CEO of "ROCKEFELLER & CO." and board member of "CITI" is MURDERED

[Scribble]

http://www.reuters.com/article/etfNews/idUSBNG30531520090915

 Sept 15 (Reuters) - James McDonald, chief executive officer of investment management firm Rockefeller & Co, committed suicide on Sunday in Massachusetts, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.

According to the paper, Barclay McFadden, who identified himself as a friend of McDonald's family, said James McDonald "took his own life." McDonald was also a board member of NYSE Euronext (NYX.N) (NYX.PA).

No one at Rockefeller & Co was immediately available for comment.

The paper said McDonald is believed to have died in New Bedford but the circumstances surrounding his death were unclear.

Rockefeller & Co's chief operating officer and chief financial officer, Austin Shapard, has assumed day-to-day leadership of the investment firm, the Journal said, citing company spokesman Joseph Kuo.

The firm, which started off as a New York family office established by John D. Rockefeller, was incorporated in 1979 and became an investment adviser in 1980, according to the company's website. (Reporting by Santosh Nadgir in Bangalore; Editing by Greg Mahlich

[Dig]

whoooah

[NWOSCUM]

Oh my, another murder/suicide for us to investigate.   

[Dig]

Oh my, another murder/suicide for us to investigate.  

All I can say is that I am gonna need to go to Costco for a bulk supply of popcorn.

And I got my Samuel Adams on ice.

Are the founding fathers coming back from the grave and saying "hey, what the f**k is going on here?"

As far as this guy, my tears will not be massive.

[Scribble]

The efforts made to make this story go away should be interesting.

[luckee1]

Not much showing on this but there is some interesting related:  

Rockefeller & Co., Inc. Appoints Jon V.M. Pratt Managing Director for Institutional...
Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:30am EDT
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS133149+11-Mar-2009+PRN20090311
Rockefeller & Co., Inc. Appoints Jon V.M. Pratt Managing Director for
Institutional Relationships

Firm Sees Significant Opportunities to Expand Global Institutional Business

NEW YORK, March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Rockefeller & Co., Inc. - a leading global
wealth management firm serving high-net-worth individuals, families and
institutions - today announced the appointment of Jon V.M. Pratt as Managing
Director for Institutional Relationships, effective immediately.

In this newly-created position, Mr. Pratt will be based out of New York City
and report directly to James S. McDonald, Chief Executive Officer of
Rockefeller & Co.  Mr. Pratt will assume responsibility for spearheading the
firm's continued expansion of its global institutional business by developing
new institutional client relationships as well as new products and strategies
targeting this client base.

Jon Pratt brings 15 years of global investment banking experience across large
financial institutions, with extensive exposure to North America, Europe and
Asia.  Most recently, Mr. Pratt served as Managing Director and Head of
Asia-Pacific Debt Origination at Merrill Lynch, where he had oversight of
investment grade, sovereign, high yield debt, private placements, loans,
derivatives and commodity-linked debt in the Asia Pacific region.  Prior to
that, he was Managing Director and Head of Debt Capital Markets for Asia
(excluding Japan) at Credit Suisse, where he built his organization into one
of the most successful and profitable debt teams in the region.

James S. McDonald, Chief Executive Officer of Rockefeller & Co., said,
"Throughout this current period of disruption in the international capital
markets, Rockefeller & Co. has remained a profitably growing enterprise that
continues to create value for our individual and institutional clients.  I
believe that our firm has a unique opportunity to significantly expand our
relationships on a global basis with family offices, foundations and
endowments, third-party banks and other financial institutions.  Toward this
end, we are very pleased to welcome to our team Jon Pratt, who brings with him
an extensive network of global institutional contacts, as well as experience
at the senior-most levels in marketing products and strategies to a highly
sophisticated institutional client base.  We look forward to having Jon work
closely with our portfolio-management, marketing and new-product development
teams to grow this business further."

Jon Pratt received an undergraduate degree from Harvard College.

Rockefeller & Co., Inc.

