Arabian gulf economies; Executive Director, Waterloo Foundation for the Arts.
Brown University B.A.; University of Pennsylvania Wharton M.B.A.