Rosalie J. Wolf
Senior Managing Director Financial and investment executive; professional director. Founder and Managing Member of Botanica Capital Partners, investment advisory firm Former Managing Director, Bankers Trust Company; Treasurer, International Paper Company; VP, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (now Credit Suisse); Assistant Treasurer, Mobil Oil Corporation; Director, TIAA-CREF; North European Oil; Former Chairman & current Director,

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,

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;

Dale A. Reiss
Senior Managing Director Senior Partner, CPA firm; expert in real estate, hospitality and construction; public company audit chair. Global Head of Real Estate, Ernst & Young LLC; Managing Partner, Kenneth Leventhal & Co.; Senior Vice President, Urban Investment & Development Co.; Board Member, iStar Financial Inc.; Tutor Perini Corporation, CYS, Inc.; Case Capital

David B. Newman
Senior Managing Director, Brock Securities Capital Markets Group Investment banker. Over 20 years experience in real estate investment, capital markets, management and development. Former chief investment officer, Empire American Holdings LLC, one of the largest national multi-family property owners in the United States. Formerly part of the retail development group at The Related Companies; general counsel of Strategic

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.

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

Trevor Kidd
Executive Advisor Trevor has over 35 years of experience as a business owner, entrepreneur, investor and senior executive specializing in niche manufacturing, telecommunications, enabling technologies, mergers and acquisitions, and specialty financial services product structuring and financing.

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

Donald C. Walkovik
Senior Managing Director Retired Partner of the law firm of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, specializing in securities law and corporate finance. International experience in Asia, Africa and North America  Founder and Managing Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell’s Hong Kong office; Managing Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell’s General Practice Group; Practice Coordinator, Sullivan & Cromwell’s Corporate