Headquartered in New York and with offices in Boston, Washington D.C. and
Wilmington, Delaware, Rockefeller & Co., Inc. is a leading global wealth
management firm that provides comprehensive wealth and investment management
services to a diversified client base of high net worth individuals, families
and institutions, including trusts, foundations and endowments.  Independent
and privately-owned, the firm has three wholly owned subsidiaries: The
Rockefeller Trust Company, a New York limited purpose trust company, The
Rockefeller Trust Company (Delaware), a Delaware limited purpose trust
company, and Rockit Solutions, LLC, which provides outsourced back- and
middle-office services to single-family offices, multi-family offices and
other high wealth business enterprises.  Rockefeller & Co. was incorporated in
1979 and registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1980 as an
investment adviser.  As of December 31, 2008, the firm and its subsidiaries
had approximately $25 billion in assets under administration.

    Media Inquiries
    Joseph Kuo
    Kekst and Company
    212-521-4863
    joe-kuo@kekst.com



SOURCE  Rockefeller & Co., Inc.

Joseph Kuo, Kekst and Company, +1-212-521-4863, joe-kuo@kekst.com
 
====================
http://www.thedeal.com/newsweekly/dealmakers/movers-shakers-baz-hiralal-031209.php
Wealth management firm Rockefeller & Co. appointed Jon V.M. Pratt as managing director for institutional relationships, resident in New York. He reports to CEO James McDonald. Most recently, Pratt was a managing director and head of Asia-Pacific debt origination at Merrill Lynch & Co. Before that, he was a managing director and head of debt capital markets for Asia (excluding Japan) at Credit Suisse Group.

[NWOSCUM]

23 Billion under Management
http://rockco.com/files/factsheet_lr.pdf

No personal Bios at www.rockco.com

[luckee1]

This is such a dry well!

[NWOSCUM]

James S. McDonald

Director
NYSE Euronext, Incorporated
New York ,  NY
Sector: FINANCIAL  /  Diversified Investments
 
56 Years Old
Mr. McDonald, age 56, has served as a director of NYSE Euronext and its predecessors since November 2003 and continues to serve on the NYSE Group board. Since 2001, Mr. McDonald has been the president and chief executive officer of Rockefeller & Co., a United States firm that provides investment management, financial counseling and other services. Mr. McDonald also serves as a director on the boards of CIT Corporation (United States), Rockefeller & Co. and Rockefeller Financial Services and is chairman of the board of The Japan Society of New York.

[NWOSCUM]

Apparently he's not the only financial "suicide" as of late.

James S. McDonald, the CEO of money-management firm Rockefeller & Co., died Sunday from an apparently self-inflicted wound. McDonald, who also sat on the board of the NYSE Euronext, the giant stock exchange, was 56 years old. In a statement obtained by the Wall Street Journal Monday night, Barclay McFadden III, who called himself a friend of McDonald's family, said McDonald "took his own life," and said the family would have no further comment.

McDonald's apparent suicide came less than one week after Finn M. W. Casperson, the former chairman and CEO of Beneficial Corp. and another prominent financial figure, was found dead from a single, self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head near his own home in Westerly, Rhode Island.

Source:  http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/15/james-s-mcdonald-ceo-of-rockefeller-and-co-dead-in-apparent-su/

[Satyagraha]

Rockefeller & Co. Names James S. McDonald President, Chief Executive Officer.
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Rockefeller+%26+Co.+Names+James+S.+McDonald+President%2c+Chief+Executive+...-a067926456

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2000

Abby M. O'Neill, chairman, and William L. Asmundson, president and chief executive officer, of Rockefeller & Co., today announced that its Board of Directors named James S. McDonald to succeed Mr. Asmundson as president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.
..... Click the link for more information.. Rockefeller & Co. manages the investments and affairs of the Rockefeller Family The Rockefeller family, the family of John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) ("Senior") and his brother William Rockefeller (1841-1922), is an American industrial, banking, philanthropic, and political family of German American origin that made the world's largest private fortune in the  as well as other wealthy families and institutions.

Mr. McDonald is currently president and chief executive officer of Pell, Rudman & Co., Inc., a major wealth management company in Boston, MA., which specializes in managing assets for high net worth individuals, families and selected institutional clients.

In announcing Mr. McDonald's appointment, Mrs. O'Neill said, "Jim McDonald Jim McDonald can refer to:

    * Jim McDonald (American football), USA (Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee)
    * Jim McDonald (baseball player) (born 1927), a major league baseball pitcher
    * Jim McDonald (basketball), former college player and coach
*


..... Click the link for more information. is a proven professional in understanding, managing and serving the unique wealth management needs of affluent families and institutions. His rich experience in overseeing a broad spectrum of trust and investment services, in both domestic and international markets, provides us with precisely the leadership we need to carry out our business plan, developed under Bill Asmundson, and continue the momentum that Bill has spearheaded."

