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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.
Roger Mody is the founder and chairman of The Mody Foundation, whose
goal is to provide higher education, health-based and athletics funding for
economically disadvantaged inner-city children. Mody also is an associate
publisher of Inc. Magazine and has been featured on CNN. He is the former
chairman and CEO of SIGNAL Corporation, an information technology services
company supporting the Federal Government. SIGNAL achieved revenue of
$300 million in 2002 with 2,200 employees. Mody sold the company to Veridian
Corporation for $227 million in 2002.
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.
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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. He 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.
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. 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. 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.
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, Schaufeld worked
in the live talent industry.
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. Schaufeld is a graduate of
Lehigh University and has three children.
Earl Stafford is the chairman and CEO of The Stafford Foundation and The
Stafford Foundation is a faith-based, nonprofit organization that supports more
than 30 nonprofits that provide services to the disadvantaged and underserved
and help 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. 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.