Karen N. Horn Senior Managing Director Former CEO, diversified financial services; professional director; economist; Former Federal Reserve Bank president. Director and/or lead director, Norfolk Southern Corporation, Eli Lilly, Simon Property Group, Fannie Mae, T. Rowe Price Funds, U.S. Russia Investment Fund.  Former Managing Director, Marsh & McLennan Companies; Managing Director, Bankers Trust; Chairman & CEO, Bank

The Honorable Mary K. Bush Advisor International Finance Executive, Senior Banker, Former Presidential Appointee and Senior Government Official, Director of public and private companies and mutual funds, designated “Financial Expert”. President, Bush International, LLC; Director of Discover Financial Services, ManTech International Corporation; Marriott International, UAL (United Airlines), and The Pioneer Family of Mutual Funds; he CounMember,

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,

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

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

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,

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. 

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

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