Mr. Asmundson said, "Jim's track record in building client relationships, particularly in the context of affluent families, will be especially valuable in helping Rockefeller & Co. expand its leadership in this area."

Mr. McDonald said, "Rockefeller & Co. has established a strong platform under Bill's leadership. I am looking forward to building on this base, adding to the professional team and capitalizing on one of the most respected names in the worlds of investment, philanthropy philanthropy, the spirit of active goodwill toward others as demonstrated in efforts to promote their welfare. The term is often used interchangeably with charity.  and wealth management."

James S. McDonald

Mr. McDonald joined Pell Rudman in 1986 to lead the firm's development of trust capabilities. In 1988, he was named president of Boston Harbor Trust Company, N.A., predecessor of Pell Rudman Trust Company, N.A. In 1993, he was named chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO)

The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president.  of Pell Rudman, and five years later, he was named the company's CEO.

Prior to joining Pell Rudman, Mr. McDonald was a partner with the Boston law firm of Choate, Hall & Stewart, which he joined in 1977.

Mr. McDonald received the J.D. degree in 1977 from the University of Virginia and the A.B. degree in 1974 from Harvard College Harvard College is the undergraduate section and oldest school of Harvard University, founded in 1636 by the Massachusetts Legislature. The College is instructed by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, which also instructs the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. .

Rockefeller & Co.

Rockefeller & Co. was founded in 1979 by Laurance S Laurance is a surname or given name, and may refer to:

    * John Laurance, American lawyer, statesman, and speculator from New York
    * Laurance Doyle, scientist who received his PhD from the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg
*

. Rockefeller, David Rockefeller, David

(born June 12, 1915, New York, N.Y., U.S.) U.S. banker and philanthropist. He was the grandson of John D. Rockefeller and brother of Nelson Rockefeller. After earning a Ph.D.
..... Click the link for more information. Rockefeller and the widows of John D. Rockefeller 3rd and Nelson A. Rockefeller, as successor to the family office founded by John D. Rockefeller in 1882. The firm manages assets for individual Rockefeller family members, foundations, endowments and other prominent U.S. and international families.

The firm's expertise encompasses U.S. international global publicly traded equities, both large and small capitalization, and access to alternative investments, including venture capital. Rockefeller & Co. also provides asset allocation Asset Allocation

The process of dividing a portfolio among major asset categories such as bonds, stocks or cash. The purpose of asset allocation is to reduce risk by diversifying the portfolio.  and a broad range of financial counseling services.

Mr. Asmundson has served as Rockefeller & Co. CEO since 1998. He joined Rockefeller & Co. in 1984 as an investment manager, after serving as executive vice president of Rothschild Asset Management for nine years. Under his leadership, Rockefeller & Co. has grown to more than $5 billion in assets under management Assets Under Management (AUM) is a term used by financial services companies in the mutual fund and money management or investment management business to gauge how much money they are managing. . Mr. Asmundson has agreed to become vice chairman and remain on the Rockefeller & Co. Board of Directors.
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[NWOSCUM]

This is such a dry well!

Indeed it initially appears to be.......

[Satyagraha]

James S. McDonald
http://www.nndb.com/people/926/000169419/
Born: c. 1952

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Business

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: CEO of Rockefeller & Co.

    University: AB, Harvard University (1974)
    Law School: JD, University of Virginia Law School (1977)
    Administrator: Trustee, Fessenden School, Newton, MA

    Rockefeller & Co. President and CEO (2001-)
    Pell, Rudman President and CEO (1998-2000)
    Pell, Rudman COO (1993-98)
    Pell, Rudman President, Boston Harbor Trust Company:(1988-93)
    Pell, Rudman GM, Trust Capabilities (1986-88)
    Choate, Hall & Stewart Partner
    Choate, Hall & Stewart Associate (1977-)
    Member of the Board of CIT Group (2007-)
    Member of the Board of New York Stock Exchange (2003-)
    Japan Society
    US Holocaust Memorial Museum Investment Committee

[NWOSCUM]

http://blackpoliticalthought.blogspot.com/2009/09/james-s-mcdonald-president-ceo-of.html

BREAKING: Investigators have said James S. McDonald, president and chief executive of investment management firm Rockefeller & Co., has committed suicide. He was found dead on Sunday in his vehicle behind a dealership in Dartmouth, MA., from a self-inflicted gun shot wound.

