Chair
Karen Neilinger graduated from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing and a Bachelor of Arts in German. She spent one year abroad as a graduate student in Germany as a Rotary Scholar and then graduated with a Master of International Business from Thunderbird in Phoenix, AZ and a Master of Arts in German from Middlebury College, VT. Upon graduation Karen worked for Goldman Sachs in client services in New York City and London. Later, she worked for Lehman Brothers as Head of International Marketing in London. While in London, Karen met and married her husband, Neal. Karen spent a year at Le Cordon Bleu, obtaining a degree in Culinary Arts. Neal and Karen moved back to the U.S. in 1998 and settled in Greenwich. Here she has been very active with various charities and organizations including the YWCA (Board of Directors, Gala Chair, Spirit and Nominating Committees, Greenwich Newcomers (VP and Evening Events Co-Chair), United Way (Lobster Fest, Sole Sisters and Nominating Committee), Junior League (Cotillion Co-Chair, Christmas Hamper Committee-London, Sustainer), and the DAR. Karen and her husband Neal co-chaired the National Advisory Council of Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia and are current members of the Council and the Raleigh Tavern Society. Karen co-chaired Dogs Night Out for the Animal Rescue Coalition in Sarasota, Florida and worked as a Committee Member for the ARC Cat Can Can Gala. Aside from charity work, Karen loves traveling, antiquing, gardening, tennis and golf.
Vice Chair Programs
Pattie Simon and her family recently moved to Greenwich. Over the years, she has volunteered for a number of organizations, including her daughter's schools. The community activity where Pattie has devoted most of her time is the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind. At the GDF she and her younger daughter who is currently in college, trained seeing eye guide dogs together and raised funds to sponsor seeing eye guide dogs. In addition, Pattie has been very involved in the alumni activities of her alma mater, University of Pennsylvania. Pattie's most recent work experience includes running an economic development program, Technology Incubator for several years. At the incubator she provided support programs and marketing support to promote the growth and development of 17 start-up tech companies. Prior to that, she was a marketing executive at American Express and an advertising executive at Darcy, Masius, Benton and Bowles. Pattie received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania and her MBA from NYU. She is fluent in Spanish.
Vice Chair Development
Chris Hikawa recently retired from the ABC Television Network where she was Vice President of Standards and Practices. Chris earned her J.D. from Columbia Law School and spent 23 years at ABC as an attorney for the Owned Stations Group and at ABC Sports. With her husband and twin girls, she moved to Greenwich in 2002. Chris has served on numerous Boards, most recently as Chair of the Trustees' Council of Penn Women, a national network of Alumnae of the University of Pennsylvania and the Council of Better Business Bureaus. She is currently the Secretary for the Board of Directors of the Rock Ridge Association and will be Chair of the Public Policy Committee.
Secretary
Susan Arturi and her husband Perrin moved to Greenwich in 1991 and she has volunteered in a number of organizations and in her three children's schools ever since. Her current commitments include the Junior League of Greenwich, where she has been a member since 1993 and currently serves on the Sustainer Committee; the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, where she has volunteered since 1997, including as Chair of Cruise for a Cure; and Brunswick School, where she has held numerous roles since 1998. Other organizations where Susan has dedicated her time include: United Way of Greenwich, the Greenwich Historical Society, Greenwich Library, Putnam-Indian Field School and the Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich. She has a BS in Business Communication from the College of New Rochelle and, prior to starting her family, worked for ASAP, Inc., a female-owned-and-run promotional and marketing firm.
Treasurer
Joan Lynch is a Certified Public Accountant with professional work experience at Arthur Andersen where she was an Audit Manager and at Pepsi Bottling Group where she worked most recently as a Regional Controller. Joan left the work force when her son was born, and she now focuses her time and energy on raising her two children ages six and two. She served as President of the Parents Association at Whitby School in Greenwich for the past two years, at which time she also served on the Board of Trustees. Prior to becoming President, Joan was cochair of Whitby School's annual spring benefit fundraiser and was auction co-chair in 2003. She loves tennis, running, swimming, kick-boxing, and just about any other sport. She lives in Greenwich with her husband Bob and two children, Ryan and Meghan.
