Board of Directors

Officers

• Stuart F. Koenig ’73, chair

  Koenig is a seasoned executive with significant experience in real estate private equity, investment banking and finance. He is a retired senior partner and chief operating officer of the real estate division of Ares Management and served as chair of all of its real estate investment committees, including Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. (ACRE), a public mortgage real estate investment trust.

  Koenig recently served seven years as an independent director of a multibillion-dollar, NYSE-listed company. He has a 40-year work history of increasing responsibility and leadership, with the last 20 years in senior management roles of chief financial officer, chief administrative officer, and/or chief operating officer.

  He earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Binghamton University. He also has a Master of Business Administration in accounting from Baruch College.

• Tyrone E. Muse, vice chair

  Muse is president and CEO of Visions Federal Credit Union, a $4 billion financial institution based in Endicott/Endwell, N.Y. Prior to joining Visions in May 2013, Muse was chief financial officer of Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union based in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

  Muse has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry, including at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Goldman Sachs (controller at Archon Group — Real Estate Division) and GE Asset Management. He is also a certified public accountant.

  He has a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree in accounting and Master of Business Administration, all from Northeastern University.

• Jeffrey S. Tucker ’84, treasurer

  

  Tucker is a retired vice president of Booz & Co. (formerly Booz Allen and Hamilton), a global management consulting firm. Over his nearly 25-year career, Tucker worked with senior management across a range of industries on business, technology and operations strategy issues. For three years, he served as chief operating officer of the firm’s U.S. commercial business.

  Tucker serves on the board of trustees of The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J., and of the JCC of Northern New Jersey. He also serves as chair of the board of trustees for The Valley Medical Group. He was a member of the board of trustees of the Ad Council and a member of the Media Council of the Paley Center.

  He graduated from Binghamton University with a Bachelor of Science, with honors, in mathematics/computer science and economics. Tucker earned a Master of Business in finance and marketing in 1987 from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

• Anita J. Borkenstein ’86, secretary

  

  Borkenstein is co-founder and past president of Impact100 Westchester, a women’s collective giving organization engaging women in philanthropy and awarding transformational grants to local nonprofits.  

  Upon graduation from Binghamton in 1986, she started a career in operations and technology at Chemical Bank (now JPMorgan Chase). Since retiring from the bank in 2002, she has served on the boards of various community organizations, including as president and treasurer of the Edgemont Scholarship Council, which raises funds and grants scholarships to local students. She has also volunteered as a coach for underserved Yonkers, N.Y., high school students to ensure they were prepared for and applied to college. She has also been a guest lecturer at Binghamton's College of Community and Public Affairs.

  Borkenstein earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Binghamton and a Master of Business Administration from Fordham University.

Directors

• Steven H. Bloom ’78, LHD ’10

  Bloom is CEO of Bloom Family LLC. He has more than 30 years of experience in the investment management business. This includes founding and managing Sagamore Hill Capital Management LP, a multibillion-dollar hedge fund, and being one of five founding partners of Susquehanna Partners, an international proprietary trading firm. Before entering the investment field, he worked as an environmental scientist for several years.

  Bloom is actively involved with several philanthropic activities, including serving as a trustee at The New School.

  Bloom receiving a Bachelor of Arts in biological sciences and an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Binghamton University. He also has a Master of Public Health from the University of Michigan. He holds the chartered financial analyst (CFA) designation.

• Patty Bloomer

  Bloomer is president and founder of the Edward L. Rose Conservancy, a land trust organization doing business in Pennsylvania and New York. She retired as president of Binghamton Steel Erectors Inc.

  She has served on the boards of numerous organizations, including the board of the Binghamton Bearcats Athletic Association, having been a past president. She was an advisory board member of Binghamton University’s Decker School of Nursing.

  Bloomer serves in several capacities at Trinity Memorial Church in Binghamton, including past first woman warden of vestry, lector and Eucharistic minister, member of the finance committee, and chair of the investment committee.

• Andrew Bonzani ’86

  Bonzani is executive vice president, general counsel and secretary of the Interpublic Group of Companies Inc. (IPG) 

  Bonzani joined IPG in 2012 as general counsel and leader of IPG's legal team around the world, overseeing activities related to the traditional media, advertising and public relations business operations of IPG's agencies, acquisitions, trademarks, regulatory compliance, litigation, corporate governance, SEC reporting, compliance and human resources matters.

