- Dov Charney
Dov Charney (born January 31, 1969 in Montreal) is the CEO of the garment company American Apparel (AA), a vertically integrated clothing manufacturer, wholesaler, and retailer that makes all of its garments in a downtown Los Angeles factory, now the single largest clothing manufacturing plant in the United States. American Apparel employs nearly five thousand workers, most of whom make at least twice the minimum wage.
- Griffin Bell
Griffin Boyette Bell (born October 31, 1918) is an American lawyer and former United States Attorney General. Born in Americus, Georgia, he attended public schools and Georgia Southwestern College and then the Walter F. George School of Law of Mercer University. He practiced law at King & Spalding in Georgia from 1948 to 1961, and rejoined the firm just prior to and after his service as Attorney General during the Carter Administration. He is still affiliated with the firm.
- Edward Nally
Edward Nally is a solicitor. He is a partner in Fieldings Porter, a firm of solicitors in Bolton, and was President of the Law Society in 2004-2005. He is Governor of the College of Law and Chair of Governors at Pendleton Sixth Form College, Salford. He was appointed as a member of the Judicial Appointments Commission in January 2006, as a representative of the legal profession.
- Ellery Schempp
Ellery Schempp, born Ellory Schempp, is an accomplished physicist who is also famous for being the primary student involved in the landmark 1963 United States Supreme Court case of "Abington School District v. Schempp" which declared that public school-sanctioned Bible readings were unconstitutional. Ellery was born in Philadelphia, but grew up in the Roslyn community of Abington Township. He graduated from Abington High School in 1958, …
- Eberhard Zeidler
Eberhard Heinrich Zeidler O.C., O.Ont. (born January 11, 1926 in Weimar Republic Germany) is a Canadian architect. He studied at Bauhaus, Weimar, Germany, and the Technische Hochschule, Karlsruhe, Germany. Zeidler immigrated to Canada in 1951 and formed his first partnership with Blackwell and Craig of Peterborough, Ontario. He later went on to create a new firm, Zeidler Roberts Partnership/Architects, in Toronto and offices in Washington, DC, Florida, London, …
- Jacques Nasser
Jacques Nasser served as a member of the board of directors and as president and chief executive officer of Ford Motor Co. from 1998-2001. His 35-year career with Ford took him through a variety of positions and assignments including senior leadership positions in Europe, Australia, Asia and South America. He oversaw the growth and acquisition of Jaguar, Aston Martin, Volvo, Land Rover and Hertz.
- David B. Goss
David B. Goss Managing Director David B. Goss has been involved in the real estate industry for close to 20 years. Prior to joining Essex, David was a private investor and consultant with 3D Ventures LLC. David has been involved in numerous acquisition and leasing transactions in the real estate sector during his career. He also served as a consultant to Wal-Mart Stores in connection with the disposition of surplus assets in the United States.
- Sam Nunn
Sam Nunn is a senior partner in the Atlanta law firm of King & Spalding,where he focuses his practice on international and corporate matters. From1972 to 1996, he served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia.. During his tenurein the Senate, Senator Nunn served as chairman of the Senate Armed ServicesCommittee and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. He also servedon the Intelligence and Small Business Committees.
- Richard Kleindienst
Richard Gordon Kleindienst was an American lawyer and politician. Born in Winslow, Arizona, he served in the United States Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1946, attended Harvard College and Harvard Law School, graduating from the latter in 1950. From 1953 to 1954 he served in the Arizona House of Representatives and then went into private practice, which he continued until 1969. In 1964, he was the Republican candidate for Governor of Arizona, but lost to Sam Goddard, 53%-47%.
- Eugene R. Sullivan
Eugene R. Sullivan is a retired Federal Judge with over 16 years of appellate experience. Nominated by President Reagan and confirmed by the Senate, Judge Sullivan was installed as a Federal Judge in 1986. In 1990, President Bush named him the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals (AF). Judge Sullivan is now a senior partner in Freeh Group International (FGI) (
- Willie E. Gary
Willie E. Gary is a Senior Partner in the law firm of Gary, Williams, Finney, Lewis, Watson & Sperando. He was born in Eastman, GA. His family relocated to Canal Point, Fla. and later settled in Indiantown, Fla. After graduating Murray High School in 1967, Gary, received a scholarship to Shaw University in Raleigh, NC and received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1971. He received his Juris Doctorate degree....
- Rodolfo Brezzi
- Allen I. Olson
Mr. Olson has served in many other capacities including as a member of the International Flood Mitigation Initiative for the Red River Basin, Chairman of the Board for the Red River Trade Council Inc., and Trustee for the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
- J. Veronica Biggins
J. Veronica Biggins Senior Partner, Heidrick & Struggles Board of Directors Member Since 1997 J. Veronica Biggins is a senior partner of Heidrick and Struggles, Inc, a leading international executive search firm specializing in the recruitment of executive management. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Ms. Biggins is the managing partner of the firm's Diversity Practice and is a member of the firm's consumer, financial services and board of director practices.
- Cary Sherman
Cary Sherman is the president of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The trade group's member companies are responsible for creating, manufacturing, or distributing 90 percent of all legitimate sound recordings sold in the United States. As the president, Mr. Sherman represents the interests of the $11.5 billion U.S. sound recording industry -- the largest market for prerecorded music in the world.
