<p>Eric Young was a co-founder of Canaan Partners and has served as a General Partner since its inception. At Canaan, Young has concentrated on opportunities in communications systems and enterprise automation, having led its investments in Argon Networks, Copper Mountain Networks, Diffusion Software, Frame Technology, INS, Kalpana, ONI Systems, Spectrian and Visigenic Software. </p> <p>Prior to Canaan, he was a Senior Vice President of GE Venture Capital. During his five years there, he was responsible for several successful investments in companies such as Nellcor and Octel Communications. Young joined GE in 1979, holding successive managerial positions in sales, marketing and manufacturing within two GE industrial product businesses before joining GE Venture Capital. </p> <p>Eric Young is a graduate of Cornell University with a BS in mechanical engineering and received his MBA in finance from Northwestern University. </p>
<p>Richard Saltz is the founder of Business Innovative Strategies International. His consulting company provides custom-tailored financial management, interim CFO, public relations and marketing management services to its clients who consist of emerging and middle market companies. He is also CFO for the Westport YMCA in Connecticut.</p> <p>Richard Saltz has a B.S. and an M.B.A. from Cornell University. Richard currently serves as an Advisory Council member to Cornell's Entrepreneurship and Personal Enterprise Program.</p>
<p>Johannes C. "Hans" Severiens earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Harvard College and a Ph.D. in nuclear physics from Johns Hopkins. He worked as a scientist at Perkin-Elmer, Columbia University, the Atomic Energy commission, and the Niels Bohr Institute. </p> <p>He eventually began a "second" career in finance and became a Vice President in investment banking with Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Merrill Lynch, and Paine Webber. </p> <p>Over the last 10 years, Severiens has been an officer in three venture capital funds. In 1995, he co-founded the Band of Angels, a Silicon Valley investor group of over 100 executives, which invests in tech companies. </p> <p>Dr. Severiens passed away on February 3, 2004 in Sonoma, California, after battling lung cancer for more than a year. He was 74. </p>
<p>Rick Berenson is the Managing Director of Venzyme. Rick has been leading organizations and developing practical, breakthrough strategy for more than twenty years. He has been CEO or COO at 9 startups, brought in by the investors on an interim basis to effect a new strategic direction. </p> <p>Rick began his career at AT&T Bell Laboratories as a member of technical staff where he helped launch internal ventures. He then spent several years at software startups in the Boston area before joining McKinsey & Company as a management consultant. Subsequently, Rick has been CEO of ActivBiotics (early stage biotech), Banton Precision Wood Products (consumer products manufacturer), NewSphere (knowledge management software), Student.Com, Inc. (new media), and TVGrid (technology for the entertainment industry). He has also served as COO at ChannelHealth.Com (healthcare information and services), Morpace Pharma Group (medical market research), and AltiComm (telecom). Rick has been president of Alliance Management Consultants-US and, most recently, a senior partner at Monadnock Associates. </p> <p>Rick Berenson received a JD-MBA from Harvard Business and Law Schools in 1984 and is a graduate of Harvard College.</p>
<p>Dave was a Principal at R.E. Pinard & Co., Inc., which focused on Management Consulting and sell-side transaction service for small businesses. He subseqently left to become CEO of one of his client companies, Annalee Mobilitee Dolls, Inc.</p> <p>Prior to joining R. E. Pinard, Dave was co-founder and President of a start-up company providing specialized value added manufacturing services to the worldwide appliance industry. Dave has also held several executive positions with a Fortune 500 electrical/electronic components' company including VP/General Manager of an entrepreneurial high tech fiber optic division, VP of North American sales and marketing and Director of the company's European operations. </p> <p>Dave received a B.S. from Cornell University and an MBA from the University of Colorado in Organizational Development. He also attended Columbia University's six-month Executive Development Program in Organizational Dynamics. </p>
<p>Ted Teng was appointed president and chief executive officer of The Leading Hotels of the World, Ltd., in September 2008. In his position, Mr. Teng oversees and directs all aspects of business strategy, operations, and performance growth for the premier luxury hospitality organization. The company, which represents over 450 predominantly independent hotels, provides global sales, marketing and distribution services through an expansive network of worldwide sales and reservations offices. Based at the company's headquarters in New York, Mr. Teng also holds a seat on the board of directors.