Our Team

CHARLES L. BROCK
Chairman & CEO

Director, designated “financial expert” and audit chair of public companies; publisher; corporate lawyer with operating experience.

Managed numerous businesses including the twelve subsidiaries of Compton Communications (now Saatchi & Saatchi); Publisher and President, Scholastic International, also CFO and COO. Carter, Ledyard & Milburn; Sullivan & Cromwell; Director, B+H Ocean Carriers and B+H Bulk Carriers (subsequently, Excel Maritime Carriers); President, Harvard Alumni Association; President, Harvard Law School Association.

Northwestern University B.A.; Harvard Law School J.D.; Harvard Business School, AMP.

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ELI Y. ADASHI
Senior Advisor-Health Care and Life Sciences

Professor of Medical Sciences and outgoing Dean of Medicine and Biological Sciences, Brown University.

Special areas of interest include Reproductive Health, Stem Cell Technology, Cancer and Personalized Medicine. A member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the Association of American Physicians, Dr. Adashi was a long-standing NIH-funded scientist. Presently, Dr. Adashi is serving as an independent member of the Board of Directors of Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc (NYSE: IMA), a global health company a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of SeventhSense Biosystems, Inc., a venture-backed startup in the medical diagnostic space and an ad hoc member of the Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee of the FDA.

Sackler School of Medicine of Tel Aviv University Ph.D.; Harvard School of Public Health MS.

CHARLOTTE P. ARMSTRONG
Senior Managing Director

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; Assistant VP, Equitable Life Insurance Society; 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
Senior Managing Director

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, The Foundation for Global Sports Development.

Queens College B.A.; Brooklyn Law School L.L.B.; New York University School of Law L.L.M.

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ALBERT C. BELLAS
Senior Managing Director

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.

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ENNIUS E. BERGSMA
Senior Managing Director

Senior consultant, advisor and investor; corporate and business unit strategy, M&A and marketing in consumer goods, telecomm and e-commerce.

Senior Director, McKinsey & Company, Inc.; Founder and Leader, Global Corporate Finance Practice of McKinsey; Co-Leader, McKinsey’s E-Commerce Practice; Investor, Director and Chief Strategy Officer, Passlogix; Chairman, the Netherland-America Foundation; Trustee, the Hewitt School; Honorary Board Member, Chair and President, Harvard Business School Club of Greater New York; Member, Harvard Business School Alumni Council.

University of Leiden, the Netherlands, Candidate and Masters Degree in Corporate and Commercial Law; Harvard Business School, M.B.A.

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RICHARD H. BOOTH
Advisor

Former Chairman, President and CEO diversified financial services & insurance; CPA, CLU, ChFC.

Chairman, Phoenix Trust Company, President and Chief Executive Officer HSB Group; Director, MECH Financial, 454 Life Sciences Corporation, Curagen Corporation; Vice Chairman American International Group; President, Chief Operating Officer and Director of The Travelers Corporation; Executive Vice President and Director of The Phoenix Companies; Northeast Utilities Inc board member; Worldbusiness Capital board member; Advisory Board of Century Capital Management LLC; National Association of Corporate Directors – Connecticut Chapter board member; Member of the American Institution of Certified Public Accountants; Connecticut Society of CPAs; the Hartford Society of Financial Analysts; the Society of Financial Service Professionals; the CFA Institute; Former member of the board of the FASB Advisory Council.

University of Hartford Barney School B.A.; University of Hartford Barney School M.S.P.A.

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STORM BOSWICK
Senior Managing Director

Portfolio Manager, Venture Capitalist and Financial Analyst, specializing in Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications for hedge funds, cross-over funds and venture capital funds.

Founder and Portfolio Manager, Brompton Cross Capital Advisers; Portfolio Manager at Sigma Capital, a subsidiary of S.A.C. Capital; Partner and Portfolio Manager at J&W Seligman & Co.; Financial Analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Co-Founder and CFO of Macsimmum S.A.R.L; Author of award winning Guide to the Universities of Europe

University of St. Andrews,  M.A. Hons., Economic History and International Relations.

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MICHAEL A. BOYD
Senior Managing Director

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.

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LOUIS A. BRADBURY
Senior Managing Director

Former CEO, tax lawyer, investment banker, principal in private equity firm; private investor.

CEO, Bradbury & Company, Revere Copper & Brass; OCWEN Financial; Vice President, Merrill Lynch; Attorney, Covington & Burling; Department of Justice; Managing Director and Partner, INVESCO (formerly Chancellor LGT Asset Management and Chancellor Capital Management); President, Board of Directors, GMHC.

Northwestern University B.A.; Harvard Law School J.D.

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NORMAN H. BROWN, JR.
Senior Managing Director

Investment banker; expert in metals, mining, infrastructure and mergers & acquisitions.

Headed restructuring and metal & mining, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc, Credit Suisse First Boston; SVP, Head of M&A Department, E.F. Hutton; Director, Macquarie Infrastructure Company Trust; 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.

