Lowell L. Bryan, President

Lowell Bryan is a director of McKinsey & Company, where he serves major clients on a wide range of issues related to corporate strategy and organization.

He has spoken and written extensively – particularly on topics related to strategy, organization, and financial services – for the past 30 years. He is currently co-authoring a book on managing companies in the 21st century, a subject that reflects more than a decade’s worth of research into the forces at work in the global economy and their implications for corporations. His most recent book emerging from this research was Race for the World: Strategies to Build a Great Global Firm, published by the Harvard Business Press in 1999.

Lowell has been the principal author of four additional books, including Market Unbound and Breaking Up the Bank. He has been a frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal editorial page and has published articles in numerous periodicals, including the Harvard Business Review and the McKinsey Quarterly.

Lowell earned a B.A. from Davidson College in 1968 and an M.B.A., with distinction, from the Harvard Business School in 1970. Prior to joining McKinsey & Co. in 1975, he worked for the State Street Bank of Boston. He is a trustee of Davidson College and just completed a term on the Visiting Committee for Harvard Business School.

David M. Kirby, Treasurer

David Kirby is the founder and Managing Director of Kirby Capital Advisors, an alternative investments advisory and placement agency firm established in 1994 that specializes in advising on and raising institutional capital for private partnerships. He has over 16 years of direct investment industry experience, both as a plan sponsor and as a placement agent.

David has led and completed fund raising assignments for buyout, mezzanine, venture capital, real estate and fund-of-funds partnerships (as well as placing secondary interests in such partnerships) for general partners located in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Latin America. He has personally raised in excess of U.S. $3.1 billion equivalent from more than 100 separate institutional investors located in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. He also provides strategic consulting services to firms regarding future fund raisings, due diligence and formation of new partnerships.

Prior to establishing Kirby Capital Advisors, he was for five years the Chief Investment Officer of the Philip Morris (now Altria) pension plans, which initiated its alternative investments program during his tenure. He is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology and has an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Kevin J. Curnin

Kevin Curnin is Special Counsel and Director for Stroock & Stroock & Lavan’s Public Service Project. He is responsible for the overall management of the program, including advising and assisting associates and partners with their pro bono litigation and transactional work, and carries his own pro bono caseload in addition to handling commercial cases. During his tenure, the Public Service Project has won numerous awards from city, state, educational, and nonprofit organizations.

Prior to his March 2001 appointment as the Project’s first Attorney Director, Kevin spent more than five years handling a wide range of commercial litigation matters for Stroock. His areas of expertise include insurance, banking, securities, and arbitration.

Before joining Stroock, he clerked for the Hon. Loretta A. Preska, USDJ for the Southern District of New York, and served as a summer law clerk for the Hon. John F. Keenan, also of the SDNY. He has also worked as a teacher and a journalist.

Celia Felsher

Celia is currently General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer of Reservoir Capital Group, LLC, a New-York based investment management firm that she joined in 1998.

Prior to joining Reservoir, Celia was a partner in the Corporate Department of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy from 1988 through 1997, where she also held the position of associate from 1979 through 1987. During her time at Milbank, Celia represented both U.S. and international clients in a wide variety of corporate matters, including the public and private issuance of debt and equity securities, stock and asset acquisitions, and issues related to the formation of REITs and private investment funds.

Celia was as a member of the Mamaroneck, New York Board of Education from July 2000 until June 2006, serving in the capacity of Board President from July 2004 to June 2006.

Celia received an AB from Princeton University and a JD from Columbia University School of Law.

Jane Fraser

Jane Fraser is the global head of Client Strategy and Management for Citigroup’s Global Banking Division.  She sits on the division’s  Management Committee and Operating Committee, overseeing the Corporate Bank and the Investment Bank.  Prior to joining Citigroup, Jane was a Partner at McKinsey & Company in London and New York for ten years, serving clients primarily in the financial services industry. 

She was one of the leaders of McKinsey's Global Strategy practice.  Whilst at McKinsey she authored a number of articles on globalization and co-authored a book on global strategy, Race for the World, published by HBS Press in 1999.  She started her career at Goldman Sachs in the Mergers & Acquisition department in London and then worked for Asesores Bursatiles in Spain. 

Jane has an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MA from Cambridge University.  Jane is married with two children and currently lives in London.
Vikram Malhotra

Vik Malhotra is a director of McKinsey & Company, where he has served major financial institutions focused on life insurance, wholesale banking, asset management, private banking, and retail banking. Vik currently leads the Northeast Office, which encompasses the New York, Boston, and Stamford offices, and is a member of McKinsey’s Shareholders Council (Board of Directors) and Director Review Committee.

During his tenure at McKinsey, Vik has led McKinsey’s Financial Institutions, Life Insurance, and Personal Financial Services practices, and has co-led the Emerging Markets Financial Institutions Practice. His consulting experience covers a wide range within the financial industry, including corporate strategy, business unit strategy, growth strategies, organizational design, operational improvement, and business process offshoring.

Before joining McKinsey, Vik graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to his MBA he worked at the accounting firm of Ernst & Whinney in London, and received his undergraduate degree in economics from the London School of Economics.
Charles V. Raymond

Chip Raymond is Managing Director of the Strategic Wealth Advisory for the Global Wealth Management Group, which provides advisory services – including philanthropic, family, art, and multi-dwelling and farm advisory – to ultra-highnet- worth clients. He was President of Citigroup Foundation from 1999 to 2005, prior to which he was President of the Travelers Foundation. While at Travelers, he also served as Chief Administrative Officer for the Law Departments and Vice President for Training and Operations.

Before joining Travelers Group, Chip held a variety of positions, including Commissioner of the NYC Department of Homeless Services, Deputy Commissioner of the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development, and Managing Director of the New York City Ballet. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University and attended graduate school at Syracuse University and New York University. In addition to serving as a board member for Touch, he is also on the Board of Directors of the Bowery Residents’ Committee, The After School Corporation, the Meaningful Assets Fund, and the Civic Capital Corporation.
Fr. Doctor Peter Le Jacq

Father Peter served at Bugando Medical Centre for over a decade, as both doctor and priest for many of the 900 inpatients at Bugando at any given time. Father Peter's involvement with Touch dates back to 2001, when he was assigned raise funds for the Bugando University College of Health Sciences on behalf of Touch's predecessor organization, Touching Tanzania. Beginning in 1996 until his assignment to Touching Tanzania in 2001, Fr. Peter worked in Maryknoll Promotion in the New York tri-state area.

Fr. Peter received his Diplomas in Tropical Medicine and International Health from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Dublin, Ireland, in 1989 and 1990. He was ordained at Maryknoll Seminary after completing his Masters in Divinity in 1987. He completed his internship at St. Vincent's Medical Center in New York City in 1982. Fr. Peter earned his M.D. from Weill Cornell Medical College in 1981 after having received a B.S. from St. John's University. During the fall of 2006, he studied Theology in Rome.

Fr. Peter was born on Christmas Eve in 1954 to Kathleen and Louis Le Jacq, who raised him with his four sisters in Manhasset, Long Island, where he attended St. Mary's Grammar and High Schools and where he wrote his eighth grade religion paper entitled, "Why I Want to Be a Missionary Priest-Doctor in Africa."