Mr. Friedberg is Co-Chairman of the Board of the New York Private Bank & Trust Company. Prior to that, he was President and CEO of FriedbergMilstein, LLC, an independent investment management firm, an Executive Vice President of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. and a member of the firm’s Executive Management Committee. He was responsible for management of the Investment Banking
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Ilene Giaquinta
Ms. Giaquinta has been a seasoned executive and accomplished professional in the fields of banking and finance. Her specialties are new business development and mortgage lending in the residential arena. During her financial career,she worked at Manhattan Savings Bank and Republic National Bank of New York. She is a graduate of Finch College and holds a master’s degree from Teacher's
Kumar Mahadeva
Wijeyaraj (Kumar) Mahadeva , founder of Cognizant Technology Solutions in 1994, and Chairman and CEO until 2004, was the driving force behind one of the fastest-growing technology services companies in the world. Following Cognizant, Kumar founded Kubera Partners, a publicly traded private equity fund investing in businesses that operate in the US-India corridor and is a managing partner with the
Kenneth Mortenson
Kenneth Mortenson retired in 2000 from Oppenheimer Capital, where he was a Managing Director. A graduate of Carleton College with an MBA from the University of Michigan, Mr. Mortenson began his career at Comerica Bank in Detroit, where he worked for 12 years before moving to New York and joining Oppenheimer Capital in 1981. In addition to parents with glaucoma,
Sheldon M. Siegel
Mr. Siegel is the former Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director of Oppenheimer Capital. He joined Oppenheimer Capital in 1980 after spending twelve years as Assistant Controller of Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. Mr. Siegel started his career at Arthur Andersen & Co. in 1964. He is a graduate of Hofstra University and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Mary Jane Voelker
A graduate of Golden Gate University in hotel, restaurant and tourism management, Ms. Voelker specialized in meeting and convention management. For several seasons, she worked in professional summer stock theater on stage, off stage and in business management for the theater company. Ms. Voelker has established numerous trusts that help fund worthy causes. She also belongs to Beta Sigma Phi
Irving Wolbrom
Irving Wolbrom has devoted most of his career working in various fields of technology, focusing on engineering and research in chemistry and polymers. After completing his degree at New York University, and graduate work at Stevens Institute, he began working for the Technicolor Corporation. In 1966 he started what became Interflo Technologies, a company that pioneered the development and manufacture