Rahul Advani

Vice Chairman

Rahul is a Co-Founder of StreetWise Partners and currently serves the organization as its Vice Chairman and as a member of both the executive and marketing committees. Mr. Advani joined Energy Capital Partners, a private equity firm, in July 2005 as a Vice President. Prior to joining Energy Capital, he was the Director of Corporate Investment and Development for Starwood Hotels. Previously, he was a core team member that built and successfully sold Orion Power Holdings, Inc., a $4 billion wholesale energy company, in a three year period. Prior to joining Orion Power in 1999, he was as an investment banking analyst at Morgan Stanley from 1997 to 1999. He started his career in 1996 at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He received an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and a B.A. in mathematical economics from Colgate University.

Ben Chrnelich

Treasurer

Ben has been involved with StreetWise Partners in numerous capacities since its inception. Ben has experience as a Partner, Officer, Director of the San Francisco program and a Board of Advisors member. Mr. Chrnelich is currently the Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of the NYSE Euronext Advanced Trading Solutions, a leader in providing complete connectivity, data management and transaction solutions for trading firms, vendors and financial markets throughout the world. Prior to joining the NYSE, Ben was the Chief Administrative Officer for Equity Sales and Trading at Lehman Brothers. Ben also has held positions as the Controller for Schwab Capital Markets and a Vice President - Finance at Robertson Stephens in San Francisco, and with PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York in their Capital Markets Audit and Business Advisory group. Ben is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and graduated from Lehigh University with a B.S. in Accounting.

Tory Clarke

Director

Tory is a Co-Founder and Partner of Bridge Partners LLC, Tory works on senior level search assignments across all functions, predominantly for international retail and consumer goods clients. Earlier in her career, Tory was with STCP, a boutique London-based search firm, working across a variety of sectors including consumer, pharmaceutical and industrial. She began her search career in the research function for an investment banking focused firm. Tory is President of the Executive Search Roundtable, a non-profit organization representing the search industry. She received an MA degree from the University of Edinburgh.

Allison Devore

Executive Director

Allison is a seasoned social enterprise leader with extensive experience in international business, economic development, and corporate social responsibility (CSR). She's dedicated her career to creating sustainable employment opportunities for underserved populations, and creating a positive future for workers and their families. Most recently, Allison managed business development for Verité, a recipient of a 2007 Skoll Award that helps corporations find innovative solutions to workplace problems in over 70 countries. Prior to Verité, Allison held senior management roles at the Center for Women & Enterprise, MusicMatters, and CitySoft Inc., a recipient of MIT's Socially Responsible Business Award. Devore began her career as a consultant for Accenture and KPMG's communications and technology strategy practice. She monitored the 1999 elections in South Africa and was a fellow in McKinsey & Co's nonprofit initiative. She has been an advisor to Investing in Media that Matters - at Sundance, and the U.S. State Department's President's Interagency Council on Women, among others. She received her B.A. in Economics from U.C. Irvine and Master's in Public Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.

F. Mark Fariborz

Director

Mr. Fariborz joined the StreetWise Partners Board in 2007. Mr. Fariborz is a Director at Hellman & Friedman in the New York office. Prior to joining the firm in 2006, Mr. Fariborz was employed by The Carlyle Group in both Washington, D.C. and New York. Previously, he was employed by Vestar Capital Partners and DLJ Merchant Banking Partners in New York. Mr. Fariborz graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and earned an MBA with Distinction from the Harvard Business School.

Joseph Foy

Director

Joseph is currently a Global Tax Engagement Partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in New York. Joe has over 20 years of experience rendering tax consulting services to a variety of clients in the financial services arena with a specific focus on U.S. and foreign-based multinational insurance companies. Joe was recently a 2004 Fellow at the New York City Partnership, and has been involved with various charities including the New York City Inner-City Scholarship Fund. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association, New York Society of Certified Public Accountants, and he holds a law degree from the Fordham University School of Law.

Matt Gorin

Chairman

Matt, the Founder and Chairman of StreetWise Partners, is a co-founder and partner at Contour Venture Partners, an early stage venture capital firm based in New York. Matt was previously with Promontory Financial Group, a merchant banking firm focused on the financial services sector, where he helped launch Promontory Interfinancial Network. Previously he worked for Red Hat as Business Development Manager in its Strategic Planning & Corporate Development group. Matt also worked at Morgan Stanley within its strategic venture capital fund, concentrating on making investments in early-stage financial services companies. Prior to entering business school, he was a turnaround consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers in its Financial Advisory Services group. Matt received an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Economics and American Studies from Brandeis University, where he was an NCAA Academic All-American for tennis.

John Iorillo

Director

John Iorillo is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Ambrose Employer Group, LLC. Prior to co-founding Ambrose Employer Group, John practiced tax law with Proskauer Rose in New York City. He is the recipient of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year® award for New York City in 2001. John holds two law degrees – a Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University School of Law, and a Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California (UCSD). John lives with his wife, Kim, and their two children in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Brian Korb

Director

Brian has volunteered with StreetWise Partners since the spring of 2000 and was most recently a member of the Advisory Board. Brian helped co-found Glocap and is currently Head of the Private Equity Practice. At Glocap Brian oversees several aspects of the Executive Recruiting division and personally focuses placing experienced Principal and Partner-level investment professionals into Venture Capital and LBO funds. From his experience over the past 7 years covering the Private Equity industry, Brian has developed a deep insight on emerging compensation and hiring trends that allows for a more consultative approach when advising clients on shaping their core staffing/growth strategies. Before joining Glocap, Brian worked at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell (DMG) focusing mainly on corporate finance transactions in the telecommunications sector. Brian has a BS from the Wharton School in Economics with concentrations in finance and accounting.