Maybe he was all broken up over all the clunkers on the lot.   

[Satyagraha]

NY investment manager found dead in Mass.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBIT_JAMES_MCDONALD?SITE=RIPRJ&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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BOSTON (AP) -- Massachusetts investigators say James S. McDonald, president and chief executive of investment management firm Rockefeller & Co., has died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.

A spokesman for the Bristol district attorney's office says the 56-year-old McDonald was found in his vehicle at about 3 p.m. Sunday behind a car dealership in Dartmouth.

The spokesman, Gregg Miliote (mill-ee-OH'-dee), says it appears McDonald shot himself but the death is still under investigation.

McDonald had been president and chief executive of the New York investment manager since 2001. The company was started in 1882 by John D. Rockefeller to manage the family's assets.

McDonald, a New York City resident, was also on the boards of NYSE Euronext and CIT International.

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CIT Group
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For the large bank holding corporation that is not related to this company, see Citigroup.
CIT Group, Inc. Image:Logo-cit.png
Type    Public NYSE: CIT
Founded    1908
Founder(s)    Henry Ittleson
Headquarters    New York City
 United States
Key people    Jeffrey M. Peek (Chairman, CEO)
Industry    Finance company
Revenue    ▼ US$ 6.09 billion (2008)[1]
Operating income    ▼ US$ 1.96 Billion (2008)
Net income    ▼ US$ -2.79 Billion (2008)
Total assets    ▼ US$ 80.44 billion (2008)
Total equity    ▲ US$ 8.12 billion (2008)
Website    cit.com

CIT Group, Inc. (NYSE: CIT) is a large American commercial and consumer finance company, founded in 1908. The company is included in the Fortune 500 and is a leading participant in vendor financing, factoring, equipment and transportation financing, Small Business Administration loans, and asset-based lending. The company does business with more than 80% of the Fortune 1000, and lends to a million small and medium businesses.[2] It is a part of the S&P 500 Index, but will be replaced by Red Hat after the close of trading on July 24, 2009.[3] The company has its headquarters in New York City, and employs more than 7,300 people in locations throughout North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. The company's name is an abbreviation of an early corporate name, Commercial Investment Trust.

In 2008, CIT Group became a bank holding company in order to receive $2.3 billion in Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds.[4] On July 15, 2009, CIT announced that it believed it was unlikely that it would receive further funding from the federal government.[5] CIT Group came very close to declaring Chapter 11 bankruptcy.[6] [7] It was rescued in a US$ 3bn deal late on Sunday 19 July, entering into an agreement with the bondholders group, which includes Pacific Investment Management Company (Pimco) and some other top CIT holderssigned.[8]


Board of Directors

Members of CIT's Board of Directors are[16]:

    * Jeffrey M. Peek - Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of CIT.
    * Gary C. Butler - since February 2004
    * William M. Freeman - since July 2003
    * Susan Lyne - since October 2006
    * James McDonald - since 2001
    * Marianne Miller Parrs - since January 2003
    * Timothy M. Ring - since January 2005
    * John Ryan - since July 2003
    * Seymour G. Sternberg - since December 2005
    * Peter J. Tobin - since July 2002
    * Lois M. Van Deusen - since January 2003

[edit] References

   1. ^ CIT - CIT Group Inc. - Google Finance
   2. ^ CIT Says It Won’t Get More U.S. Aid
   3. ^ Red Hat to join S&P 500
   4. ^ ""FDIC Said to Withhold CIT Debt Guarantees Due to Risk"". Bloomberg. 2009-07-10. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=asP1YqNM.d2g. Retrieved 2009-07-13.
   5. ^ "CIT Group Inc., Major Small Business Lender Seeks Government Aid". ABC News. 2009-07-15. http://abcnews.go.com/Business/SmallBiz/story?id=8088330&page=1. Retrieved 2009-07-15.
   6. ^ Washington Post on July 16, 2009
   7. ^ CIT Group’s Banks Said to Weigh Bankruptcy Financing (Update1)
   8. ^ CIT clinches deal to stave off bankruptcy (Reuters)
   9. ^ ""CIT Group exits home lending businesses"". Associated Press. 2008-07-01. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-ap-cit-group-home-lending,0,4343039.story. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
  10. ^ ""CIT gets $3 bln lifeline from bondholders"". Reuters. 2009-07-20. http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN1444850020090721. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
  11. ^ a b The CIT Story, accessed September 8, 2007
  12. ^ [http://www.scripophily.net/citfincor.html C.I.T. Financial Corporation 1967 - (CIT Group) - scripophily.net - Retrieved March 20, 2008]
  13. ^ 2004 Annual Report, Tyco International Ltd.
  14. ^ CIT Establishes New York City As Its Global Headquarters.PR NewsWire, June 8, 2005.
  15. ^ Contact CIT - US & Global Financial Services accessed on March 25, 2009.
  16. ^ CIT Corporate Governance, accessed January 25, 2007