  Prior to joining IPG, Bonzani served for 18 years in the IBM legal department, most recently as vice president, assistant general counsel and secretary, responsible for the corporate secretary group, the corporate and securities functions, the human resources legal group and the global customer financing attorneys. Bonzani began his career with Willkie Farr & Gallagher in New York, specializing in corporate and securities matters and mergers and acquisitions.

  Bonzani holds a JD from St. John's University School of Law, where he served on the law review. He is a member of the Harpur College Law Council of Binghamton University.

• John M. Carrigg, MBA ’83

  Carrigg is president and CEO of United Health Services, a $1 billion regional healthcare delivery system of healthcare providers and supporting organizations primarily serving New York’s Southern Tier and surrounding areas. As the largest healthcare system and private employer in Greater Binghamton, UHS has about 6,500 employees and serves over 600,000 residents.   

  Carrigg serves on the boards of multiple organizations, including as an advisory board member for Binghamton University's Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science.

  His bachelor's degree is from St. Andrews College in Laurinburg, N.C.

• Cathleen M. Ellsworth ’86

  Ellsworth is a partner of private investment firm Lindsay Goldberg. She leads the firm's capital raising and investor relations efforts.  

  Ellsworth was previously managing director, head of fundraising and investor relations and co-head of GEPIF Co-Investments and Capital Formation at BlackRock.

  Ellsworth has more than 35 years of capital raising, fund formation and strategy, investor relations, and marketing and communications experience.

  Prior to joining BlackRock in 2017, she was a managing director, partner and chief marketing officer at First Reserve, a leading global private equity investment firm, where she was responsible for the fundraising, investor relations and co-investment programs for both the energy private equity and energy infrastructure funds.

  Before joining First Reserve in 1990, Ellsworth was an executive in the marketing group at MacKay-Shields Financial Corp. Prior to that, she spent several years with Chemical Bank, primarily working in the marketing area of The Chemical Investment Group and its related entities.
  
  Ellsworth earned an associate degree from Bradford College, a bachelor's degree in management from Binghamton and an MBA from Fordham University.

• Karen M. Feuer ’87

  Feuer is chief of staff to the president of S&P Global Ratings. She also manages employee engagement and recognition and prepares presentations and other materials for board meetings, investor conferences and town halls. She is a member of the operating committee. Feuer joined S&P Global Ratings in 2003 as vice president, strategic planning. 

  Prior to joining S&P Global, Feuer worked in product management and product development at both startups and large companies, including TheStreet, Intralinks, Express Scripts and JPMorgan Chase & Co.

  Feuer's bachelor's degree from Binghamton is in biological sciences. She also has a Master of Business Administration in marketing and international business from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business and a Master of Science in communication from Northwestern University. 

  Feuer has been a member of the Harpur College Advocacy Council since 2021 and an alumni admissions volunteer since 2018. She is also a mentor with American Corporate Partners, whose mentoring program connects post-9/11 veterans with corporate professionals for yearlong, customized mentorships, and a volunteer judge with the SIFMA Foundation’s InvestWrite, a national writing competition for students in fourth through 12th grade. 

• Judith Garczynski Fleishman ’90

  Fleishman, a psychologist, has researched the effects of competition and competence feedback on intrinsic motivation and quality of performance. She was an adjunct professor at Adelphi University for eight years and is a former consultant for the Westchester Institute for Human Development.

  Fleishman graduated from Binghamton University with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology. She earned a Master of Arts and doctorate, both in psychology, from Adelphi University.

• Kenneth A. Goldblatt ’87

  Goldblatt is chief investment officer and portfolio manager at S Squared Technology, a hedge fund that invests in small and mid-sized technology companies. He is responsible for portfolio and risk management as well as the firm’s research process and strategic direction.

  Before joining S Squared in 1993, he was an investment banking associate at Oppenheimer & Co. from 1992 to 1993. From 1987 to 1990, after graduating from Binghamton University with a Bachelor of Science in computer science (with honors), he was a software engineer at American Management Systems, an IT consulting firm.

  Goldblatt is a member of the NY Metro Advisory Board for the University's Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science. He is also on the Board of Friends of Ofanim, a charitable organization that supports educational enrichment in the STEM fields for children in remote areas of Israel.

  He has a Master of Business Administration in finance (with distinction) from New York University Stern School of Business.

