Advisory Board

Nancy Bechtle, Advisory Board Chair
San Francisco, CA
Chair of the Advisory Board; Chair, Sugar Bowl Corporation; President and CEO, San Francisco Symphony, 1987-2001; Board Member, National Parks Foundation

Suzanne Arkin
New York, NY
Member of the Board of Directors of Global Kids

Nina Brink
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Managing partner of Renessence Ventures headquartered in Amsterdam, formed by World Online International founders

Marie Bristol-Power, Ph.D.
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Former Special Assistant for Autism; Office of the Director, National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Luke Evnin, Ph.D.
San Francisco, CA
Chairman, Scleroderma Research Foundation; General Partner, MPM Capital, San Francisco, CA

Lauri Isbrandtsen
Fairfax, VA
Retired but still does consulting work for the aerospace industry.

Tom Keilty
Phoenix, MD
Senior Vice President, Customer & Vehicle Services for PHH Arval in Sparks, MD

Peter Kovler
Washington, D.C.
Chairman of the National Advisory Board, Center for the National Policy; Director of the Marjorie Kovler Fund

Ralph Lord
Greenville, DE
Johns Hopkins graduate, 1954; Lieutenant in US Army; 40 years of leadership at independent insurance agency; President, Delaware Insurance Association; Board Member, Kent General Hospital

Jack and Jean Luskin
Baltimore, MD
Retired Chairman of the Board, Luskins, Inc., a retail chain of TV electronic appliance stores in Maryland, DC, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana

Kathy Mayhew
Fort Lauderdale, FL; Kent Island, MD
Investor, formerly with CitiFinancial

Jerry Rifkin
Boca Raton, FL
Retired, formerly President of Rifkee Enterprises Corporation, an orange juice distribution company

Don Powell
Houston, TX
Retired.  Former Chairman and CEO of Van Kampen Investments.

Jerold Shapiro
Kansas City, MO
Ownership of Walker Towel & Uniform Service in Kansas City, MO

Robert Viverito
Plantation, FL
Retired CNN News Correspondent/Bureau Chief, 1981–2000