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MARY G. DAVIS
Senior Managing Director

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.

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KEITH E. EASTIN
Senior Managing Director

Senior level government official; experienced retail executive; lawyer.

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations & Environment); senior consultant, U.S. Department of State, Baghdad, Iraq; VP and General Counsel, The Customer Company, Inc.; Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers; Director Environmental Valuations, Deloitte & Touche; Partner, Hopkins & Sutter; Special Counsel, U.S. Department of the Interior; Co-chair, Senior Energy Group of the U.S. Army; Mediator, American Arbitration Association; Senior VP, Guy F. Atkinson Company; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of the Navy; Deputy Under Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior; VP and General Counsel, National Convenience Stores, Inc.

University of Cincinnati A.B.; University of Cincinnati M.B.A.; University of Chicago J.D.

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JEAN D. HAMILTON
Senior Managing Director

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; Director, New York Women's Forum.

University of Illinois B.S.; University of Chicago M.B.A.

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RICHARD L. HECHT
Senior Managing Director

Senior consultant in accounting and business and tax strategies.

Founding partner of Marks Paneth & Shron LLP and the senior partner of Charles Hecht & Co., vice president and the chairman of various committees of the New York Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Cornell University B.S.; New York University M.B.A.

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KAREN N. HORN
Senior Managing Director

Former CEO, diversified financial services; professional director; economist; Former Federal Reserve Bank president.

Managing Director, Marsh & McLennan Companies; Managing Director, Bankers Trust; Chairman & CEO, Bank One of Cleveland; President, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland; Treasurer, Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania; Director and/or lead director, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Eli Lilly, Simon Property Group, T. Rowe Price Funds, U.S. Russia Investment Fund; former Director, TRW, Rubbermaid, British Petroleum, Fannie Mae, Georgia-Pacific, The Rockefeller Foundation.

Pomona College B.A.; Johns Hopkins University Ph.D.

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KAY KOPLOVITZ
Senior Managing Director

Founder & former CEO, major cable network; CEO, private equity and venture capital.

Founder and former Chairman & CEO, USA Networks; Chairman & CEO, Koplovitz & Co., LLC., Co-founder, Joy Berry Enterprises, Inc., Springboard Enterprises, Boldcap Ventures; Chairman, Liz Claiborne; Director, CA; former Chair, National Women's Business Council; former Director, Instinet, Oracle, Nabisco and General Re., and numerous non-profits.

University of Wisconsin B.S.; Michigan State University M.A.

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ALAIN LEBEC
Senior Managing Director

Investment banker, head of Mergers and Acquisitions, Telecom, Media and Technology groups and private equity.

Vice Chairman, Merrill Lynch Investment Banking and Chairman, Merrill Lynch Ventures; Co-founder, Reading Excellence and Discovery Foundation.

l’École Polytechnique (Paris, France); Northwestern U. Kellogg School M.B.A.

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ELLEN R. MARRAM
Senior Managing Director

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. and Eli Lilly & Co.

Wellesley College B.A.; Harvard Business School M.B.A.

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JOHN MEROW
Senior Managing Director

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. 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.

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James F. Munsell
Senior Managing Director

Attorney 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. Eng. Phys.; Harvard Law School LL.B.; Columbia University School of International Affairs Master of International Affairs.

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JAMES NOTARNICOLA
Senior Managing Director

Expert in retail and restaurant marketing and franchise operations.

EVP and Chief Marketing Officer, Blockbuster, Inc., 7-Eleven, Inc; President, Nicely Bros. Ice Cream Distribution; Partner, J&B Restaurants, Inc. (Red Mango).

University of Maryland B.S.; University of Texas Advanced Marketing Program.

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CARL H. PFORZHEIMER III
Senior Managing Director

Investment banker, philanthropist, and private investor.

Manager, Carl H. Pforzheimer & Co., LLC; Current and former Board member and chairman of numerous charities and educational institutions including the New York Public Library, Lincoln Center, Pace University, Visiting Nurse Service of New York and Horace Mann School; 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.

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DAVIS R. ROBINSON
Senior Managing Director

International trade and investment advisor and arbitrator, corporate governance advisor and international lawyer.

Former Senior Managing Director, Richard C. Breeden & Co. LLC; former Senior Partner, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP;  former Legal Adviser, United States Department of State; former career Foreign Service Officer; Former Adjunct Senior Fellow in international law, Council on Foreign Relations;  extensive experience in the Middle East.

Yale College B.A.; Harvard Law School LL.B

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Kathi P. Seifert
Senior Managing Director

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 and the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center; President and COO, Sarah Lee; Various managerial positions, Fort Howard Paper Company and Procter & Gamble; Co-chair of New North, an economic collaboration for Northwest Wisconsin.

Valparaiso University B.S.

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AMBASSADOR JENÖ C. A. STAEHELIN
Senior Managing Director

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; Director, Schindler Corporation; Chair, UNICEF. 