Berdie Brady is currently employed as a Realtor by Country Living Associates in Greenwich. A native of California, Berdie relocated to Greenwich from Stockholm, Sweden in 1996. Berdie is currently involved with the Greenwich Riding Trails Association and has been a past delegate to the RTM representing District 6. Having a background in art history and jewelry, she was educated at Stockholm University and at the Gemological Association of Great Britain. Berdie spent ten years working for Bukowski's, the largest auction house in Scandinavia. She was in the client services department handling dealers and some of the most famous collectors in the country. Berdie was also involved in Swedish political life, working for Dutch Ambassador Ivo Dubois in the European Union Delegation in Stockholm. At that time Sweden was negotiating to join the European Union. Upon her return to the U.S., she had brief stints at Tiffany's and Christies New York before becoming a realtor. Her family includes husband Mairtin, and children Maximilian, Astrid, and Cedric. Interests include gardening, travel, cooking and collecting antiques and jewelry. Berdie is also fluent in Swedish.
Caroline Brecker is a Senior Banker and Managing Director in the Greenwich office of the JPMorgan Private Bank. Caroline has spent 15 years in the financial industry. During her time in the Private Bank, Caroline led a marketing initiative focused on Endowments and Foundations for the New York area. In addition, Caroline created and continues to run a forum series for senior women in the Private Bank called Wednesdays for Women. Before being recruited to join JPMorgan in 1997, she held positions with Bankers Trust and Chemical Bank covering institutional clients.Caroline holds B.A. and M.B.A. degrees from Duke University and has remained very involved in the university both as a fundraiser and as a member of the Financial Partnership Steering Committee. In Connecticut, she has held several positions on her local PTA, including a term on the executive committee. She is also an advisory board member of The Breast Cancer Alliance. She resides with her husband Jon Yenor and three sons in Riverside. In 2008, she was recognized by Connecticut Magazine as one of the top tenfinancial advisors in Connecticut.
Diane Davol has been a Greenwich resident for 13 years. She moved to Greenwich during the merger of the Bank of New York and Putnam Trust Company where she worked as Assistant Treasurer and Branch Manager. Diane attended Groton School in Groton, MA and Hofstra University in Long Island, NY. She is a supporter of and was a volunteer for the American Red Cross, Greenwich Chapter. Her duties there included Coordinator of the Volunteers and driving for their transportation services. Diane joined Round Hill Community Church in 1999 and has been an active member ever since. She has served as a Trustee of the Round Hill Board for the past four years where she focused her energies on children programs and has been a teacher and Youth Coordinator. Round Hill Nursery and Parkway Schools have also benefited from Diane’s boundless enthusiasm to support the Community. She is married to Ward and has two boys, Rector (9) and Miller (6).
Pamela Frame is an Industrial Organizational Psychologist with over 14 years experience working as an internal and external consultant focusing on organizational development and change management. Until recently, she was at IBM where she was responsible for global employee satisfaction and climate initiatives. Previously, she held positions at Bear Stearns; Cravath, Swaine & Moore; and Katz Media, and consulted to numerous fortune 500 companies. Pamela received her B.S. in Psychology from Allegheny College and her graduate degree in Industrial Organizational Psychology from New York University. She serves on the Board of the Metropolitan New York Association for Applied Psychology and the Alumni Board of Directors at New York University. Pamela is also a member of the Junior League of Greenwich, the Greenwich Environmental Task Force Initiative and is on the YWCA Jester's Ball Committee. She and her husband Tom live in Greenwich.
Marjorie Cheney Fuscone is Managing Partner of the Fuscone Family Foundation and is an honorary Board Member of Kids in Crisis. In April 2005, she and her husband, Rick, were honored by the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's Fairfield County Chapter. Marjorie also was honored in September 2005 as a recipient of the YWCA's Spirit of Greenwich Award. She is the founding member of the Greenwich Partners Club of the American Ballet Theatre. She has contributed her time and talents to the Junior League of Greenwich, Greenwich Hospital, Bruce Museum, United Way of Greenwich, Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich, Greenwich Adult Day Care, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, St. Michael's Church, and American Red Cross of Greenwich. She was active on the Education Committee at Putnam-Indian Field School and currently volunteers at Greenwich Country Day School and Brunswick School. Marjorie moved to Greenwich 17 years ago, after pursuing a banking career in Chicago with the Northern Trust Bank. She lives here with her husband and their two children, Alexandra and Christian.
Alexandra "Sasha" Galantic has spent most of her career in Fashion Retail and Management Consulting, most recently as Vice President of Retail for Elie Tahari, where she headed operations and merchandising for five years. Sasha previously worked at Mercer Management Consulting helping companies create and implement new organizational structures. Working with several different clients in diverse industries, from pharmaceutical to banking, she led teams in charge of realigning responsibilities, setting objectives and implementing 360-degree performance reviews. She now uses her skills as a consultant in the fashion industry. Both a Swiss and American citizen, Sasha was born in Greenwich, but grew up abroad, as her family lived in Holland, France, Belgium, and Switzerland. She returned to Greenwich every year, staying at her grandparents’ home in Riverside and spent several summers going to summer camp at the YWCA, making friends and memories that last a lifetime. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from Connecticut College and a degree in Political Science from Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris. She and her husband John live in Purchase, NY, with their two young children, Alexi and Isabella.
