Senior Associate Dean for International Business and Finance at the Fletcher School at Tufts University
Charles N. Bralver joined our Board of Directors in 2009. Mr. Bralver is the Senior Associate Dean for International Business and Finance at the Fletcher School at Tufts University, was a founding partner and Vice Chairman of Oliver, Wyman & Co., and has served as a Strategic Advisor at Warburg Pincus, LLC.
Senior Vice President of Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Advisers, LLC
T. Kimball Brooker, Jr. has served on our Board of Directors since our inception in 2004. Since January 2009, he has served as a Senior Vice President of Arnhold and S. Bleichroeder Advisers, LLC, an asset management firm headquartered in New York. From August 1998 through November 2008, he was employed by, or a partner of, Corsair Capital LLC (and/or its current or prior affiliates including J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. with whom Corsair was affiliated until it separated from J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. in March 2006). Mr. Brooker is also a Director of Insurance Revolution, Inc., SPARTA Insurance and Barbara Oil Company. Mr. Brooker received his undergraduate degree from Yale University and his masters in business administration from Harvard Business School.
Timothy J. Conway is our Chief Executive Officer and President and was elected to serve as Chairman of our Board of Directors in September 2006. He has been our Chief Executive Officer and President and has served on our Board of Directors since our inception in June 2004. From July 2002 to June 2004, Mr. Conway worked full-time on our founding. From 1996 to July 2002, Mr. Conway was a Managing Director at FleetBoston Financial Corporation or its predecessors responsible for Corporate Finance and Capital Markets. From 1987 to 1996, Mr. Conway held various senior management positions at Citicorp Securities, Inc. He was a Managing Director and Senior Securities Officer and was responsible for the bank's private placement, loan syndication and acquisition finance businesses. Mr. Conway received his undergraduate degree from Fairfield University and his masters of business administration from the University of Connecticut.
Bradley E. Cooper is a Partner of Capital Z Partners Management, LLC, the successor to Capital Z Management, LLC (which he joined as a founding Partner in July 1998). He previously held similar positions at Insurance Partners, L.P. and International Insurance Advisors, L.P. Mr. Cooper serves on the board of directors of MountainView Capital Holdings, LLC and Argo Group International Holdings Ltd. and is a member of Argo's Investment Committee. Mr. Cooper received an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan.
Brian L.P. Fallon is a Partner of O'Conner Capital Partners. Prior to joining O'Conner Capital Partners in September of 2007, Mr. Fallon was a Managing Director and Principal of Extell Development Company from 2002-2007. From 1982-2002, Mr. Fallon held numerous positions at Meredith & Grew, Inc. and served on the Board of Directors. Mr. Fallon is involved in various non-profit boards and activities and currently serves as a Director on the Advisory Council of the Robert F. Kennedy Children's Action Corps as well as The Community Builders, Inc. Mr. Fallon received his undergraduate degree from Siena College and his masters in public administration from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University.
Former CFO of Unum Corporation and CEO of R.H. Donnelly Co.
From August 1991 through May 2002, Frank R. Noonan was the Chief Executive Officer of R.H. Donnelley Co. He also served as President of R.H. Donnelley Co. from August 1991 to July 1998 and was Chairman from July 1998 through May 2002. From May 1989 to August 1991, Mr. Noonan served as Senior Vice President, Finance, with Dun & Bradstreet, the former parent company of R.H. Donnelley Co., and was a member of its Board of Directors in 1998. Prior to joining Dun & Bradstreet, Mr. Noonan served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President at Unum Corporation from July 1981 to December 1989.He currently is a Director and member of the Audit Committee of Avnet, Inc. and was previously a Director and member of the Audit Committee of Toys "R" Us, Inc. Mr. Noonan received his undergraduate degree from the University of New Hampshire.
Finance professor at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University
Maureen O'Hara is the Robert W. Purcell Professor of Finance at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, where she joined the faculty in 1979. She has had visiting appointments at UCLA, the London Business School, the University of New South Wales, Cambridge University, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. She has served as President of the Western Finance Association and recently served as President of the American Finance Association. Ms. O'Hara currently serves on the Board of Directors of Investment Technology Group, Inc., where she has been lead director since January 2005 and where she has served on the Compensation Committee, Audit Committee and Nominating Committee. Ms. O'Hara received her undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois and her masters of science in economics and Ph.D. in finance from Northwestern University.
Peter A. Schmidt-Fellner has served as our Chief Investment Officer since our inception in 2004.From 1993 to 2003, Mr. Schmidt-Fellner was at JPMorgan Securities, Inc. and its various subsidiaries and predecessor institutions, where during his tenure, he was responsible for High Yield Bond Sales, Trading and Research, Loan Trading and Co-Head of High Yield Bond Capital Markets. Mr. Schmidt-Fellner received his undergraduate degree from Colby College and his masters in business administration from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
In February 2006, Mr. Thornburgh joined Corsair Capital LLC as a partner. From 1976 until December 2005, he held several positions at the Credit Suisse Group and its various subsidiaries and predecessor institutions, most recently as Executive Vice Chairman and Member of the Credit Suisse Group Executive Board. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Credit Suisse Group and is on its Risk Committee. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Dollar General Corporation and is on its Finance Committee and Strategic Planning Committee. Mr. Thornburgh received his undergraduate degree from the University of Cincinnati and his masters in business administration from Harvard University College of Business Administration.
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