University of Berne, doctorate in law; Harvard Law School LLM. 

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IRA STEPANIAN
Senior Managing Director

Chairman & CEO, major banking institution; Director of public and private companies; venture capitalist.

Chairman, Senior Advisory Council of New England Banking Institute; Advisory Board Member, Legal Seafoods; 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.

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LEE C. STEWART
Senior Managing Director

Investment banker, financial executive, chemical and paper industries.

VP, Union Carbide Corporation; Senior Managing Director Bear Stearns; Head of Chemical Division, Chase Manhattan Investment Bank; Management Committee, Midland Bank/Samuel Montagu; 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.       

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CHARLES O. SVENSON
Senior Managing Director

Investment banker, expertise in energy, alternative energy, project finance and transportation.

Managing Director, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (now Credit Suisse); VP, Head of Project Finance, Goldman Sachs; Dewey, Ballantine, Busby, Palmer & Wood; Trustee and Co-Chair, Investment Committee of Hamilton College; Trustee, Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks (The Wild Center) the Adirondack Nature Conservancy, South Street Seaport Museum; President, Harvard Law School Association of New York. 

Hamilton College B.A.; Harvard Law School LL.B.

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B. HUNT WHITBECK JR.
Senior Managing Director

Senior executive, specializing in corporate banking, institutional investment management and the marketing of financial services.

Managing Director, Chancellor Capital Management, INVESCO, M.D. Sass Investors Services; VP Citicorp Investment Management, Inc., Citibank, N.A.; Head of Institutional Sales, M.D. Sass Investors Services; Executive Director, American Foundation for Affordable Housing.

Harvard College A.B.; Harvard Business School M.B.A.

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STEPHEN R. WILSON
Senior Managing Director

CFO and executive of public corporations and corporate director.

CFO, RJR Nabisco, The Reader's Digest Association, Reckitt & Colman (London), Footstar, Pepsi-Cola USA, and Cadbury Schweppes North America; EVP of Finance and Administration, Bridge Information Systems; also former President of Frito-Lay of Brasil (Sao Paulo), Cadbury Beverages North America, and The Franklin Mint. Director, Blue Man Productions, Majesco Entertainment and Joy Berry Enterprises, Inc.; Director, Newport News Shipbuilding, Middlesex Mutual Assurance and NatWest Bank, N.A.; Board Member, Chase National Advisory Borad; Trustee, Manhattan Theatre Club in New York.

United States Naval Academy B.S.; Harvard Business School M.B.A.

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ROSALIE J. WOLF
Senior Managing Director

Financial and investment executive; professional director.

Managing Director, Bankers Trust Company; Managing Director and Member of Investment Committee, Offit Hall Capital Management; Treasurer, International Paper Company; VP, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette; Assistant Treasurer, Mobil Oil Corporation; Director, 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. Director, Airborne Express, Inc.; Founder and Managing Member of Botanica Capital Partners, investment advisory firm.

Wellesley College B.A. Northwestern University M.A. in mathematics.

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DAVID O. ZENKER, JR.
Senior Managing Director

Investment banker, principal and financial advisor in energy, real estate, industrial and service businesses.

Partner in a London-based marketing and management consultancy firm specializing in Arabian gulf economies; Senior VP, Oppenheimer & Co., Jefferies & Co.; VP, Bear Stearns. Executive Director, Waterloo Foundation for the Arts.

Brown University B.A.; University of Pennsylvania Wharton M.B.A.

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KATHLEEN BURKE
Managing Director

Investment banker; expertise in corporate finance and private equity capital raising.

Director, Rothschild, Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston; Assistant VP, GE Capital; Associate, Prudential Insurance Corporation of America, HSBC.

Boston College B.S.; University of Pennsylvania Wharton School M.B.A.

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WILLIAM M. MANGER, Jr.
Managing Director

Senior level government official; municipal officer; operational manager; Congressional candidate.

Associate Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration; Candidate, Bill Manger for Congress; Senior Policy Advisor (Maritime), U.S. Department of Transportation; VP, The Zanett Securities Corporation. Director, Riot Relief Fund; former Trustee, Southampton, NY.

Trinity College B.A.; Columbia Business School M.B.A.

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PERRY ROBINSON, MD
Managing Director

Wall Street Executive, Venture Capitalist, Management Consultant; Specializing in Medical Device, Healthcare IT, Biopharma, and Technology operations and investments.

Managing Director, Bear Stearns Inc., Founder, Greenwich Biomedical Inc., SVP Standard and Poor's.

Harvard College A.B.; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons M.D./M.B.A.

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BRENDON NEPON
Associate

Full Sail University B.S. (Finance & Entertainment Business).

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ZACHARY TAYLOR
Associate

University of Arkansas B.S. (International Finance).

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CHRISTIAN URIARTE
Associate

San Francisco University-Ecuador B.S. (Finance and Marketing); New York University, M.S. (Business Management & Systems)

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