Board of Directors Affiliations
Director
First Republic Bancorp, Inc., San Francisco, CA — New York Stock Exchange listed financial services company operating in Northern and Southern California, Las Vegas, NV and New York, NY, as a mortgage loan origination and servicing company specializing in real estate loans.
Director
Hulton-Deutsch Collection, Ltd., London, UK — A holding company which manages and owns the copyrights to all negatives and prints of two unique English commercial photographic libraries, The Hutton Picture Library and The Keystone Library Collection, as well as several smaller libraries, for the purpose of marketing the reproduction rights connected therewith.
Director
Noel Group, Inc. — New York, NY — A privately-funded holding company for venture capital and real estate development investments with over $100 million in investor capital.
Director
Bouton Corporation, Buzzards Bay, MA — A leading manufacturer of industrial eye protection equipment and through a subsidiary, Chemrox, Inc., a manufacturer of systems for controlling and detoxifying ethylene oxide (ETO).
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Winding Woods, Inc., Naples, FL — Real estate development project consisting of 80 acres of undeveloped land in Collier County.
Director
A.A.T. Airlines, Inc., Miami, FL—The parent company of Air Sunshine, a small intrastate Florida Airline that was purchased by Air Florida and was one of the basic companies upon which Air Florida was originally developed.
Director
Grand Banks Energy Company, Midland, TX — Engaged in the development of oil, gas, and geothermal steam prospects, acquisitions of leases, and the operation of drilling and management of producing oil and gas properties.
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Cliff Resources Corporation, New York, NY — Principally engaged in exploration for the development of oil and gas reserves and other energy-related interests, as well as activities outside the energy industry through various venture capital holdings. Eventually reorganized into Prospect Group, Inc., a publicly-traded leverage buyout and Venture capital company.
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Pacific Express Holding, Inc., San Francisco, CA — A regional startup airline servicing 5 states in the west and 22 cities out of San Francisco, Los Angeles , and Portland, Oregon under advantages created by the 1978 Congressional Airline Deregulation Act.
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C.H. Limited Partnership, Key West, FL — The Partnership was the principal owner, developer, and partner with Marriott Hotels in the restoration and operation of the Marriott Casa Marina Resort Hotel, Key West, FL.
Consulting/Advisory Services
Advisor
Longhanmore Associates Ltd., Dublin, Ireland — Acts as the investment advisor for Irish Tech Venture Fund Ltd., designed to invest in American based high technology companies.
Consultant/Advisor
Mobile Respond Group 911, LLC, Oak View, CA, Mexico City, MX — A technology company specializing in the public safety industry. MRG's technology engineers have been awarded 4 US patents for improving critical life-saving 911 Emergency Response Networks in both the US and through a Mexican subsidiary - Sistema De Emergencia 911 Notify De Mexico.
Consultant
GCA Emerging Markets Fund, San Francisco, CA_— A $300 million Private Equity Offering managed by Gerken Capital Associates, a 30 year experienced alternative asset fund manager, providing proprietary impact investments in emerging markets through small to mid-size funds as well as direct investments.
Consultant/Advisor
Foster Enterprises, Foster City, CA — Founded in 1955 as a commercial, industrial and residential developer that built Foster City, a suburb of San Francisco, which covered 4 square miles, a 230 acre navigable lagoon that encompassed over 11 thousand homes and over 5 million square feet of office and industrial space.
Consultant/Advisor
Beijing Sanjiu Global Environmental Protection Investment Co., Ltd., Beijing, China A $200 million joint venture by Sanjiu Investment Group Ltd., Beijing, China and Global Access Ventures LLC, Lake Success, NY to secure financing in the US private equity market for the rapidly growing Chinese environmental protection industry. Financing would be used to acquire, manage and operate environmental protection facilities throughout major urban areas in China by specializing in wastewater treatment centers and solid waste disposal units.
Consultant
Metalast International, LLC, Minden, NV_-- An environmentally friendly corrosion control specialty chemical company producing 120 products servicing the global metal finishing and coatings industry as well as providing technical support, engineering services, training and education. Metalast products are also used in eliminating hexavalent chromium (Chrome 6) that can negatively effect a city's water supply.
Advisor
World Anti-Ageing Medicine Development — W.A., Beijing, China_-- The treatment of age related and lifestyle illnesses including their symptoms by focusing on causes and effects of the ageing process. The W.A. Center is designed to function as a teaching, training and examination institute and conduct research for regenerative medicine.