• Abby R. Goldstein ’94
• Mitchell S. Goldstein ’89

  Goldstein is a partner and co-head of the Ares Credit Group and a member of the management committee of Ares Management. He additionally serves as co-president of ARCC and vice president and interested trustee of CION Ares Diversified Credit Fund.

  He is a member of the Ares Credit Group's U.S. direct lending and commercial finance investment committees and the Ivy Hill Asset Management investment committee.

  Prior to joining Ares Management in May 2005, Goldstein was a managing director in the Financial Sponsors Group at Credit Suisse First Boston. At CSFB, Goldstein was responsible for providing investment banking services to private equity funds and hedge funds with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and restructurings as well as capital raisings, including high yield, bank debt, mezzanine debt, and initial public offerings.

  Goldstein graduated summa cum laude from Binghamton with a Bachelor of Science in accounting. He earned a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business.

  He received the Binghamton University Alumni Association's Glenn G. Bartle Distinguished Alumnus(a) Award in 2020.

• Joseph W. Haleski ’88

  Haleski is president of the Haleski Foundation and serves on the board of the Conductive Education Center of Orlando (CECO).

  He was chief operating officer and managing director of Duquesne Capital Management LLC, a hedge fund investment management company, for 14 years before retiring from the business in 2011.  

  He began his Wall Street career in 1988 working for various firms such as Pershing, Barclays, and Arnhold & S. Bleichroeder before becoming the head of operations at Rand International Securities in 1995.

  Shortly after retirement in 2011, Haleski became the owner and chairman of the Orlando Solar Bears, a minor league professional hockey team, before selling the franchise in 2017.

  Haleski graduated from Binghamton University with a bachelor’s degree in economics.

• Donald E. Hall

  Hall joined Binghamton as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs in 2022. As the University's chief academic officer, Hall administers all academic programs at Binghamton and provides leadership for undergraduate- and graduate-student recruitment and admissions, curriculum and academic program development, faculty recruitment and retention, and international programs. 

  Working with the deans, he provides overall leadership in the advancement of Binghamton's academic plan, development and strengthening of programs, and support for faculty in their contributions to the University's instructional, research and outreach missions.

  Before Binghamton, Hall was dean of the faculty of arts, sciences and engineering at the University of Rochester and held a previous position as dean of arts and sciences at Lehigh University.

• Eric L. Hausler ’92

  Hausler is president and CEO of Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment Inc., a diversified gaming, sports wagering, horseracing and real estate company.

  Until January 2020, he was a board member of VICI Properties Inc., an owner, acquirer and developer of experiential real estate assets across gaming, hospitality, entertainment and leisure destinations. 

  Hausler also has held the positions of CEO of Isle of Capri Casinos Inc., senior vice president of development for Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc., and managing director in fixed income research for Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., among other roles.

  His bachelor's degree from Binghamton is in English and rhetoric. He also has a Master of Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).

• Keith L. Horn ’80

  Horn is the managing member of Loring Capital Advisors, an investment advisory firm he founded in 2016.

  Prior to that, he was chief operating officer of Elliott Management Corp., a global hedge fund, for 12 years. Prior to joining Elliott, Horn worked as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch for 16 years and served in various management capacities, among them, global head of leveraged finance, head of Latin America debt and chief of staff to the chair and president. He was also a managing director in high yield finance and investment banking. Before joining Merrill Lynch, Horn practiced corporate and securities law.

  Horn is a member of the Binghamton University Foundation’s investment committee and a former chair of the Binghamton University Parent Fund Committee.

  He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Binghamton University, earning a Bachelor of Arts with highest honors in both economics and political science. He has a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center and graduated cum laude.

• Alex Huppé ’69

  Huppé graduated with honors from Binghamton University with a bachelor's degree in English. He earned a master's degree in English from the University of Virginia, where he completed his doctoral coursework before beginning a career as a college instructor and later as a public relations executive.

  He has taught at community colleges in North Carolina and Virginia, and at Boston University and the University of Virginia. He also served as assistant dean for external programs at Boston University's College of Communication. In 1985, he was appointed principal public relations and public information officer at Dartmouth College. He joined Harvard University in 1995 as its director of public affairs. He remains active in consulting and in philanthropic activities.

  Huppé serves on Binghamton University’s Harpur College Advisory Council. His father, Distinguished Professor Bernard F. Huppé, was one of the college's founding faculty members and a leading scholar of medieval literature who helped design and champion Harpur's liberal arts curriculum.