[Scribble]

http://blackpoliticalthought.blogspot.com/2009/09/james-s-mcdonald-president-ceo-of.html

Maybe he was all broken up over all the clunkers on the lot.   

Maybe he was a microbiologist on the side

[aviana]

Apparently he's not the only financial "suicide" as of late.

McDonald's apparent suicide came less than one week after Finn M. W. Casperson, the former chairman and CEO of Beneficial Corp. and another prominent financial figure, was found dead from a single, self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head near his own home in Westerly, Rhode Island.

Source:  http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/15/james-s-mcdonald-ceo-of-rockefeller-and-co-dead-in-apparent-su/

http://blackpoliticalthought.blogspot.com/2009/09/james-s-mcdonald-president-ceo-of.html

BREAKING: Investigators have said James S. McDonald, president and chief executive of investment management firm Rockefeller & Co., has committed suicide. He was found dead on Sunday in his vehicle behind a dealership in Dartmouth, MA., from a self-inflicted gun shot wound.

Wow! McDonald and Casperson both found dead with "self-inflicted gun shot wound (to the head)"
I not only smell a rat, I smell a plague about to be unleashed...

[NWOSCUM]

Wow! McDonald and Casperson both found dead with "self-inflicted gun shot wound (to the head)"
I not only smell a rat, I smell a plague about to be unleashed...

It appears that way, especially if they were shot in the back of the head while their hands were ductaped together.

[Scribble]

A little Rockefeller, et. al. historical summary....

http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org/The_Hague/bwdcritical.htm

[NWOSCUM]

A little Rockefeller, et. al. historical summary....

http://www4.dr-rath-foundation.org/The_Hague/bwdcritical.htm

Good and simple illustration of the reach of this criminal.

[jofortruth]

I wonder if this is about some of these guys finally getting a conscience; losing wealth and thus don't think they have any other reason to live (very sad if their whole basis for living was about money); or didn't want to go along with the global scam and were taken care of?

A lot of scenarios are possible, but there is definitely a trend in the financial realm of this happening especially in the last year.

How sad, if this is the case, that some only think money is what makes them as a person and nothing else is worth living for once they lose that!

[NWOSCUM]

I wonder if this is about some of these guys finally getting a conscience; losing wealth and thus don't think they have any other reason to live (very sad if their whole basis for living was about money); or didn't want to go along with the global scam and were taken care of?

A lot of scenarios are possible, but there is definitely a trend in the financial realm of this happening especially in the last year.

How sad, if this is the case, that some only think money is what makes them as a person and nothing else is worth living for once they lose that!

I think it's more like they know too much information and this is a permanent way to ensure their silence.

[jofortruth]

I think it's more like they know too much information and this is a permanent way to ensure their silence.

I agree this could be very possible, especially if they start to buck their masters after all of these years bowing to them! What a waste of a life! 

[Scribble]

"What a waste of a life!"

Such is the very nature of evil.

[Dig]

This is the bottom line...


THERE IS NO JOB SECURITY IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER!


Sub-elites would do good to break their chains of silence before being "suicided" like this guy or "heart attacked" like Ken Lay.

[Shorty123]

[Dig]

I will be stealing that one often!

[Kilika]

I think it's more like they know too much information and this is a permanent way to ensure their silence.

Just imagine the pressure on this guy, being responsible for the uber-rich's personal money. The connections of these people I have no doubt is vast. You get fired at that level, where do you go? Nowhere but down. Greed can indeed kill.

[Shorty123]

I will be stealing that one often!

I figured after I read your post, I put that up, LOL!

[luckee1]

Evidently there is no such thing as retirement!  Pass the popcorn?

[winthorp]

I wonder if they used that "suicide" device from the movie Shooter.

