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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), 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.
Cliff White was a founding partner and the financial architect of NEW
Customer Service Companies Inc., the nation’s leading provider of extendedservice
plans and buyer-protection programs for consumer products. Founded
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in 1983 with headquarters in Sterling, Va., NEW provides award-winning postsale
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, 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 along with 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. White is also on
the foundation’s Sharing Montgomery Grants Committee and a founder and
co-chair of the foundation’s Neighbors in Need Montgomery Fund (a fund
established in response to the current economic downturn focused on helping
those in the county 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, White is the treasurer of St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in
Bethesda, Md.