Board Members
Robert Reffkin (Founder and President)
Robert Reffkin works at Goldman Sachs as Chief of Staff to the President & COO following five years working in the firm's private equity arm. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, he worked at Lazard Frères and McKinsey &
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Andrew Marks (Co-Vice President)
Andrew Marks is an Analyst at Blue Ridge Capital, LLC, a New York-based hedge fund. Prior to joining Blue Ridge, he was an Analyst at GSO Capital Partners, the credit investing arm of The Blackstone
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Roland Merchant (Co-Vice President)
Roland Merchant is a Director of Eastdil Secured, LLC, a wholly owned Real Estate Investment Bank of Wells Fargo, and is responsible for the marketing and valuation of secondary commercial mortgage
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Kimberly A. Harris (Secretary)
Kimberly A. Harris is an Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where she represents some of the leading Fortune 500 Companies in a variety of industries, including healthcare, insurance,
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Sebastian Arango (Treasurer)
Sebastian Arango is a Vice President in the Restructuring & Reorganization Advisory group at the Blackstone Group. Since joining Blackstone in 2006, Mr. Arango has advised various companies and
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Cindy Helen Brea
Cindy Helen Brea is a Vice President in the Fixed Income Division at Morgan Stanley responsible for institutional clients in Central America and the Caribbean. Her focus to date has been financial institutions, providing both
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Howard W. Buffett (Director Emeritus)
Howard W. Buffett is Executive Director of the Howard G. Buffett Foundation. Previously, he served as Special Assistant in the Office of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In this role, Mr. Buffett was charged with identifying strategic
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Shawn Golhar
Shawn M. Golhar is a Vice President in the Washington Business and Policy Group with Barclays Capital. Based in the New York office, he provides capital markets solutions for the US federal government and multilateral
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Daron Greene
Daron Greene is a Director and member of BlackRock's Fixed Income Portfolio Management Group. His primary responsibility is managing agency mortgage backed securities across BlackRock’s multiple fixed
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Harry Hutchinson
Harry Hutchinson is Vice President and Head of Business Development for Bad Boy Entertainment, the lifestyle media company of Sean “Diddy” Combs. Mr. Hutchinson is responsible for
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Yusef Kassim
Yusef Kassim is a senior member of the Investor Relations group at Eton Park Capital Management, a $13 billion multi-disciplinary investment firm. He shares responsibility for the global marketing and client service
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Joshua Kushner
Joshua Kushner is the Managing Partner of Thrive Capital. As a Junior in college, Joshua co-founded Vostu, which has grown to be the largest social gaming company in Latin America with approximately 40M registered users and 400 employees.
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Stephanie Mann
Stephanie Mann is a Vice President in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group at Citi. Since joining Citi she has since worked on a broad range of both public and private transactions out of the New York
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Andrea Remyn
Andrea Remyn is Head of Corporate and Business Development for the Financial Products division of Bloomberg L.P. She is responsible for acquisitions, partnerships, investments, and organic business incubation across
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Jamie Sholem
Jamie Sholem is a Vice President in TPG Capital's Real Estate Group, focusing on opportunistic real estate investing. He is based in TPG's New York City office. Previously, Jamie was an Associate with Goldman, Sachs & Co
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Alex Sloane
Alex Sloane is an Associate at Apollo Global Management, a New York-based private equity firm. Prior to joining Apollo, he was an Investment Banking Analyst at Goldman Sachs, focusing on the industrial sector. Alex received an
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Dan Smith
Dan Smith is Managing Director and SVP of Operations with the NYC-based executive search firm Raines International Inc., where he is responsible for new business development efforts as well as the firm’s internal
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Alexander Taubman
Alexander Taubman is an investment analyst in Goldman Sachs’ Multi-Strategy Investing group. Prior to joining Multi-Strategy Investing, he was a member of Goldman's Distressed Principal Investing group. He received an
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Ben Tisch
Ben Tisch currently works at Loews Corporation. Previously, he was a Managing Director at Fortress Investment Group, responsible for managing a portfolio across a variety of asset classes including international
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Juan Uribe
Juan Uribe is a Principal at The Boston Consulting Group where he serves clients primarily in the financial services industry. Juan has advised clients on issues related to general corporate strategy, marketing effectiveness,
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