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;

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

Carl H. Pforzheimer III Senior Managing Director Investment banker, philanthropist, and private investor. Manager, Carl H. Pforzheimer & Co.; Board member and chair of numerous charities and educational institutions including the New York Public Library, Lincoln Center, Pace University, Visiting Nurse Service of New York and Horace Mann School; Director of boards including U.S. Trust and Ampco-Pittsburg

Richard Foster Senior Managing Director Dr. Foster the Managing Partner of General Medical Networks, and a Senior Managing Director at Brock Capital. Both firms are investing in digital healthcare enterprises. Dr. Foster is an Emeritus Senior Partner of McKinsey & Company, Inc. where he founded and led several practices including the private equity practice, the

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.

Christoph T. Bene Managing Director Experienced corporate finance, merger integration and change management consultant; CFO and global transformation executive;  Commercial banking executive and private equity investments; Six Sigma Black Belt.  MBA, NYU Stern School of Business and BA, Skidmore College.

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

Mary G. Davis Senior Managing Director Organizational consultant specializing in strategy implementation and executive effectiveness. Special focus on post merger integration and strategic directional change. Founder and President of Davis Consulting Group LLC; Managing Vice President of PeopleTech; Vice Chair of Jannota, Bray and Associates; member Board of Trustees of Mount Holyoke College; and President of

Gary E. Zimmerman Managing Director Investment banker and private investor with significant domestic and overseas M&A and capital markets experience across multiple industry sectors and geographies.  Managing Partner of Six Trees Capital LLC and Founder and CEO of Max (MaxMyInterest.com).  Former Managing Director and Global Head of Strategic Solutions for Sovereign Wealth Funds at Citigroup. 

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.