B. Hunt Whitbeck, Jr. Senior Managing Director Senior executive, specializing in corporate banking and institutional investment management  Executive Director, American Foundation for Affordable Housing, Inc. Former Managing Director, Chancellor Capital Management, INVESCO and M.D. Sass Investor Services; former VP, Citicorp Investment Management, Inc. and Citibank, N.A. Harvard College A.B.; Harvard Business School M.B.A.

Curt Launer Managing Director Co-head, Energy investment banking group; Founder, Bakken Energy, developer of clean hydrogen production, transportation and storage applications. Won Institutional Investor Magazine’s first place honors for twelve of thirteen years; Inducted into Institutional Investor’s Hall of Fame in 2011 and named “one of the best analysts of all time.” Equity research

Pamela J. Newman Executive Advisor Pamela J. Newman is the Founder, President, and CEO of PJN Strategies LLC, a boutique strategic consulting firm in New York City. Dr. Newman is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of New York, and The Cosmos Club. She is on the Board of Directors

James P. Schadt Senior Managing Director CEO with experience in publishing, software and global beverages; Trustee, Northwestern University; founding member, Northwestern College of Arts and Sciences Advisory Board Former Chairman, CEO, President, and COO, Reader’s Digest Association, Inc.; President and CEO, Cadbury Beverages, Inc.; CEO, Mercator Software, Inc; President (Wines and Spirits), PepsiCo, Inc.; Beacon Group

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

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

Jenne K. Britell Advisor Former CEO, global and domestic diversified financial services companies and advisor to private equity, venture capital, and public companies in the areas of financial products and services; professional director, public and private companies and non-profits, including positions as non-executive Chairman, Audit Committee Chair, and designated financial expert President, Global Commercial

Louis A. Bradbury Senior Managing Director Former CEO, tax lawyer, investment banker, principal in private equity firm; private investor.  Former CEO, Bradbury & Company, Revere Copper & Brass; OCWEN Financial; Vice President, Merrill Lynch; Attorney, Covington & Burling; Department of Justice; President, Board of Directors, GMHC. Northwestern University B.A.; Harvard Law School J.D

James Notarnicola Senior Managing Director Expert in retail and restaurant marketing and franchise operations. Partner, J&B Restaurants, Inc. (Red Mango); Founder and CEO, Nicely Bros. Ice Cream Distribution, Inc.; Experience Engineer and Senior Consultant, Experience Engineering, LLC. Former EVP and Chief Marketing Officer, Blockbuster, Inc. and 7-Eleven, Inc. University of Maryland B.S.; University of Texas

Charles L. Brock Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Director, designated “financial expert” and audit chair of public companies; investment banker; corporate lawyer with operating experience. Director, B+H Ocean Carriers. Managed numerous businesses including the twelve subsidiaries of Compton Communications (now Saatchi & Saatchi); Former Publisher and President, Scholastic International, also CFO and COO. Carter, Ledyard & Milburn; Sullivan