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 Jack Davies was the founder
and president of AOL International and now serves on the board of
directors of Scholastic, the global children's publishing and media
company. Prior to joining AOL in 1993, Davies was managing director
of Citicorp's London-based consumer mortgage business after serving
as vice president, Europe, for RCA Records. He began his career
at General Electric where he held numerous senior consumer marketing
positions. Davies earned an MBA in Marketing (1973) and a BA in
Political Science (1972) from the University of Rochester.
Active in philanthropy in the D.C. area, Davies serves on a number
of boards including the Board and Executive Committee of Venture
Philanthropy Partners. In addition he is on the board of See Forever
Foundation, CharityWorks and The Washington Scholarship Fund.
 Richard D. Fairbank is founder,
chairman and chief executive officer of Capital One Financial Corporation,
a broadly diversified financial services company ranked 130th on
the Fortune 500. Mr. Fairbank founded Capital One in 1988 based
on his belief that the power of information, technology and testing
could be harnessed to bring highly customized financial products
directly to consumers. Headquartered in McLean, Va., Capital One
is the seventh-largest bank in the United States, offering a broad
spectrum of financial products and services to consumers, small
businesses and commercial clients. With the company's newly acquired
subsidiary, Chevy Chase Bank, F.S.B., Capital One has approximately
1,000 branch locations in New York, New Jersey, Louisiana, Texas,
Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Additionally,
Capital One has international businesses in the United Kingdom and
Canada.
Capital One has been widely recognized for its entrepreneurial culture,
progressive work place, and community engagement. Recently, Capital
One has been named to: Fortune's "100 Best Companies to Work
For," Fortune's "20 Great Employers for New Grads,"
BusinnessWeek's "Best Places to Launch a Career," Working
Mother's "100 Best Companies" and DiversityInc's "Top
50 Companies for Diversity." Capital One also was named to
Fortune Magazine's list of "Top Companies for Leaders,"
ranking second in North America and fifth globally. Under Fairbank's
leadership, Capital One has demonstrated a strong commitment to
philanthropy and volunteerism, supporting a number of area programs
focused on community redevelopment and youth education, including
DC Cares, the DC College Access Program and Junior Achievement.
Fairbank has been recognized for his community and industry leadership,
including his 2008 appointment to the President's Council on Service
and Civic Participation. He also was honored as a 2008 Washington
Business Hall of Fame Laureate and was named "2006 Banker of
the Year" by the American Banker. Fairbank holds an MBA from
the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a bachelor's degree
in economics from Stanford University.
 Michelle DiFebo Freeman is
the owner and an active board member of the Carl M. Freeman Companies,
with offices in Olney, Md., and Fenwick Island, Del. The Freeman
Companies has over 60 years in a variety of real estate ventures,
currently with special expertise in land acquisition, land planning,
development and redevelopment for award-winning, amenity-rich residential
communities and neighborhood shopping centers. Notable real estate
developments and redevelopments by the Freeman Companies include
Sea Colony, the Village at Bear Trap, Bayside (including a Jack
Nicklaus Signature Golf Course) at the Delmarva Shore, The Tidewater
Inn in Easton, Md., and Olney Village Center and Cabin John Center
and Mall in Montgomery County, Md.
Michelle is also the founding president and chairman of the board
of the Joshua M. Freeman Foundation. The Joshua M. Freeman Foundation
was created in 2007 to conceptualize, construct and operate sustainable
facilities that support the arts, the environment and athletic achievement.
Michelle has also served as the president and chairman of the board
of the Carl M. Freeman Foundation since 2007. The Carl M. Freeman
Foundation has been proudly giving grants and guidance since 1960
to hundreds of nonprofit organizations in Maryland, Virginia, Washington,
D.C., Delaware and West Virginia. Michelle is a founding member
of Venture Philanthropy Partners and is currently serving on the
boards of The Washington National Opera, CharityWorks and YouthAIDS.
She has three children ranging in ages from 6 to 19.
 Richard Kay is currently chairman
of SENTRILLION Inc., a "TS" (Top Secret) border security,
cyber-security, information assurance and healthcare managed services
company. He is the former founder, chairman and CEO of OTG Software,
a data storage software company that he founded in 1992. OTG became
the leader in online data storage solutions. OTG was acquired by
Legato Systems in 2002 and Kay remained on the board of directors
until the acquisition of Legato Systems by EMC in 2003.
