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. Chairman, Pinnacle Perspectives, LLC; board member of Supervalu Inc., Revlon Consumer, Lexmark International, Inc., Eli Lilly and Co., and Appleton Papers, Inc.  Director, US Fund for UNICEF Retired Executive Vice President,

James F. Munsell Senior Managing Director Senior counsel, experienced in corporate finance 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.

Jongsoo James Lee Managing Director Investment banker; business consultant; published author; expert in Asian, Eurasian and global affairs. Experienced in M&A, strategic advisory work, and capital raises in industries such as energy, technology, mining, life sciences, transportation, consumer goods, and commercial real estate; previously, Director, Brock Capital Group; Editor-in-Chief, Harvard Asia Quarterly; Center Associate, Davis

Charles O. Svenson Senior Managing Director Investment banker, expertise in energy, alternative energy, project finance and transportation. Co-Chairman, Investment Committee of Hamilton College; Trustee, Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks; Chairman, the Adirondack Nature Conservancy and Adirondack Land Trust; President, Harvard Law School Association of New York City Former Managing Director, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (now

Walter H. Morris, Jr. Advisor Former financial services executive in corporate banking, international banking, capital markets, residential/commercial real estate lending and advisory/consulting services Independent director and member of the audit committee for the Federal Home Loan Banks-Office of Finance. Former Partner/Principal in Structured Finance Advisory Services, Ernst & Young; Executive Vice President & Chief Lending

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. 

Davis R. Robinson Advisor International trade and investment advisor and arbitrator, corporate governance advisor and international lawyer. International Arbitrator, ICSID & NAFTA; Senior Managing Director, Richard C. Breeden & Co., LLC. Former Senior Partner, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP;  Legal Adviser, United States Department of State; career Foreign Service Officer; Adjunct Senior Fellow

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. President, Barnegat Group LLC; Managing Director and Operating Advisor, North Castle Partners, LLC; Director and Chair, Nominating and Governance Committee, Eli Lilly & Co., Ford Motor Company;

Alain Lebec Senior Managing Director Investment banker, head of Mergers and Acquisitions and private equity. Chairman of the Investment Committee, Brock Opportunity Fund; Co-founder, Reading Excellence and Discovery Foundation; Director, United Way. Former Vice Chairman, Merrill Lynch Investment Banking and Chairman/Co-CIO, Merrill Lynch Ventures. l’École Polytechnique (Paris, France); Northwestern U. Kellogg School M.B.A

Peter Rockefeller Senior Managing Director Peter has an extensive background in finance and investing, with experience in private investments, corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, private equity and investment strategy. Previously, Peter was at G2 Investment Group, an early-stage private investing firm developing innovative structures in the private equity sector. Peter also worked with