BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Stephen McGrath, Chair  is currently a stay-at-home father.  Previously, Mr. McGrath worked as an Investment Banker in the health care and technology industry sectors at Oscar Gruss & Son Incorporated, Mabon Securities Corp. and Oppenheimer and Co., Inc.  In addition, he has worked in the investment advisory business as a Research Analyst at Woodward & Associates and a Partner at Emerald Advisors, Inc.  Mr. McGrath received a B.A. from Columbia College.
December, 2005

Lawrence N. Lavine, Vice Chair is a Senior Managing Director of Ripplewood Holdings L.L.C.  Previously, Mr. Lavine was a Managing Director of Credit Suisse First Boston in its Mergers and Acquisitions Group, where he was head of Healthcare and Real Estate M&A.  He started his career on Wall Street at Kidder, Peabody & Co. Mr. Lavine received his B.S. degree, with highest honors, from Northeastern University and his M.B.A. from  the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
March, 2008

Stephen P. Moore, Treasurer is a partner at KPMG LLP.  Mr. Moore serves as a member of KPMG Advisory’s National Market Development Leadership Team, having served as a global lead partner, an audit partner, as well as an area risk management partner over his career with the firm.  Mr. Moore has previously served clients out of the firm’s Richmond, Philadelphia and Atlanta offices.  He previously served as an executive committee member of the Hopewell Youth Association, on the boards of the Philadelphia Police Athletic League and University of Richmond Alumni Association, and on the Advisory Board of the Atlanta Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors. Mr. Moore, a Georgia CPA, earned a B.S. degree in Accounting with honors from the University of Richmond’s E. Claiborne Robins School of Business.
October, 2010

Liberty Aldrich, Esq., Secretary is the General Counsel and Director of Domestic Violence and Family Court Programs at the Center for Court Innovation, where she works with courts and justice system stakeholders to improve responses to persistent social problems, such as domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse. Prior to joining the Center, Ms. Aldrich was the Director of Legal Services at Safe Horizon. Ms. Aldrich is Chair of the Domestic Violence Task Force of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York and has authored numerous articles on domestic violence law and policy. She received the Association of the Bar of the City of New York’s annual Equal Access to Justice award in 2000. Ms. Aldrich received her B.A. from Harvard University and her J.D from New York University. 
Founding Member, September, 1996

Leslie Abbey, Esq. is the Associate Commissioner of Evidence Based Practice and Programs in the Division of Policy, Planning and Measurement at the Administration for Children's Services (ACS). Prior to her appointment as Associate Commissioner, Ms. Abbey was the Executive Director of the Juvenile Justice Initiative at ACS. Before that, she was a Staff Attorney in the Special Litigation Unit in the Juvenile Rights Division of The Legal Aid Society. Ms. Abbey also previously served as a Staff Attorney at Lawyers Alliance for New York. Ms. Abbey received her B.A. from Swarthmore College and her J.D. from New York University, where she served as associate editor of the Review of Law and Social Change.
Founding Member, September, 1996

Jonathan D. Bram is a partner of Global Infrastructure Partners (“GIP”), a private equity firm that invests in infrastructure assets in the energy, transport and water sectors, in both OECD and select emerging markets countries. Mr. Bram is also a director of the GIP portfolio company Channelview Cogeneration, LLC. Prior to joining GIP, Mr. Bram was a Managing Director in the Investment Banking Department of Credit Suisse, where he held a variety of senior management positions including Co-Head of the Global Industrial and Services Group and Chief Operating Officer. For more than ten years, Mr. Bram was a senior banker in Credit Suisse’s Global Energy Group with a focus on Project Finance and the power sector. He was also Co-Head of corporate finance and advisory for the U.S. Energy Group. Mr. Bram holds an A.B. in Economics from Columbia College.
January, 2009

Peter L. Braus is a managing principal at Lee & Associates NYC LLP.  Prior to this Mr. Braus was a partner at Sierra Realty, where he represented M&T Bank (Manhattan retail locations), Reprise Media, Union Square Hospitality Group and The Suarez Restaurant Group, among others. Previously, Mr. Braus worked for New Spectrum Realty Services and Newmark & Co. Real Estate.  In over 10 years in the real estate business, he has completed in excess of 500 commercial leasing transactions with an aggregate value of well over $250 million.  He is also a principal of Prime Office Centers, which operates in three locations, and serves on boards Friends of Hudson River Park and Alliance for Downtown New York. He is Chair of Community Board 1’s Tribeca Committee. Mr. Braus received his M.B.A. with a concentration in Marketing from Columbia University Business School and his B.B.A. from Emory University.
March, 2008

