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Audit
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Nominating and Governance
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Compensation
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Alan Kestenbaum
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Founder and Executive Chairman
- Over 20 years' experience in metals trading, distribution, finance and manufacturing
- Founded leading international metals trader, Marco International, in 1985 and led its expansion into China and former Soviet Union.
- Managed a series of successful metals private equity transactions
- Began his career in metals with Glencore and Philip Brothers in New York
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Stuart Eizenstat
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Director
- Partner at Covington & Burling
- Over 30 years' legal and government service experience
- Served as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and previously as Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural affairs and Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade during the Clinton administration
- From 1993 to 1996 was the U.S. Ambassador to the European Union
- From 1977 to 1981 served as President Carter's Chief Domestic Policy Adviser and Executive Director of the White House Domestic Policy Staff
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Daniel Karosen
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Director
- Partner at Mandel, Fekete & Bloom, CPA's
- Held positions with Coopers & Lybrand and PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Certified Public Accountant
- Graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a B.A. in Accounting
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Frank Lavin
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Director
- Chairman of the Public Affairs practice for Edelman Asia Pacific since May 2009.
- Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of Cushman & Wakefield Investors Asia from July 2007 to May 2009 where he was responsible for building the firm's private equity business in Asia.
- Served as Under Secretary for International Trade at the United States Department of Commerce between November 2005 and July 2007.
- From 2001 to 2005 was the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore.
- From 1996 to 2001 worked in Hong Kong and Singapore in senior banking and management positions at Citibank and Bank of America.
- Served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Asia and the Pacific during the George H.W. Bush Administration.
- Served in the White House as Director of the Office of Political Affairs during the Reagan Administration.
- B.S. from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, M.S. in Chinese Language from Georgetown University, M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the School of Advanced International Studies at the Johns Hopkins University and an M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserves.
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Donald Barger Jr.
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Director
- Chief Financial Officer at YRC Worldwide Inc. from 2000 to 2008
- Chief Financial Officer at Hillenbrand Industries Inc. from 1998 to 2000
- Chief Financial Officer at Worthington Industries Inc. from 1993 to 1998
- Since 1994 has served on the Board of Gardner Denver where he also serves as the Audit Committee Chairman.
- Since 1995 has served on the Board of Quanex where he also serves as the Audit Committee Chairman and as a member of the Compensation and Executive Committees.
- From 1965 to 1970 served in the US Navy in the nuclear submarine program.
- B.S. in Engineering from the US Naval Academy and an M.B.A. in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Thomas Danjczek
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Director
- Since 1998 has served as President of the Steel Manufacturers Association that consists of 36 North American companies that operate 128 steel plants and employ approximately 48,000 people.
- From 1983 to 1998 was an executive at Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation holding numerous senior management positions including divisional president and plant general manager.
- From 1970 to 1983 was a manager with Bethlehem Steel Corporation and Kaiser Steel Corporation.
- Has served on numerous boards including Trinity Medical Center, The Steel Alliance, and the Iron and Steel Society.
- Currently serving as Vice Chairman to the Commerce Department Industry Sector Advisory Committee.
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Villanova University and a Masters in Industrial Management from Purdue University
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