Kay currently serves on the board of directors of the University
of Maryland School of Engineering. He is a special partner with
ABS Capital, a multibillion dollar equity investment firm focused
on healthcare, IT and media companies. Kay is also an honorary member
of the board of directors of Venture Philanthropy Partners. He and
his family work closely with various charities.
 Jeong H. Kim is the 11th president
of Bell Labs, the communication industry's most heralded research
organization. His background ranges from being a CEO of a high technology
start-up to senior executive of a Fortune 500 corporation. Kim's
early career encompassed computer design, satellite systems design
and data communications and included seven years as a nuclear submarine
officer in the U.S. Navy.
Kim holds a Ph.D. in Reliability Engineering from the University
of Maryland, a Master's degree in Technical Management and Bachelor's
degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Johns
Hopkins University. Kim currently serves on the boards of the Johns
Hopkins University, Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute
of International Studies, and Global Internet Ventures. He is a
member of the National Academy of Engineering and the NASDAQ Listing
and Hearing Review Council, and was named one of the 10 most influential
Asian Americans in business for 2005 by the U.S. Pan Asian American
Chamber.
 Mark D. Lerner,
representing members of the Lerner | Cohen | Tanenbaum family, is
a principal owner of the Washington Nationals Baseball Club and
a principal of Lerner Enterprises, a Rockville, Md., based real
estate development, management and investment company founded in
1952 by his father, Ted Lerner. Lerner Enterprises development activity
is mainly concentrated in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.
Some of the company's major projects include White Flint, White
Flint North, Washington Square at 1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 20
M Street, SE, 2000 Tower Oaks Boulevard, The Corporate Office Centre
at Tysons II, Dulles Town Center, Fallsgrove Village Center and
the Greenbelt Marriott Hotel, among many others. Lerner also has
developed and manages many residential communities in the Washington,
D.C., area. In addition, Lerner Enterprises is a partner in Chelsea
Piers, a 30-acre sports and entertainment complex located on the
Hudson River in New York City.
Lerner and his family have been involved in many worthwhile causes
including the Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Hebrew University
of Jerusalem, The George Washington University, Georgetown Day School,
The Scleroderma Foundation of Greater Washington, Jewish Community
Centers of Greater Washington and the District of Columbia, JCC
Maccabi Games, The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Imagination
Stage, ADL In Concert against Hate, YouthAids, Juvenile Diabetes,
Junior Achievement, Food and Friends and the Washington Nationals
Dream Foundation, among many others. He currently serves as a trustee
of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington, a member of
the board of Hillel at The George Washington University and the
advisory board of Israel Bonds.
 George P. Stamas is a senior
partner in the Washington and New York offices of the international
law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP. A graduate of the Wharton School
of the University of Pennsylvania (1973) and the University of Maryland
Law School (1976), Stamas began his career as a special counsel
in the Enforcement Division of the Securities & Exchange Commission.
He has been listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers and
Best Lawyers in America for many years and was previously named
by The American Lawyer as one of the leading 45 lawyers in America
under the age of 45.
Stamas was the former vice chairman of the board of Deutsche Banc
Alex Brown, Inc., a founding board member of FTI Consulting (NYSE),
and also serves on the boards of NexCen Brands, Inc., Gridpoint
Technologies, Medicity, Inc., and MidOcean Partners. He is also
a venture partner of New Enterprise Associates and is active in
numerous local and national civic affairs. In addition to being
a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, he is on the board
of the Shakespeare Theatre Company, Leadership 100, Caves Valley
Golf Club, the Baltimore Orioles, and is an Archon of the International
Order of St. Andrew.
 Scott Brickman is CEO of The
Brickman Group, the largest commercial landscape maintenance firm
in the U.S. The company, which has more than 10,000 employees and
more than 170 company-owned and operated branches serving 30 states,
provides quality commercial landscape services to thousands of office
parks, hotels, cemeteries, healthcare facilities, retail centers,
homeowners associations and schools around the country. Joining
the company in 1986, Brickman progressively advanced to oversee
operations in their Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southeast division
before being named CEO in 1998 at the age of 35. Since assuming
the role Brickman has grown the privately held firm from $100 million
to close to $800 million in annual revenues.
