Ken Grouf is the Founder and Co-Executive Director of the New York division of City Year. City Year unites a diverse group of 17 to 24 year-old young people for a year of full-time, rigorous community service, leadership development, and civic engagement.
Prior to starting City Year New York, Grouf was the Director of Brand Managment at Yahoo! Prior to Yahoo!, Ken was the Director of National Programs and Marketing at Do Something.
In 1993, he founded and served as the Executive Director of Students for Children, a non-profit organization that encouraged volunteerism and child advocacy on college campuses nationwide.
Ken Grouf received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University.
James McNair is Managing Director of Lincolnshire and manages the firm's Chicago office. McNair has over 18 years of experience in investment banking and private equity. Prior to joining Lincolnshire, McNair was President of McNair, Reed & Company and a Senior Vice President and a Director at Jordan Industries. His transaction experience includes the completion of over 31 middle private equity market transactions with combined revenues in excess of $700 million.
James McNair received his undergraduate degree from Yale University and his MBA from the Johnson School of Management at Cornell University.
John Cayer has worked in Brand Management at SC Johnson for the past 10 years.
John Cayer is a graduate of Cornell University.
Bruce Peterson is Senior Vice President and General Merchandise Manager of perishables for Wal-Mart.
Based in Wal-Mart's home offices in Bentonville, AR, Peterson oversees all meat, produce, dairy, frozen, floral, bakery and commercial bread operations for Wal-Mart Stores, its domestic Supercenters and the new Neighborhood Markets.
Bruce Peterson received his undergraduate degree from University of Michigan.
After working in developing countries for more than 20 years, Raymond C. Offenheiser returned to the US in 1995 to join Oxfam America as its President. Under Offenheiser's leadership, Oxfam America has more than doubled in size, and has repositioned itself as a leading voice on international development and global trade.
Offenheiser has spent his entire career in the non-profit sector, and is a recognized leader on issues such as poverty alleviation, human rights, foreign policy, and international development. He brings more than two decades of international development experience to Oxfam America.
Ray Offenheiser earned his Bachelors Degree from the University of Notre Dame and holds a Masters Degree in Development Sociology from Cornell University.
John Cannon is the Business Development Director at Nestle USA. Prior to his role in business development, he spent 25 years of his career at Nestle in sales, with the last 12 running their largest market - New York.
John Cannon is a graduate of Bloomsburg University.
Chad Moutray joined the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Advocacy in October 2002. At Advocacy, he is the Chief Economist and Director of the Office of Economic Research. In this role, he oversees the research being conducted both internally and externally through contracts. Advocacy is responsible for disseminating and maintaining a number of databases on small firms.
Prior to joining Advocacy, Chad was the Dean of the School of Business Administration at Robert Morris College (RMC) in Chicago, where he taught economics and finance courses.
Chad Moutray has a Ph.D. in economics from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and an M.A. and B.A. in economics from Eastern Illinois University.
Michael Pralle is President and CEO of GE Commercial Finance Real Estate. Prior to this, he served as President of GE Equity.
Pralle previously was President, GE Capital Asia Pacific, where he supervised GE Capital's activities in 15 countries across North and Southeast Asia. He has also served GE Capital as Vice President and General Manager of Distribution Financial Services. Pralle joined GE Capital in August 1989 as Vice President, Business Development on the corporate headquarters staff responsible for M&A activities for half of GE Capital businesses.
Prior to joining GE, Pralle spent six years with management consultants, McKinsey and Co., in their London and Hong Kong offices.
Michael Pralle graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a B.A. in Economics, and received an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Amy Millman has established a successful 25-year career working for and with business and government officials. As one of the founders and current president of Springboard Enterprises, she has built an organization which has assisted hundreds of women-led high-growth enterprises raise $1 billion in investment capital in less than three years.
Prior to Springboard, Millman served as Executive Director of the National Women's Business Council, a federal statutory commission providing advice and counsel to the President and Congress on issues of importance to women business owners.
Amy Millman is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and received a Masters degree from The George Washington University where she is currently an adjunct professor. She and her family reside in the Washington, D.C. area.