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The Club's Board of Directors
Directors have a fiduciary responsibility to oversee the proper management of the Club. Board members are expected to regularly attend and provide leadership at monthly Management Meetings and quarterly Board Meetings, learn about Club activities, attend Club events, and review the financial performance of the Club. Directors receive no compensation for their services, however, Directors are eligible to attend most Club events at no charge.
Directors are elected to serve a term of two years. Our Board of Directors is comprised of two groups of directors. Approximately half of the Board positions are voted on each year at the Club's annual meeting. Candidates for Board positions are selected from Club members who have been actively involved in the operation of the Club over a period of time and who are graduates of Columbia Business School. Directors are required to maintain their membership during the term of their directorship.
The current directors of the Columbia Business School Alumni Club of New York are: Bruce Crawford, CBS '86 (Second Term: June 2010 - May 2012. Director since June 2008.)  Craig C. Evans, CBS '81 (Third Term: June 2009 - May 2011. Director since June 2005.)
Craig is Senior Managing Director & Head of Institutional Investment Sales, at Cassidy Turley in New York City. He has been active in real estate investment and brokerage since 1981. Craig has completed single asset and portfolio transactions totaling over $2 billion of properties across the United States. He is an authority in office property markets, and is frequently quoted in business journals. Craig is active in the real estate industry as a full member of the Urban Land Institute, a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, a member of the Real Estate Board of New York serving on the sales brokers committee, and a member of the Commercial Investment Real Estate Institute of the National Association of Realtors. He also serves on the Development Committee of the Waveny Care Network in New Canaan Connecticut and the Parents Committee of Harvard University.
Craig received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Rochester, a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia University and holds the CCIM designation. He initially became involved with the Club's Real Estate Committee and is now co-chair of the Real Estate Committee and a Director of the Club.
 Deborah Sanders, CBS '91 (Second Term: June 2010 - May 2012. Director since June 2008.)
Deborah Sanders, class of 91 is on the faculty in the Department of Economics and Business at Lehman College. Her prior work with CBSACNY include co-chairing the ventures committee. Her interests include entrepreneurship and economic development.
Stacy Gilstrap, CBS '04 (Second Term: June 2010 - May 2012. Director since June 2008.)
 Stephane Goldsand, CBS '01 (Second Term: June 2009 - May 2011. Director since June 2007.)
Stephane is an experienced strategy and business development professional with a focus on digital media and entertainment. He has led online strategy and process reengineering initiatives for global media firms and financial services groups. Stephane has worked as a management consultant in New York for Capgemini, Mitchell Madison Group, and independently. Previously, he worked in Mexico City and Paris on banking, marketing and communcations engagements. Stephane holds an MBA degree from Columbia Business School and a BA in International Relations and Economics from the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM). He has been actively involved in the CBSACNY since 2005 and is the Co-Chair of the Media & Entertainment Committee.
 Frank Graziano, CBS '82 (Second Term: June 2010 - May 2012. Director since June 2008.)
As Chairman of the Private Equity Committee since 2006, Frank Graziano leads a team of volunteers committed to organizing informative and stimulating programs on important topics of interest to Columbia Business School alumni and other professionals in and on the periphery of the private equity industry. Over the past year, the Private Equity Committee has made a special effort to work closely with the Private Equity Program at Columbia Business School to ensure bigger and higher quality events and to burnish the reputation and brand of the school and alumni club in this field, all for the benefit of our students and alumni. “I have always had an interest in this industry, at one time founding a private equity fund and later buying and running a company on my own. When I joined the CBSAC/NY after a lapse of many years, I decided to get actively involved instead of just remaining a member. The many opportunities to develop professional contacts, as well as to keep connected with my CBS colleagues and make new friends have been lots of fun and very rewarding. There are so many ways to help make our club a better career and professional resource for alumni that I encourage all of you in the NYC area to make an effort to not only join, but get involved.” Frank currently runs the East Coast office of Core Capital Group (http://www.corecapital.net/about.html) where he is a Managing Director. Core Capital is a boutique investment banking firm focused on middle-market mergers and acquisitions in the information technology sector. Previously, he was a Senior Vice President at EasyLink Services Corporation, holding leadership positions in various functional areas including strategic planning, marketing, and corporate development. In the latter capacity he completed over two dozen global (U.S., U.K., India, China) merger, acquisition, divestiture and strategic investment transactions in the areas of Internet infrastructure, software, and technology-enabled services, and helped manage the sale of EasyLink to a strategic buyer backed by a private equity sponsor. As Managing Director at Core Capital Group, Frank provides clients with the benefits of his unique blend of financial and operating experience, expertise in all phases of the M&A process including domestic and cross-border transactions, and deep understanding of the information technology sector. Frank holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School and a B.S. in Chemistry/Business from the University of Scranton where he graduated summa cum laude. He is a life-long outdoor sports and fitness enthusiast, and is currently learning (with great effort) to play the guitar.