- Alastair Davidson
Alastair Davidson was born in Aberdeen in 1951. He was educated at Cornhill Primary School, Aberdeen Academy and Aberdeen University. His apprenticeship was carried out in Aberdeen with the then firm of C & P H Chalmers and he moved to Paisley in 1975 to get married. He joined the firm of T.F.Reid &Donaldson in 1975 and was made a partner two years later.
- Anthony Etherton
Anthony has been a big part of our Presentation Skills , and Customer Service training programmes and has worked with Merrill Lynch , Fidelity Investments and Pfizer Consumer Healthcare .
- Joel H. Bernstein
Joel H. Bernstein Senior Partner With more than 30 years’ experience in the area of complex litigation, Joel H. Bernstein concentrates his practice in the protection of investors who have been victimized by securities fraud and breach of fiduciary duty. His expertise in the area of shareholder litigation has resulted in the recovery of hundred of millions of dollars in damages to wronged investors.
- Walter Reid
Walter Reid was educated at Oxford and Edinburgh Universities and trained in Edinburgh where he was in partnership until joining T.F. Reid & Donaldson in 1969. He was Senior Partner of the firm and tends to specialize in commercial and business matters, particularly commercial property, but retains an interest in private client business. He is currently a Member of the Council of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet, the oldest body of solicitors in Europe. Walter is 57.
- Jon Hardie
Jon Hardie is a Senior Partner for CRM Products/Consulting at AudienceWorks. Hardie has walked the talk as Executive Director & MIS Director/Grants Management in the NPO Sector, Director of Technology Initiatives for a major foundation and Chairman & CEO of a venture capitalized high tech computer startup. Jon has taught Social Entrepreneurship, HR management, and Guerrilla Marketing.
- F. Paul Morrison
Mr. Morrison was profiled on the cover story of Lexpert magazine entitled Canada/ U.S. Cross-Boarder Litigation in October 2005.
- David Chong
Mr. David Chong is the founder and Chairman of the Portcullis Group of companies which in late 2004 acquired the TrustNet Group. The Portcullis Group and the TrustNet Group have merged to form one of the biggest independent groups of trust companies in Asia with offices in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taipei, Samoa, Cook Islands, British Virgin Islands, Kuala Lumpur and Labuan (Malaysia), Mauritius and Seychelles. David was a lecturer in the National University of Singapore (NUS) for 3 years.
- Dan D. Kohane
- Charles B Ortner
- Richard H. Sinkfield
- Albert A. Notini
- Bennett P. McRackan Jr
Bennett P. McRackan, Jr Bennett P. McRackan, Jr. is Senior Partner at MoneyWise Solutions. Bennett has been involved in total compensation and human resource consulting for more than 25 years. He has been associated with businesses which range in size from large Fortune 500 firms with in excess of 30,000 employees to small corporations with as few as 10 employees.
- Frank Carolan
Frank Carolan , Senior Advisor , joined New Mountain in November 2003. Previously, he spent over twenty years at Deloitte & Touche LLP as the senior partner on the Forstmann Little & Co. client account. Mr. Carolan led the team of tax, due diligence and accounting experts on every significant acquisition and divestiture that Forstmann and Mr. Klinsky made from 1984-1999.
- Gene Tyndall
work hard, play hard executive. friendly, open-minded, and outgoing.
- E. Norman Veasey
E. Norman Veasey is a senior partner at Weil, Gotshal & Manges and serves as a strategic adviser to the firms’ clients in a wide range of issues related to mergers & acquisitions, restructuring and litigations. Additionally, he advises on corporate governance issues involving the responsibilities of corporate directors in complex financial transactions and crisis management.
- Drew A. Harker
- Ramanan Raghavendran
Ramanan Raghavendran Chairman Ramanan Raghavendran , Chairman Ramanan is the co-founder and managing partner of Kubera Partners, a private equity firm that invests in crossborder businesses. Prior to founding Kubera, Ramanan led the cross-border investing effort at TH Lee Putnam Ventures as a senior partner (and continues to oversee the THLPV portfolio).
- Mr Kirk Kaalberg
- Chris Swinson
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- Toby Greenbury
Toby’s client and contact base is both domestic and international, but he has particularly focused on India over the last two or three years, as India has really begun to emerge economically, and he acts for a range of companies involved in trade, investment and business between the UK and India.
- David H. Deans
David is the Senior Partner of Deans & Associates, and the founder of GeoActive Group USA. He established this technology and digital media marketing professional services company to specialize in market research, go-to-market strategy development, plus the design and execution of targeted market development plans -- www.geoactivegroup.com
- Felda Hardymon
Felda Hardymon : Bessemer Venture Partners Venture Partner Felda Hardymon joined Bessemer Venture Partners in 1981 as a General Partner. After over 20 years with the firm, he became a Venture Partner to enable him to teach and do research at Harvard Business School.
- Olivier Kayser
Olivier Kayser: My name is Olivier Kayser. I'm one of the vice presidents at Ashoka.
- Roch Parayre
Roch Parayre , PhD Senior Fellow, Mack Center for Technological Innovation Managing Director, Decision Strategies International, Inc. Roch Parayre is a senior partner and scenario-planning expert with Decision Strategies International, a consulting firm specializing in strategy. He teaches executives at the Wharton School, at CEDEP/INSEAD in France, and for the Institute of Management Studies.
- Jean-Pierre C. Rosso
Mr. Jean-Pierre Rosso is a new nominee to our Board of Directors. He served as Chairman of CNH Global N.V. from November 1999 until his retirement in May 2004. He was Chief Executive Officer of CNH Global N.V. from November 1999 to November 2000.