• Michael G. Kerner ’86
• Charles M. Kim ’98

  Kim is principal and founder of Alpine Group USVI LLC, holding company of the Alpine group of companies. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in management and finance from Binghamton University, Kim worked at Alliance Capital as a portfolio management analyst. He then moved into the field of equity trading with First New York Securities.

  In 2004, Kim started Alpine Securities Group, a trading firm in New York. In 2008, he moved the company's headquarters to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, where he eventually founded Alpine Group as the parent holding company of the Alpine entities.

  Kim was a founding member of Junior Achievement of the Virgin Islands and is involved in numerous other community and charitable events and organizations.

• John C. Koch

  Koch, an ex-officio member of the Binghamton University Foundation board, is Binghamton University's vice president for advancement. 

  He leads alumni relations, the major and annual giving programs and the operational elements of the Division of Advancement. He works closely with advancement staff, faculty, volunteers and University leaders to strengthen and support alumni engagement and enhance philanthropic giving to benefit the University.

  Koch previously led a team of development officers who worked as liaisons between the Foundation and their respective academic units, including Harpur College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Management, and Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science.  

  Prior to joining the University, Koch was a regional manager for business banking at Citizens Bank in Binghamton.

  Koch has a bachelor's degree in marketing from the State University of New York at Geneseo (SUNY Geneseo).

• Elizabeth M. Koffman

  Koffman worked for a real estate development company in San Francisco for many years before moving back to the East Coast. She then worked for a sportswear company selling high-end goods to the resort market. For more than 20 years, she has been an entrepreneur, early-stage private investor, angel investor and real estate developer.

  Koffman is an active community volunteer and philanthropist. She is a board member of the Koffman Southern Tier Incubator and an advisor to the Lesbian and Gay Family Building Project. She also donates her time to the Binghamton Local Development Corp.

  She received her doctorate in 2008 from the California Institute of Integral Studies.

• Dr. Bai O. Lee

  Lee retired as president of Lee Health Care and senior attending gynecologist at United Health Services and Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital.

  Lee completed his post-graduate training and fellowship at New York Medical College. He was director of the Perinatal Center at United Health Services in 1972 and became a partner at the Southern Tier Ob-Gyn Group in 1975. In 2000, Lee established the Lee and Yum Foundation for charity and education.

• Mitchell J. Lieberman ’80

  Lieberman began his career at Goldman Sachs in 1980, in global operations. He moved to the equities division in 1992 as head of prime brokerage, and in 1997, became a managing director. He was named co-chief operating officer of Goldman’s Global Securities Services in 1999. Lieberman retired from Goldman in February 2010.

  He serves as a board member for Goldman Sachs Trust Co. and Goldman Sachs Cayman Trust. He is also on the board for The Options Clearing Corp. and is a board member of Hedge Fund Cares, a nonprofit that raises money for abused children.

  Lieberman is a member of the Binghamton University Foundation board’s investment committee and the Harpur College Advisory Board.

  He graduated from Binghamton University with bachelor's degrees in political science and biological sciences.

• Jessica E. Lorden ’83

  Lorden is executive director of Congregation Kol Ami, a reform synagogue in White Plains, N.Y. She assumed this role after retiring from IBM Corp., having served in the IBM law department for more than 25 years. In her last role with IBM, Lorden was vice president and associate general counsel of IBM Sales and Distribution. Before joining IBM, Lorden was an associate with Brown & Wood in New York City and served as a law clerk to Chief Justice James G. Exum Jr. of the North Carolina Supreme Court.

  She joined the Harpur College Dean’s Advocacy Council in 2009 and serves as vice chair. Also in 2009, she became an adjunct instructor for Harpur College and annually teaches a mid-winter pre-law seminar.

  Lorden graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and business management from Binghamton University. She received her Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law in 1986. She is a member of the New York state, North Carolina and District of Columbia bar associations.

• Geraldine MacDonald ’68, MS ’73, LittD ’17

  MacDonald is an independent consultant specializing in executive management, internet startups and wireless applications, as well as litigation support for internet related tax cases and patent disputes.

  Previously, MacDonald was a senior vice president at America Online Inc., overseeing the construction and expansion of AOL’s access networks, using narrowband and broadband technologies.

  Before joining America Online, MacDonald was responsible for computing and networking at Binghamton University. She steered the transitions from mainframe computers to mini computers, work stations and personal computers. She was instrumental in the initial construction of the computer pods on campus and the smart classrooms.

