2012-13 Media Guide - Washington Capitals - NHL.com

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Mr. Mody and SIGNAL were the recipients of multiple industry and growth awards, including
Ernst & Young High Technology Entrepreneur of the Year, KPMG Peat Marwick High
Technology Entrepreneur of the Year, Small Business Administration (SBA) Entrepreneur and
Business of the Year, Washington Technology Fast 50 Growth Award, Arthur Andersen’s Best
Practices Award for Exceeding Customer Expectations, Deloitte & Touches Fast 500 and Inc.
500, among others.
The Mody Foundation has been actively involved in the Washington-area philanthropic
community with participation in numerous organizations, including Inova Fairfax Hospital
pediatric heart program, St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation, The Orphan Network, National Multiple Sclerosis Society and the Easter Seals.
The Mody Foundation also has supported Cardinals AAU Basketball, Alexandria Rising
Stars Basketball, Joe Gibbs’ Youth For Tomorrow and The Good Samaritan Foundation. Mr.
Mody was a charter member of the Washington Redskins Leadership Council and served as
chairman of Washington’s 2003 Fight Night, which raised a then record $2 million for the
Fight for Children organization.
Anthony Nader is president and chief executive officer of NEW Customer Service
Companies, a unit of NEW Asurion Corporation. Under his leadership, NEW has grown to be the
leading global provider of extended service plans for the consumer electronics and appliance
industries. NEW was the first company of its type to receive a JD Power Certification; it was
recently recognized by the Washington Business Journal as one of the top 50 places to work.
Mr. Nader is involved in a number of philanthropic, business and community organizations,
including the Inova Health System Foundation Board, where he is past chairman, and the
Inova Health System Board of Trustees. He is a member of Venture Philanthropy Partners,
The Economic Club of Washington, D.C., and the Young Presidents Organization, a Partner in
the Washington Nationals Baseball Club and a principal in SWaN Investors. He is a graduate
of John Carroll University and holds an MBA in finance from the Weatherhead School of
Management at Case Western Reserve University. Mr. Nader, his wife, Annette, and their three
children live in Northern Virginia.
Fredrick D. Schaufeld is managing director of SWaN Investors. SWaN has 20 widely
diversified investments, including growth oriented companies, domestic and international
real estate ventures and the Washington Nationals Baseball Club. Mr. Schaufeld is also founder
and chairman of NEW Customer Service Companies and vice chairman of its parent company,
NEW Asurion Corporation, the world’s leading consumer product protection administrator.
Mr. Schaufeld was a founder of the Service Contract Industry Council (SCIC) and with his wife,
Karen Schaufeld, authored its first model law, a derivation of which was adopted by most
states. Prior to founding NEW, Mr. Schaufeld worked in the live talent industry.
Mr. Schaufeld is active on a number of corporate and philanthropic boards, including
CustomInk.com; Loudoun Country Day School, where he is currently board chairman; Fight
For Children; One Voice Movement; and the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy.
He is a member of Venture Philanthropy Partners and the Young Presidents’ Organization. Mr.
Schaufeld is a graduate of Lehigh University and has three children.
Earl Stafford is the chairman and CEO of The Stafford Foundation, which is a faithbased,
nonprofit organization that supports more than 30 nonprofits that provide services
to the disadvantaged and underserved and helps them to improve their lives and become
self-reliant. The foundation created and funded The People’s Inaugural Project, which
brought hundreds of disadvantaged Americans from across the country to witness and
participate in the inauguration of President Obama. The foundation also established the
Doing Good campaign with Dr. Bill Cosby’s endorsement. The campaign is designed for
people who are seeking ways to help others become self-sufficient so that they may in turn
help others who are underserved. Mr. Stafford is the former chairman and CEO of UNITECH,
a technology solutions company that developed advance distributed training programs,
training simulation systems and homeland security solutions for the Federal Government.
Mr. Stafford enjoyed a distinguished career in the U.S. military, including serving as the
assistant Air Force liaison officer to the Federal Aviation Administration where he was
responsible for ensuring Department of Defense initiatives and programs which were
integrated into the FAA’s National Airspace System modernization effort. He currently serves
on the boards of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Drexel University, Wesley
Theological Seminary, Venture Philanthropy Partners and Business Executives for National
Security.
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), Mr. Stamas began
his career as a special counsel in the Enforcement Division of the Securities and 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.
Mr. 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.
Cliff White was a founding partner and the financial architect of NEW Customer Service
Companies Inc., the nation’s leading provider of extended-service plans and buyer-protection
programs for consumer products. Founded in 1983 with headquarters in Sterling, Va., NEW
provides award-winning post-sale consumer care for leading retailers, consumer service
providers, wireless carriers and financial services firms in the United States, Canada, China,
Japan, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
A graduate of Lehigh University, Mr. White started his career as a CPA with Deloitte Haskins
& Sells in New York City. There he was responsible for managing the field work on the Bank
of New York and Mitsubishi International Corporation audits. Currently he and two other
founding members of NEW are partners in SWaN Investors, a diversified private investment
fund with more than 20 investments, including the Washington Nationals Baseball Club.
He is active on the Board of the Community Foundation of Montgomery County, where
he and his wife, Debbie, have a family fund. Mr. White is also on the foundation’s Sharing
Montgomery Grants Committee and is a founder and co-chair of the foundation’s Neighbors
in Need Montgomery Fund, which assists those in the county who are in dire need of housing,
food and employment. The Whites also are donors in Venture Philanthropy Partners, an
innovative philanthropic organization that makes investments in high-performing nonprofit
organizations that serve children and youth of low-income families in the National Capital
region. In addition, Mr. White is the treasurer of St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in Bethesda,
Md.