Outside the company, Brickman has served as a board member and
in an advisory capacity to many organizations. including KellerMeyer
Building Services, ICON, Sequel Health Services and Kratos Global
Strategies. He and his company have been the recipient of numerous
awards, including Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award
in 2006, and in 2009 The Brickman Group was recognized with the
Society of Financial Professionals' National Capital Business Ethics
Award. Brickman and his wife, Patrice, are involved in many philanthropic
causes, including Neediest Kids and Visible Men, where Brickman
sits on the Board, the National Center for Women and Children, Stepping
Stones Shelter, the Barbara Bush Foundation Celebration of Reading
and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
 SWaN Investors is comprised
of principals Fredrick D. Schaufeld, Clifford A. White and Anthony
P. Nader. SWaN has 20 widely diversified investments, including
the Washington Nationals Baseball Club. Prior to starting SWaN,
the group built NEW Corporation, a unit of NEW Asurion Corporation.
NEW, founded in 1983, is the world's leading consumer product warranty
administrator. Schaufeld is the founder and chairman; White was
the former CFO; and Nader is the current CEO. Concurrent with his
employment at NEW, Schaufeld was a founder of the Service Contract
Industry Council (SCIC) trade association and with his wife, Karen
Schaufeld, authored its first model law, a derivation of which was
adopted by most states.
Prior to NEW, Schaufeld worked in the live talent industry; White,
a CPA, worked in public accounting and Nader worked in banking and
insurance. The three are involved in many charitable organizations
including Venture Philanthropy Partners; Fight for Children; the
Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy; Loudoun Country Day
School, where Schaufeld is board chair; the Inova Health System
Foundation, where Nader is the most recent board chair and a current
member of the Inova Health System Board; and St. Dunstan's Episcopal
Church, where White is treasurer. White is also on the board of
the Community Foundation for Montgomery County, where he is a founder
and co-chair of the Neighbors in Need Montgomery Fund. Schaufeld
and Nader are members of the Young Presidents' Organization. Schaufeld
and White are graduates of Lehigh University. Nader graduated John
Carroll University and received an MBA from Case Western Reserve.
All three are married with children in the Washington suburbs.
 Neil D. Cohen is the president
and chief executive officer of District Photo Inc., which is the
largest direct-to-consumer digital print, variable data printer
and gift fulfillment service in the world. Cohen started with the
company in 1976 and has been president and CEO since 1989. The company,
which has facilities in Beltsville, Md., Chambersburg, Pa., Phoenix
and Newton Abbott in the United Kingdom, provides services to most
major on-line providers, major retailers and to its company-owned
brands. Prior to the digital revolution, District Photo was the
largest independent mail order and wholesale photo film processor
in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Cohen, a native of Washington, D.C., is the past president of the
Photo Marketing Association International. He is also involved in
numerous business groups including the World Presidents' Organization.
Cohen is an active participant - many times holding committee or
chair responsibilities - in many philanthropic groups serving children's
needs, education, Jewish organizations and health-related causes.
 Albert H. Cohen is a renowned
local businessman, builder and investor. He is the former president
of Frederick Construction Co. Inc., which built many local industrial
and commercial facilities, schools in Prince George's, Montgomery
and Frederick counties, the first wing to Frederick Memorial Hospital
and Coblentz Memorial Hall at Hood College in Frederick, Md. Cohen
served admirably as a captain in the U.S. Army's 90th Infantry Corps
of Engineers in World War II and was presented with a Purple Heart,
a Silver Star and a Bronze Star. After serving his country, he earned
a bachelor of science degree in architectural engineering from Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1946.
Cohen, a native of Frederick, Md., served on the Hood College Board
of Trustees from 1983-1995 and was named trustee emeritus upon his
retirement. He was recognized with an honorary doctorate of humane
letters in 2006. In 2009 Cohen and his late wife, Etta, were inducted
into the Hood College Hall of Fame for their dedicated commitment
to Hood College athletics.
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