</p> <p>Since joining The Leading Hotels of the World, Mr. Teng has developed and begun executing a detailed five-year business plan which focuses on strengthening the brand and driving increased revenue to member hotels. Within the plan, he has also asserted the crucial importance of dedication and adherence to quality, in the firm belief that by elevating the overall level among the collection, all hotels will benefit. Taking as his motto "Preserve, Enhance, and Invent," he seeks to honor and uphold the more than eight-decade-old traditions of the organization, while innovating to achieve greater strength and success in the future.</p> <p>Immediately before joining the organization, Mr. Teng was the principal and chief executive officer of Prime Opus Partners, LP, a hotel investment and operations firm he founded in 2006. In 2005/2006, he served as executive-in-residence and was actively involved through various volunteer leadership roles at the School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University.</p> <p>Throughout his 30-year career in the hospitality industry, Mr. Teng has been responsible for the growth of some of the most prominent brands in the world. For five years he was president, chief operating officer of Wyndham International, Inc., where he oversaw the core branded hotel products, as well as the company's third-party management operations, comprised of over 200 properties generating USD 2.5 billion in annual revenue.</p> <p>He also served as president, Asia-Pacific, for Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., immediately following the merger of Starwood Lodging, Westin, and Sheraton. He oversaw the integration of that company's branded hotel operations in the region, and was responsible for the operating and financial performance of over 70 hotels and resorts in 17 countries. New projects executed during Mr. Teng's tenure included the St. Regis in Shanghai, the first international W in Sydney, the highest quality Four Points Hotel in Sydney, the Sheraton in Sapporo, and the Westin Kyoto.</p> <p>Prior to the Starwood merger, Mr. Teng was the president of Asia-Pacific for Westin Hotels, where he was credited with having achieved significant growth in the number of hotels, including the launch of notable new flagships in Sydney, Melbourne, Guam, Kuala Lumpur, Awaji Island, Taipei, and Shanghai. Before coming to Westin, he was with ITT Sheraton, where he served for 14 years in a variety of senior and strategic capacities in operations, finance and development in North America, Hawaii and Asia. Most notably, Mr. Teng successfully negotiated the first ITT Sheraton equity investment in China in a multi-use project that included today's St. Regis Beijing.</p> <p>Ted Teng is a graduate of the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration. He has an MBA from the University of Hawaii. Born in Shanghai, China, he grew up in Hong Kong and emigrated to the U.S. at age 13. He became an U.S. citizen at age 18. </p>
<p>Amy Domini is Founder and CEO of Domini Social Investments. She is widely recognized as the leading voice for socially responsible investing. In 2005, Time magazine named her to the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people. Also in 2005, President Clinton honored her at the inaugural meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative for helping protect children and the environment through the Domini Fund for International Giving. </p> <p>Domini is the author of "Socially Responsible Investing: Making a Difference and Making Money" (Dearborn Trade, 2001) and "The Challenges of Wealth" (Dow Jones Irwin, 1988), and a coauthor of "Investing for Good" (Harper Collins, 1993), "The Social Investment Almanac" (Henry Holt, 1992), and "Ethical Investing" (Addison-Wesley, 1984). She is a frequent guest commentator on CNBC's Talking Stocks and various other radio and television shows.</p> <p>Amy Domini holds a B.A. in international and comparative studies from Boston University, and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.</p>
<p>Jeffrey Immelt is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of General Electric. He was selected by GE's Board of Directors in 2000 to replace Jack Welch following his retirement. Previously, Immelt had headed up GE's Medical Systems division (now known as GE Healthcare) as its President and CEO. Immelt has been with GE since 1982.</p> <p>Jeff Immelt holds a B.A. in Applied Mathematics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. </p>
<p>Charles G. "Chip" McClure is chairman of the Board, chief executive officer and president of ArvinMeritor, Inc. McClure, who has more than 25 years of diverse leadership experience in the motor vehicle industry, most recently served as chief executive officer, president and a member of the Board of Federal-Mogul Corporation, a global supplier of automotive components.</p> <p>Prior to joining Federal-Mogul, McClure served as president, chief executive officer and a member of the Board of Detroit Diesel, a major designer and manufacturer of diesel engines and related products. He joined Detroit Diesel in 1997, after 14 years in a variety of management positions with Johnson Controls, a Milwaukee-based global automotive supplier. In his last role with Johnson Controls, McClure served as president of the company's Americas region, with management responsibility for a $3 billion group of 50 manufacturing plants. </p> <p>McClure also holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Michigan.</p>