Jonathan Korngold

Director

Jonathan Korngold is a Managing Director at General Atlantic LLC, where he has worked since 2001. Mr. Korngold is based in the firm's Greenwich, CT headquarters and currently heads General Atlantic's global Healthcare sector. In his capacity as a Managing Director, Mr. Korngold has worked closely with many of the firm's public and private portfolio companies and is currently also a Board member of Emdeon Business Services. Prior to joining General Atlantic, Mr. Korngold was a member of Goldman Sachs’s Principal Investment Area and Mergers & Acquisitions groups in London and New York, respectively. Mr. Korngold received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and graduated with a B.A. in Economics with Honors from Harvard College. In addition, Mr. Korngold has spent extensive time in China, where he studied Mandarin Chinese at Peking University.

Anton Levy

Director

Anton J. Levy is a Managing Director at General Atlantic LLC, a worldwide private equity firm, where he has worked since 1998. Mr. Levy works in General Atlantic’s New York City and Greenwich offices where he heads General Atlantic's Media & Consumer practice. Mr. Levy has worked closely with many of General Atlantic's portfolio companies and is a director of several portfolio companies including Dice, Webloyalty and Zantaz and is a formal observer on the Genpact Global board of directors. Prior to joining General Atlantic, Mr. Levy was an investment banker with Morgan Stanley & Co. where he worked with the firm’s technology clients. Mr. Levy received a B.S. from the University of Virginia, with degrees in Finance and Computer Science, and his M.B.A. from Columbia University Graduate School of Business, graduating both with highest honors.

Joyce Ramos

Director

Joyce has been involved with StreetWise Partners since 2004 and has been instrumental in the newly formed Leadership Council. She serves as the Fundraising Committee co-chair, and was the chair of the 2005 Spring Gala. She is currently the Vice President of Operations at Tocca, a luxury retailer in New York City. Prior to this position she was a Buyer at Tiffany & Co. She graduated from the Harvard Business School in 2004 with a Masters in Business Administration. Prior to HBS, Joyce was an Associate at Spectrum Equity Investors, a Communications & IT private equity fund in Boston, and before that an analyst with Merrill Lynch Investment Banking. She graduated with a B.A. from Princeton University in 1997.

Amanda Roberts

Director

Amanda Roberts is a marketing and strategy professional with over 12 years of experience in brand management, consultative sales and global business development. Amanda has worked at Young & Rubicam Brands, as Chief of Staff to the global Chairman and as Management Advisor to a brand consulting division, where she helped brands and companies define strategic and tactical branding and marketing plans. Her strategic marketing experience includes analytical evaluation of markets and consumers, product/service and brand positioning, and creation and implementation of communications platforms. She has led a number of consulting engagements in the for-profit world and non-profit sector, including work to develop a growth strategy for community-based fundraising for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Disease. She is currently serving as Interim COO at Management Leadership for Tomorrow, a non-profit organization focused on building the premier minority talent development system to place minorities in business schools and senior leadership positions. Her work at MLT includes marketing strategy, operations and processes, internal talent development, and working across all divisions to develop and institutionalize the organization's 5-year strategic growth plan. Amanda has a MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelors degree in political economics from UC Berkeley.

Claire Silberman

Director

Claire Silberman practiced corporate litigation and banking law until her second son was born in 1997. She occasionally manages projects with Promontory Financial Group, in its financial compliance area. She's become active in several community organizations, including The HOPE Program, a welfare-to-work NGO on whose board she served; the Packer Collegiate Institute Parents Association, serving in many different capacities, including as incoming Secretary for 2008-09 and co-chair for their first "Green Expo" next March; and local political races; She supports a many nonprofits, the majority of which focus on at-risk populations.Claire was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. She holds a BA and JD from Stanford University, and has lived in Brooklyn Heights with her husband, Stuart, and kids since 1988.

Scott Simpson

Director

Scott Simpson is a Managing Director in the Media and Telecom Group within the Investment Banking division of Credit Suisse. Based in New York, Mr. Simpson has specific responsibility for coverage of emerging and broadband communications companies including the hosting and managed services sector. Mr. Simpson has over 11 years experience in investment banking having executed over 70 transactions with aggregate value of over $35 billion for a broad range of companies. Mr. Simpson's transaction experience includes: mergers and acquisitions, equity offerings, private placements, leverage finance (ranging from high yield issuance and leverage buyouts to corporate restructurings) as well as principal investments. Mr. Simpson joined Credit Suisse First Boston in 2000 through the merger of CSFB with Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette ("DLJ"). Prior to the merger, he was a member of the Media and Telecom Group within the Investment Banking division of DLJ. Prior to Credit Suisse and DLJ, Mr. Simpson worked for Booz-Allen & Hamilton as a Senior Consultant in the Worldwide Technology Business Group. Mr. Simpson holds a MBA from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park.

Tony Snow

Secretary