  MacDonald's degrees from Binghamton include a bachelor's in psychology, master's in advanced technology and an honorary Doctor of Letters. 

  She received the Binghamton University Alumni Association’s Glenn G. Bartle Distinguished Alumni Award in 2014.

• Carolyn M. Mancini

  Mancini is president and owner of OGGI Concrete Forms & Accessories Inc. in Endicott, N.Y. 

  She is also president and owner of CMM Advertising Inc., a company in Endicott, N.Y., that produces message-on-hold telephone services for clients throughout the eastern United States and Canada.

  Mancini is the risk management officer for Andrew R. Mancini Associates Inc., a general construction firm in Endicott, N.Y., and serves as an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 30-hour safety representative for the company.

  She has her bachelor’s degree in public relations from Marywood College (presently Marywood University).

• Kim Myers
• Dr. Michael N. Needle ’81

  Needle has been chief medical officer of Aveo Oncology since January 2015. He is responsible for the clinical development and regulatory interactions of all Aveo drug candidates. Before joining Aveo, he held a similar position at Array Biopharma. His career has included positions as vice president of pediatric strategy at Celgene Corp.; vice president of clinical affairs at ImClone Systems; and director of oncology clinical research at G.D. Searle, a Monsanto company.

  Needle has been an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of New York and the Columbia University Medical Center. He also was an assistant professor of pediatrics and neurology at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. He is the author or co-author of 50 peer-reviewed publications, review articles and book chapters.

  Needle received a Bachelor of Arts in physics from Binghamton University and a Doctor of Medicine from the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center. He performed his residency in pediatrics at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn, N.Y., and his pediatric hematology/oncology fellowship at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle and the University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.

• Albert Nocciolino

  Tony Award winner Nocciolino serves as president and CEO of NAC Entertainment Ltd., a company based and founded in Binghamton. The entertainment and theatrical company specializes in the presentation of National Touring Broadway shows in New York (Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Binghamton, Elmira, Utica, Albany) and Pennsylvania (Scranton and Erie).

  In addition to directing the Broadway subscription seasons in these cities, Nocciolino also produces and co-produces Broadway shows on Broadway and national touring shows across the country.

  Nocciolino has been a Tony Award voting member since 1982. He serves as co-chair of the Intra-Industry/Road Presenters Committee and as vice chair of the road of The Broadway League (the national trade association for the Broadway industry). He is a founding member and chair of the National Touring Theatre Council and a founding member and past president of the Independent Presenters Network (IPN).

  Nocciolino serves on numerous community boards and is president of Broome County Community Charities. He has served on the boards of the Binghamton University Council, Binghamton Summer Music Festival and Binghamton Local Development Board. 

  He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

• James W. Orband ’81

  Orband has been managing partner of Hinman, Howard & Kattell LLP since 1999. His practice focuses on banking, construction, corporate law and estate planning. He is admitted to practice law in New York, Pennsylvania, Florida, the District of Columbia and United States Tax Court. Orband is also a principal, director and corporate secretary of SureScan Corp., which develops explosive-detection technology, including baggage screening systems, for the homeland security marketplace.

  He is a member of the Binghamton University Council; a trustee of SUNY Broome Community College; and serves on the board of directors for numerous organizations, including Catholic Charities of Broome County Inc., the Lourdes Hospital Foundation, Spiedie Fest/Balloon Rally Inc. and Security Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.

  He graduated magna cum laude from Binghamton University with a Bachelor of Arts in history and received his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Albany Law School of Union University in 1984.

• Harvey G. Stenger

  Stenger, an ex-officio member of the Binghamton University Foundation board, has been president of Binghamton University since November 2011. He previously served as interim provost at the University at Buffalo, where he had been dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences since 2006.

  Before joining the administration at UB, Stenger was a professor at Lehigh University's College of Engineering and Applied Science, where he also served as dean for six years and served terms as co-chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering and director of the Environmental Studies Center.

  He earned his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Cornell University and his doctorate in the same discipline from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

• Michael D. Timmeny ’73

  Timmeny is senior vice president and chief government strategy officer for Cisco. He manages a global team charged with advancing issues that support Cisco’s corporate and technology policy agenda worldwide. This includes shaping policies that foster innovation and digital technologies, protecting global competitiveness, avoiding intrusive regulations, promoting broadband adoption and building trusted relationships with policymakers throughout the world.