Lorraine Gordon, a graduate of New York University, retired as Director of Operations and Legal Personnel from the New York law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore in 1998 to spend more time with her children. Lorraine, who has lived in Greenwich since 1992, has been an active school and community volunteer. She is a former Parent Association President and Trustee of The Stanwich School, having previously served as Parent Association Vice President and Treasurer. In 2004, she conceived and chaired the Stanwich’s first Online Auction, which she chaired again in 2006. In 2003, she chaired the Antiquarius Antiques Show for the Historical Society of the Town of Greenwich. As a North Street School parent, Lorraine served for two years as the Vice President of Ways and Means of the PTA’s 2001-2003 Executive Board. She also served as Chair of the “Karnival for Kids” for the Greenwich Chapter of the American Red Cross in 2000. Lorraine has 15-year old twins, Emily Fenster, a freshman at Greenwich Academy, and Matthew Fenster, a freshman at Greens Farms Academy. She also has two stepdaughters, Samantha, a recent graduate of The University of Chicago, and Dana, a junior at Fieldston in Riverdale. Lorraine’s husband, Steve, is a tax partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore.
Mary Ann Henry has enjoyed diverse positions in business and philanthropy. She has used her marketing and finance degrees as national marketing and sales representative for Diane von Furstenberg; VP of merchandising for Silk Greenhouse, a chain of 105 stores, where she specialized in product development; as partner in exclusive home décor boutiques in Florida and Pennsylvania; and as a consultant for branding and sales strategy. Mary Ann spearheaded the creation of the philanthropic divisions of two companies that donated funds nationally and operated as Chair of both. In Florida, she served on The boards of two museums. She also fulfilled Board responsibilities for the funding and opening of the first Ronald McDonald House in Orlando, Florida, implemented membership programs for the Board of the Walt Disney Memorial Cancer Hospital, and continues to support Harbor House, a home for children taken from their homes by the court. In New York and Connecticut, Mary Ann has served in key fundraising positions at Caramoor Center for Music and Arts; the Garden Education Center; the Red Cross; the Breast Cancer Alliance, where she served as a Board member and Executive Director; the Pound Ridge Land Conservancy Board; NY Philharmonic Volunteer Committee; and she is most passionate about the vital programs offered by the YWCA of Greenwich where she has served on the Old Bags Committee, the Jester’s Ball Committee, and advises the YNet high school program.
Catherine Holden, who grew up in Greenwich, returned in 2004 with her husband Blake and daughters, Madeleine and Elinor. Prior to moving, she practiced commercial litigation with Mayer, Brown, Rowe and Maw's New York after receiving her Juris Doctor degree from The George Washington University School of Law. Catherine has volunteered for a number of local organizations and serves on the boards of The Greenwich Scholarship Association and Round Hill Nursery School. Catherine holds a Bachelor of Arts in History and Biological Anthropology with a concentration in Primatology from Duke University where she is also active in fundraising efforts.
Vanessa Hunter, a recent addition to the Old Greenwich community, brings with her over 20 years of professional administration, analyst, and P&L management experience. She has been an active volunteer for many years, believing strongly in the most direct approach to helping others. Most recently, she taught Sunday School, assisted with the application of her church’s attendance database and accounts payable, while also Co-Chairing a committee to initiate a pictorial member directory. Other positions she has held in the community include mentoring at risk youth, teaching English as a Second Language to immigrants, and pursuing a position as a court advocate for abused children. She graduated the University of Texas with a bachelor of arts degree. She is married to Jeff and has two four-year-old children, Aiden and Ethan.
Yumi Mera Kuwana is the Founding Principal of Cook Pine Capital LLC, an investment advisory firm in Greenwich, CT. She handles business development, office management, and finance at the firm. Ms. Kuwana was previously at Giftken.com, the Japanese affiliate of GiftCertificates.com, where she oversaw the business expansion efforts in the Japanese markets. Prior to Giftken.com, Yumi was a Vice President at Morgan Stanley & Co. in Japan where she was a senior member in the institutional research sales area for Japanese equities and derivative products. Her major clients included top tier hedge funds and global money management firms. Yumi received a B.S. degree from the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from Harvard University. Her passion includes spending time with her family, empowering women, and taking a holistic approach to women's health, wellness and wealth. She has three children and resides in Greenwich, CT with her husband, Eiichiro Kuwana.