 Penny Hammond, CBS '02 (Third Term: June 2009 - May 2011. Director since June 2005.)
Penny is an entrepreneur.
Penny has a BSc from University College, London, and graduated from Columbia Business School in 2002. She has volunteered for CBSAC/NY since 2003. As chair of the Membership committee from 2004-2005, she brought the membership to a new record high. She is currently working on club governance, policies and procedures.
 Dan McCarthy, CBS '87 (Third Term: June 2009 - May 2011. Director since June 2006.)
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Joe Pucci, CBS '05 (First Term: June 2009 - May 2011. Director since June 2009.)
Mr. Pucci is an advisor in the New York office of Bernstein Global Wealth Management. He advises affluent individuals, families and institutions, as well as their respective trusts, estates, foundations, endowments and pension plans. Mr. Pucci, in conjunction with Bernstein’s Wealth Management Group, works closely with his clients’ trusted tax and legal advisors on all matters, including tax and estate planning, concentrated stock positions and the sale of privately held businesses. Prior to joining Bernstein, Mr. Pucci worked in financial services for sixteen years with GE Capital and Prudential Financial. As a senior executive, his responsibilities included strategic planning, financial management, business development, and operations. During his tenure, he also had responsibility for launching six new business ventures. Mr. Pucci earned a BS in Business Administration & Finance from the University of Colorado, Boulder and was awarded an MBA with distinction from Columbia Business School. Mr. Pucci lives in Westport, CT with his wife and two children. He enjoys triathlons, golf, jazz music, and leading or coaching his children’s activities. He also serves as Membership Chair for the Columbia Business School Alumni Club of NY and recently completed a 3-year term as Chair of the Endowment Committee for the Unitarian Church of Westport.
 Edward Rashba, CBS '04 (Second Term: June 2010 - May 2012. Director since June 2008.)
Edward Rashba is currently a Director at the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), where he launches new lines of business that leverage IEEE's portfolio of technology standards, create new revenue streams, and drive brand awareness. Prior to joining IEEE, Edward established a consulting firm that focused on technology and sell-side advisory opportunities in Central and Eastern Europe. He also founded one of the leading telecommunications providers in Austria. Mr. Rashba has a BA degree from SUNY Binghamton and and MBA from Columbia University. Mary Reilly, CBS '93 (First Term: June 2009 - May 2011. Director since June 2009.)  Rafael Rodas, CBS '05 (Second Term: June 2009 - May 2011. Director since June 2007.)
Mr. Rodas is co-founder and Managing Director at The ROCI Group LLC, a marketing company that manages proprietary brands of household products focusing on the U.S. Hispanic and Latin American markets.
Prior to founding The ROCI Group, Mr. Rodas worked as a management consultant in supply chain and operations strategy for manufacturing companies across several industries, including consumer packaged goods.
Mr. Rodas holds a BS in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Rutgers University, and an MBA from Columbia Business School. He first became involved in the club as co-chair of the Social committee between 2005-2007 and became a director in 2008
 Christine B. Whittemore, CBS’93 (Second term: June 2010 – May 2012. Director since June 2009.)
Christine is Chief Simplifier of Simple Marketing Now LLC, [http://SimpleMarketingNow.com] a marketing communications consultancy that provides organizations with a bridge from traditional marketing to new and digital tools to improve the customer experience and build brand. Formerly Director of In-Store Innovation for Solutia's Wear-Dated carpet fiber, she has been active in the Columbia Business School Alumni Club of New York’s Membership Committee since 2002 and as Chairwoman of the Greeters Subcommittee since 2004.
An active social media enthusiast, Christine established her marketing blog, Flooring The Consumer [http://FlooringTheConsumer.Blogspot.com] about the customer retail experience, marketing to women and social media marketing in June 2006 after attending a Columbia Business School marketing innovation conference. It is listed in the AdAge Power 150. She also writes about practical and simple marketing in the Simple Marketing Blog [http://SimpleMarketingBlog.com].
Christine graduated from Columbia Business School in 1993 with a degree in Marketing; she received a BA in Art History from Smith College and lives in Kinnelon, NJ, which she writes about in The Smoke Rise Blog [http://SmokeRise-nj.blogspot.com].
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