Karen A. Greenstein, Esq. is the Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs at MTV Networks. Previously, Ms. Greenstein was a Vice President of Legal Affairs at iVillage, a division of NBC Universal, Inc., where she was the senior lawyer responsible for advising the management team on a wide variety of corporate, regulatory and strategic issues. Prior to that, Ms. Greenstein was Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of CNET Networks, Inc. and a corporate associate with Loeb & Loeb LLP in New York. Ms. Greenstein received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Michigan and her J.D. from New York University.
April, 2008

Karen Fisher Gutheil, Esq. is a Staff Attorney in the Special Litigation and Law Reform Unit of the Juvenile Rights Practice of The Legal Aid Society. Previously, Ms. Gutheil was a Staff Attorney in the Manhattan trial office of the Juvenile Rights Practice. Prior to joining The Legal Aid Society, Ms. Gutheil worked at New York Lawyers for the Public Interest. Ms. Gutheil was the Chair of the Family Court and Family Law Committee of the New York City Bar Association from 2006-2009 and is currently a City Bar delegate to the New York State Bar Association’s House of Delegates. Ms. Gutheil is also a member of the New York State Bar Association’s Children and the Law Committee. Ms. Gutheil received the 2006 Charles Schinitsky Award for outstanding service on behalf of children represented by the Juvenile Rights Practice and the 2010 Servant of Justice Award given by the Episcopal Diocese of New York. Ms. Gutheil holds a B.F.A. from Drake University and a J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.
April, 2007

John Healy, Esq. is a partner and co-head of the Mergers & Acquisitions Practice at Clifford Chance US LLP.  Mr. Healy advises acquiring, selling and target companies and their financial advisors on both negotiated and unsolicited acquisitions for privately and publicly held corporations.  Mr. Healy received his B.A. from the University of Cambridge and his L.L.M. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
December, 2008

Julie Kinch, Esq. is Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer at Heineken USA, Inc., where she serves as a member of the Management Team, participates in the development and execution of the company’s strategic plan, and advises the company on legal, corporate and regulatory issues. Previously, Ms. Kinch served as Vice President and General Counsel to Remy Amerique, Inc., and was an associate at White & Case.  Ms. Kinch received a B.S. in Finance from Georgetown University and a J.D. from Boston College School of Law.
January, 2010

Rodney M. Miller, Sr. is Managing Director in JPMorgan’s Mergers and Acquisitions group, having recently joined the firm in October 2007 after spending 20 years at Credit Suisse. Prior to his current position, Mr. Miller was Head of Mergers and Acquisitions for North America and Head of the Financial Sponsor Mergers and Acquisitions effort at Credit Suisse. Mr. Miller has more than 20 years of experience in all aspects of financial advisory services for both domestic and international clients. Mr. Miller received his B.S. in Accounting from Indiana University and his M.B. A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
July, 2009

Anthony D. Schlesinger is a retired partner from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP's Corporate and Financial Services Department.  Mr. Schlesinger is a member of the American College of Investment Counsel.  He is a Director and the past Chairman of St. Ann’s Warehouse and a Trustee of The Reece School and New York Methodist Hospital. Mr. Schlesinger received his B.S. from Washington and Lee University and his LL.B. from Southern Methodist University School of Law.
October, 2006

William C. Silverman is a Shareholder at Greenberg Traurig, where he focuses on government investigations and white collar criminal matters, as well as general commercial litigation. He is also the head of their pro bono program in New York.  Before joining the firm, Mr. Silverman served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, where he led criminal investigations, conducted trials and handled Second Circuit appeals.  Prior to that, Mr. Silverman practiced at a national law firm and served as a law clerk to the Honorable Louis L. Stanton, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York. Mr. Silverman received his B.A. from Brown University and his J.D. from New York University.
January, 2011

Tamara Sloan is a Director focusing on Business Development and Retail Sales at The Buzz Killers, LLC, a mobile phone accessories company.  Previously, Ms. Sloan was a Senior Vice President in the Strategy and Planning Group for the Global Corporate and Investment Bank at Citigroup, Inc.  While at Citigroup, she managed a variety of global assignments including new product development, expense reduction initiatives, product and business line repositioning, mergers and acquisitions and competitive positioning/analysis.  Ms. Sloan started her career in the Consumer Products Investment Banking group at Smith Barney.  Currently, she is head of the Parents’ Association at the 92nd Street Y Nursery School and a Committee Chair for the Annual Benefit.  Additionally, she serves as her class’s Head Agent for the Dartmouth College Fund and a Grade Chair for The Dalton School Annual Fund.  Ms. Sloan received a B.A. from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.   
September, 2010