Jill Plancher received her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and J.D. from Harvard Law School. Upon graduation, she accepted a one-year federal law clerkship with the Honorable Robert E. Keeton in Boston, Massachusetts, an experience which would shape how she practices law to this day. She went into public service and worked as an Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Bureau of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office. In 1991, she moved from state to Federal government, and became an Assistant United States Attorney. In that capacity, she was again fortunate to manage a diverse caseload and prosecuted health care fraud, corporate fraud, violent crimes, and public corruption. After the birth of her second child, she took a threeyear hiatus from the practice of law. Next, she decided to pursue public interest law, and has began working for Connecticut Legal Services in Stamford, Connecticut. As an attorney in the family law unit of legal services for the past 12 years, she has worked with hundreds of women and children to provide safety, stability and freedom from abusive relationships. In this capacity, she has served on the advisory council to the YWCA Domestic Abuse Services program and as a legal advisor to its advocates for many years. Her husband, Dr. Kevin Plancher and she have three children in the Greenwich Public Schools, Brian age 18, Jamie age 15, and Megan age 9. She has served in the PTA as a parent representative for the Advanced Learning Program, and more recently, as the North Street School representative for the Greenwich High School scholarship program.
Stephanie Raia is a licensed clinical social worker currently employed by Saxe Middle School in New Canaan. She holds a Master of Science degree from the Columbia University School of Social Work. Before this assignment, she was a School Social Worker at Cooperative Educational Services in Trumbull, Connecticut, and a Social Work Intern at Family Services of Westchester, Port Chester, NY. A graduate of Wheaton College, Stephanie began a career in finance. She was a Second Vice President, Real Estate Lending, at Chase Manhattan Bank, New York; a Vice President, Real Estate Finance, Chemical Bank, Melville, NY; and finally, for ten years, the Chief Financial Officer of Greenwich Metals, Inc. in Greenwich. Her service to the Greenwich community includes the Board of Estimate and Taxation, the Selectman’s Charter Revision Committee, and a role as Justice of the Peace. Stephanie is a YWCA Brava Award winner and received the Connecticut Secretary of State Public Service Award. She also is the mother of three children.
Patty Read has lived in Greenwich for 10 years with her husband Jim and two daughters. She spent 17 years with IBM as a Systems Engineer and Marketing executive, both in USA and UK. She lived in London for 13 years and held many volunteer positions, including President of he Chelsea/Kensington Women's Club.. Since returning to USA, Patty has volunteered in many different capacities. She has been a member of the Junior League for over 20 years and has held various board positions. She has also worked with Greenwich Library, Kids in Crisis, GADC, and with the Greenwich Public Schools. She is very active with the New York Pops and has chaired its Gala for two years. For two years, Patty served on the YWCA Nominating committee. She has been a member of the YWCA Board for the past 3 years. She Co-chaired the Jester's Ball and is a current member of the YWCA Executive committee
Ellen Reid is a Vice President in the Wealth Strategies Group at Northern Trust, where she is responsible for developing customized financial solutions for high net worth individuals, families and institutions. Prior to joining Northern Trust in 2001, she worked in the investment banking industry in Chicago for 14 years for Bear Stearns, Drexel Burnham Lambert and Salomon Brothers. Ellen and her husband John relocated to Greenwich from Chicago in 2004 and since then, Ellen has volunteered for numerous organizations in the area. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Audubon Greenwich, The Avon Theatre Center, and the American Heart Association Heart Advisory Council. She co-chaired the 2007 Renaissance Ball for The Bruce Museum and serves on the Finance Committee of the Museum. She is also a member of the Estate Planning Council of Lower Fairfield County. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Northwestern University.
Deborah Royce has spent her career in the arts, first as an actress in film and television, then as a story editor at Miramax Films. Most recently, she and her writing partner won a grant from the Massachusetts Arts Council to develop their screenplay. Deborah serves on the Board of Directors of Literacy Volunteers of Stamford/Greenwich, the Hunter Mountain Foundation, and the Avon Theatre Film Center, an independent not-for-profit cinema in Stamford, CT that she and her husband restored and reopened. Deborah is a founding co-chair of the extremely successful “Old Bags Luncheon,” that raised money for domestic abuse services the past three years. She lives in Riverside with her husband, Chuck, a YWCA Leadership Council member, and daughters, Alexandra and Tess Porter.