[Dig]

I wonder if they used that "suicide" device from the movie Shooter.

oh man everyone is on fire today.


i guess there is a little bit more sunshine now that a "hoarder of all things good" has left us.

[Freebird100]

You know what happens when they make a deal with the devil.

[carlee]

should be some interesting characters at the two funerals

[Dig]

FULFORD'S NINJAS ATTACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[nofakenews]

Connections of james mcdonald...

[Dig]

Connections of james mcdonald...

japan society?

japan just had a coup d'etat of sorts right?

[Harconen]

I just read it here http://www.sott.net/signs/list_by_category/12-U-S-News and thinking to post it, but you guys are so fast. Pass the popcorn?

[Satyagraha]

japan society?

japan just had a coup d'etat of sorts right?

Popcorn for breakfast. This is serious.

[luckee1]

http://www.japansociety.org/board_of_directors

Board of Directors

As of April 29, 2008

Kazushi Ambe
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Sony Corporation of America

Gregory A. Boyko*
Chairman
Hartford Life Insurance, K.K.

Henry Cornell*
Managing Director
Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Michael E. Daniels
Senior Vice President, Global Technology Services
IBM Corporation

Richard A. Drucker
Partner
Davis Polk & Wardwell

Robert E. Fallon
Adjunct Professor
Columbia Business School

Atsuko Toko Fish
U.S. - Japan Cross Cultural Communication Consultant

Carol Gluck*
George Sansom Professor of History
Columbia University

Maurice R. Greenberg
Chairman & CEO
C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.

Shigeru Hayakawa
Vice Chairman, Japan Society
President & COO
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

David W. Heleniak*
Senior Advisor
Morgan Stanley
Investment Banking Division

Nobuhiko Ikura
President & CEO
Nippon Steel U.S.A., Inc.

Merit E. Janow*
Professor, International Economic Law & International Affairs
Columbia University

Shigesuke Kashiwagi
President and CEO
Nomura Holding America Inc.

Frederick H. Katayama
Anchor
Thomson Reuters

Yoshiaki Kawamata
Senior Managing Executive Officer and CEO for the Americas
Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.

Robert A. Karr
Principal
Joho Capital, LLC

Jonathan B. Kindred
CEO and Representative Director
Morgan Stanley Japan Holdings Co., Ltd.

Richard S. Lanier*
Chairman, Japan Society Executive Committee
President
Asian Cultural Council

Alan S. MacDonald
Vice Chairman
Citibank, N.A.

Jun Makihara
Chairman
Neoteny Co., Ltd.

Deryck C. Maughan
Member
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

James S. McDonald
Chairman, Japan Society
President & CEO
Rockefeller & Co., Inc.

Koichi Mochizuki
President & CEO
Marubeni America Corporation

Satoru Murase
Partner
Bingham McCutchen Murase

Shinichi Nishimiya**
Ambassador and Consul General
Consulate General of Japan in New York

James H. Quigley
Chief Executive Officer
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu 

James G. Wilders Reed
President & CEO
Mizuho Securities USA Inc.

Justin A. Rockefeller
Co-Founder
GenerationEngage 

Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.
Chairman & CEO
WL Ross & Co. LLC

Motoatsu Sakurai
President
Japan Society
(Ex officio)

Timothy Schilt
Partner
Berens Capital

Michihisa Shinagawa*
President & CEO
Sumitomo Corporation of America

Masako H. Shinn
Partner
Graphis Inc.

Joshua N. Solomon
Principal
New York City
Department of Education

Howard Stringer
Chairman, CEO & President
Sony Corporation

Yoshihisa Suzuki
President & CEO
ITOCHU International Inc.

Gary M. Talarico
Former Managing Director
Sun Capital Partners

Ryoichi Ueda
President & CEO
Mitsubishi International Corporation

Yasunori Yokote
President & CEO
Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.

Life Directors

Henry A. McKinnell, Jr.
Chairman
Accordia Global Health Foundation
Former Chairman of the Board & CEO
Pfizer Inc

Jiro Murase
Managing Partner
Bingham McCutchen Murase

Peter G. Peterson
Founder & Chairman
Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Chairman Emeritus & Co-Founder
The Blackstone Group

Michael I. Sovern
President Emeritus and Chancellor Kent Professor of Law
Columbia University

Paul A. Volcker
Former Chairman of the Board Of Governors
Federal Reserve System

*Denotes member of the Executive Committee

**Honorary Director