BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Robert S. Azeke is a Managing Director at Parish Capital Advisors, LLP. Previously, he worked at The Sunday Group, Compass Partners LLC, Lazard Freres LLC, Goldman Sachs and Gold Coast Securities. He received a B.A. from the University of North Carolina and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.

Ken Blacklow is a Partner at The Cue Group. Previously worked at Management Leadership for Tomorrow, HealthFirst, Inc., NBA Japan, The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey and Massachusetts State Senate. He received an A.B. from Harvard College and an M.P.A. from Columbia University.

Eunu Chun is a Partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College, and received his J.D. from Columbia University School of Law.

Sherrese Clarke is a Vice President at CIT. Previously, she worked at GE Capital and Morgan Stanley. She received her B.S. in Finance from Georgetown University and her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Charles Corpening is Chairman and Founder of Joshua Partners, a private equity firm organized to acquire attractive companies in the lower middle-market. Previously, he was a Partner in the Industrial Group of Citicorp Venture Capital Equity Partners and Court Square Capital Equity Partners. He also worked at The Rockefeller Group, Roundtree Capital and PaineWebber. He is a graduate of Princeton, and holds an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School.

Chawane Floyd is a Supply Chain Consultant at UPS. Previously, he worked at G&P Trucking, Science & Engineering Library and Honor & Ethic Seminar. He received a B.A. from the University of Virginia.

James E. Francis is the Founder and CEO of Paradigm Asset Management. Previously, he worked at Oppenheimer & Company, Shearson Lehman Hutton and IBM Corporation. He received his B.A. from Morehouse College.

Matt HoganBruen is a Managing Director of Banc of America Capital Access Funds. Previously, he spent two years as a legislative aide for a Member of Congress in Washington, D.C. who represented Flint, Michigan. He received a BA in Political Science from the University of Michigan, an MA from the University of Chicago, and an MBA from Oxford University in England.

Maryana Iskander is Chief Operating Officer of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Previously, she served as Adviser to the President of Rice University. She earned a B.A. magna cum laude from Rice University, an M.Sc. from Oxford University (while a Rhodes scholar), and a J.D. from Yale Law School.

Kevin Jordan is a Managing Director in the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group (UIG). He graduated magna cum laude from the College of the Holy Cross.

Cheryl Joyner is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of HAVEN MediaGroup. Previously, she worked at Live Nation, Jazz at Lincoln Center and as a key marketing executive for major recording labels Universal Music Group, Sony Music and Warner Bros. Records. She earned degrees at Williams College and Harvard Business School.

Sekou Kaalund is a Managing Director and global head of Private Equity Fund Services (PEFS) Business Development for JPMorgan Worldwide Securities Services. Previously held a number of leadership positions at Citigroup. He received a B.A. from Hampden-Sydney College, where he was a merit scholar, and an M.P.P from Duke University, where he was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and a Donnelly Foundation Fellow.

Craig Livingston is a Managing Partner at Exact Capital. Previously, he worked at Goldman Sachs, Booz Allen & Hamilton and Merrill Lynch. He received his B.S. with a major in Finance from the University of Connecticut and an M.B.A. in Finance and Strategic Management from Columbia Business School.

Brian Mathis is a Managing Partner of Provident Group Asset Management, LLC. Previously, he worked at Advent Capital Management, LLC, Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company, LLC, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. He received a BBA from the University of Michigan Business School and a J.D./M.P.A. from Harvard Law School.

Tosa Ogbomo is a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs. Previously, he was a director in the M&A Group at Merrill Lynch. He received an MSc in Finance (high distinction) from Bentley College in 1993 and an MBA from Harvard University Business School in 1997.

Lawrence E. Penn III is a Managing Director at The Camelot Group International. Previously, he worked at Lazard Freres, JP Morgan, New York State Comptroller and United States Army. He received his B.S. from the United States Military Academy, an M.S. and an M.A from the University of Maryland European Division and an MBA from Columbia University. Mr. Penn is currently serving as the Vice-Chairman of CUP.

Jacques-Philippe Piverger is a Principal Investor at AIG Investments. Previously, he was a Founder and Senior Partner of The Soleil Group as well as an investment professional at Barclays Capital and Friedman Billings Ramsey. He received a B.S. in finance from Georgetown University and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth where he was a Private Equity Research Fellow.

John B. Rhea is Chairman of the New York City Housing Authority. He is a former Managing Director at Barclays. Previously, he worked at JP Morgan Chase, Pepsico Inc., Boston Consulting Group, and Painewebber, Inc. He received a B.A. from Wesleyan University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Tarrus L. Richardson is a Co-Founder and Managing Director of ICV Capital Partners. ICV Capital is a $440 million private equity fund seeking to buy companies with sales ranging from $25 million to $150 million. Previously, he worked at Joseph Littlejohn & Levy, Gold Coast Securities, and Salomon Smith Barney. He received a B.S. from Purdue University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Mr. Richardson is currently serving as the Chairman of CUP.

Kristen Rodriguez is a Managing Director at Cambridge Capital Advisors, LLC. Previously, she was Head of Barclays Capital's CMBS, Structured Finance Group. Prior to Barclays Capital, she worked at Credit Suisse, GMAC Commercial Mortgage, the Philadelphia City Planning Commission, the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation and the Central Philadelphia Development Corporation. She received a B.A from the University of Pennsylvania and received a Masters in City and Regional Planning with a concentration in Real Estate Finance, Law and Development from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania's Law School and the School of Architecture and Landscape Design.

Janet Rollé is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of BET Networks. Previously, she served as Vice President and General Manager of AOL Black Voices and AOL women’s and Lifestyle Programming from 2005 to 2007. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in dance from the State University of New York, college at Purchase, and received an MBA with a special dual concentration in marketing and film from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business.

Beatrice O. Sibblies is the Founder and Principal of BOS Development. Previously, she worked at the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, J.P. Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley & Co. She received her B.A. from Yale University and M.B.A. from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Adaora Udoji was most recently Host of the National Public Radio show "The Takeaway". She is a former Foreign Correspondent at ABC news and Anchor at CourtTV. She earned her B.A. in Political Science and Sociology from the University of Michigan and J.D. from UCLA School of Law.

Chrystal Stokes Williams is a Director at American Express Company, a leading global payments and travel company. Previously, she worked at J.P. Morgan Partners, Granite Broadcasting Corporation and Goldman, Sachs & Co. She received her B.A. from Spelman College and her MBA from Harvard Business School.

Whitney Tilson is the Founder and Managing Director of T2 Partners LLC and the Tilson Mutual Funds. Previously, he was Executive Director of the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City. He received his B.A in Government from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Kelly Williams is a Managing Director and Co-Head of the Customized Fund Investment Group at Credit Suisse. Previously, she worked at Prudential and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP. She graduated magna cum laude from Union College and earned a J.D. from New York University School of Law.

Joanne Yoo is a Founder of the Council of Urban Professionals and currently serves on the Executive Board. She received degrees from the University of Virginia, Harvard, and Columbia.