  Timmeny also oversees Cisco’s Country Digital Acceleration (CDA) team, which partners with federal and state governments worldwide to accelerate their national digitization agendas and deliver beneficial services to their citizens faster and more effectively.

  Prior to joining Cisco, Timmeny spent 21 years on Capitol Hill in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He served as chief of staff to five members of Congress. He also served as vice president of policy for the American Electronics Association.

• Cara R. Treidel ’16

  Treidel, an ex-officio member of the Foundation board, is president of the Alumni Association board. She has been chair of the BOLD/FAN committee and liaison to the BOLD Leadership Council.

  As a student, she was highly involved in President Harvey Stenger’s Road Map Committee as a consulting intern, overseeing the Road Map Student Task Force and assisting with the progress of each strategic priority. In addition, she was a resident assistant in College-in-the-Woods and was an active member of the Alpha Kappa Psi professional business fraternity.

• Paul R. Turovsky ’73, LHD ’12

  Turovsky is a founding principal of True North Management Group, a privately held real estate investment management firm founded in 2004 and headquartered in White Plains, N.Y. The firm manages more than $1.4 billion in real estate for institutional investors and is investing its third high-yield investment fund. Until the end of 2003, Turovsky was a managing director of Deutsche Bank Securities and fund manager for DB Real Estate’s Mezzanine Investment Funds.

  Turovsky chaired Bold.Brilliant.Binghamton — The Campaign for Binghamton University, which surpassed its original $95 million goal and subsequent $100 million goal to raise more than $101.2 million.

  As an undergraduate, he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in history and honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Binghamton University. He also has a master’s degree (1975) and doctorate (1980), both in Latin American history, from UCLA.

   
• Howard D. Unger ’82, LHD ’19

  Unger is the founding partner of Saw Mill Capital LLC, a private equity firm that acquires manufacturing and service companies. Before founding Saw Mill in 1997, Unger was a founding partner of Chase Capital, Chase Manhattan Bank’s private equity investing group, which specialized in middle-market acquisitions, recapitalizations and growth investments.

  Prior to forming Chase Capital, Unger was a managing director in Chase’s Merchant Banking Group, providing equity as well as senior and subordinated debt to leveraged transactions. His professional career began in 1983 with the Leveraged Capital Group of Citibank, providing debt financing for leveraged transactions.

  Unger is a presidentially-appointed Council Member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and a member of the Museum’s Committee on Conscience, fighting for the prevention of modern genocide. He is also a board member of The Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation.

  His degrees from Binghamton University include a Bachelor of Science in accounting and an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters. He also earned an MBA from the University of Chicago.

• Katherine E. Wanner ’89

  Wanner is a founding partner of Fairway Capital Management. She served as an operating partner and advisor at Abundant Venture Partners from 2016 to 2020.

  Wanner spent 22 years at Adams Street Partners, a global private markets investment management firm and its predecessor organizations, where she made more than 100 primary and secondary investments in venture capital, growth and buyout funds around the world. Wanner managed the U.S. primary investment team and oversaw deployment of client’s capital into U.S. primary investments, annually totaling between $800 and $1 billion into over 20 funds. She served on the firm’s global primary investment committee, which was responsible for sourcing, analyzing and monitoring investments in private equity partnerships, implementing strategy and approving all global primary fund investments.

  Before joining the Adams Street Partners Private Equity Group in 1998, she was at Brinson Partners for five years and served in various roles within the finance, communications and business development groups where she was responsible for the revenue cycle, statistical analysis and market research.

  Wanner received a Bachelor of Science in finance from Binghamton University and a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

• Mark A. Zurack ’78, LHD ’03

  Zurack teaches Capital Markets and Investments and Equity Derivatives at Columbia Business School.

  Prior to joining the faculty at Columbia University, Zurack worked at Goldman Sachs for 18 years. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1983 and started the equity derivatives research group. He later assumed a broader leadership role in equity derivatives, co-managing the product in both North America and Asia and leading the effort to cross-market equity derivatives products to high net worth individuals. He became a partner in 1994 and a managing director in 1996. Between 1998 and 2001, Zurack served on the board of directors at the Chicago Board Options Exchange.

  He earned a Bachelor of Science and honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Binghamton University, as well as a Master of Business Administration from Cornell University. He also holds the chartered financial analyst (CFA) credential.