Tyler Schuessler is Vice President of Organizational Development and Investor Relations for Blyth, Inc., a publicly traded Home Expressions company headquartered in Greenwich. In this capacity, she leads all Human Resources and Communications functions for the global Home Expressions enterprise. Prior to joining Blyth, Tyler began her career in non-profits, serving most recently as Director of Development for the Greenwich Library. She has volunteered for numerous local organizations and has served on the Board of Directors for the Girl Scout Council of Southwestern Connecticut and its Capital Campaign committee. A Greenwich native since the age of six, Tyler has a degree in Political Science from New York University and lives in Greenwich with her husband Alex and their two year-old daughter Martha.
Lorraine Slavin has lived in Greenwich since 1976 and practiced as a real estate lawyer in Greenwich since 1988. She is a Senior Partner at the law firm of Day Pitney, formerly known as Day Berry & Howard, practicing in the firm's Greenwich office. Her practice focuses on meeting the real estate needs of Connecticut and New York residents, including advising on purchase and sale transactions, construction contracts, architect agreements, land use and land development, title issues, zoning issues, property disputes and leasing. In 1985, she graduated Cum Laude from Fordham University School of Law. At Fordham, she was a member of the Fordham Law Review and served as Senior Articles Editor for the Law Review. Before entering private practice, she clerked for Judge William Timbers on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals in New York City. She is a member of the Connecticut Bar Association, New York Bar Association and the Greenwich Bar Association. Prior to attending law school, she taught preschool deaf children at the New York School for the Deaf in White Plains, New York. In addition to her law degree, she has two Masters Degrees in Special Education from Hunter College and Manhattanville College. She earned her bachelors degree Magna Cum Laude from Marymount College. She has served on committees for the Greenwich Commission on Aging, Greenwich Continuing Education, the March of Dimes and Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company.
Lynn Surprenant (formerly Simonson) has lived in Greenwich for 18 years. Originally from Boston, Lynn received a BA in French from the University of Vermont. Relocating to NYC, she worked as a paralegal at a law firm and then at Merrill Lynch in investment banking and communications. She is now the mother of Christopher, 17, and Tara, 15, currently at Brunswick School and Greenwich Academy, respectively. Many of Lynn’s outside activities have been centered around her children’s schools, volunteering each year for many and various committees and serving on both the Brunswick Parent Association and Greenwich Academy Parent Association over the last 13 years. In addition, Lynn has been involved with the YWCA’s Domestic Abuse Services team as a volunteer since 2005. She is also currently a volunteer with the American Red Cross Greenwich Chapter, the Breast Cancer Alliance and the Boys Club of NY. She has volunteered over the years with the Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich, ARC (now Abilis) and in the Greenwich Public Schools as an ESL teacher.
Cathy Swei is a Certified Public Accountant. She graduated from National Chengchi University in Taiwan and received her Masters of Business Administration from Baruch College. She began her career at Deloitte & Touche and was Vice President of the Internal Audit Department of Morgan Stanley before leaving the workforce to focus on raising her two children. Her volunteer activities have focused on Whitby School, where her children attend and the Junior League. Her Junior League activities include serving as Treasurer of the Cotillion as well as Assistant Treasurer and Underwriter for the Enchanted Forest. Cathy volunteered to run the auction-ware at Whitby School for the past three years and the auction for her children's weekend Chinese school. She was also Treasurer of the YWCA Newcomers Club. Her husband Shelton is President of Sapphire Management, a Hedge Fund.
Alease Fisher Tallman has lived in Greenwich for 12 years. She has four lovely sons (Andy, 19, Jack, 16, Cole, 16, and Penn, 16) and one lovely husband (Paul, ageless). She holds a Master's Degree in English Literature, and an MBA, and has worked as a management consultant for Alexander Grant and Company and as owner of Alease Fisher Designs, a fashion design and manufacturing firm. Alease has served on the boards of the Historic Society of Greenwich (cochaired Antiquarius in 2008), the Bruce Museum (cochaired the Rennissance Ball in 1998), and Brunswick School for 9 years (chaired the Fashion Show). She has been active in the Greenwich Adult Day Care Center, and Autism Speaks. Alease became involved with the YWCA as a committee member for the Old Bags Luncheon, and subsequently chaired that event in 2008.
Stacey Tisdale, on air journalist, has reported on business and financial issues for more than 15 years. Ms. Tisdale authored a book which was released in September 2007, titled The True Cost of Happiness: The Real Story Behind Managing Your Money. A financial expert, Stacey appears on NBC’s Today Show, and has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and in O Magazine. From 2002 to 2004, Stacey filed business and consumer reports for all of the CNN networks. During this period, she contributed reports to “Money Talks,” the nationally syndicated program created by BusinessWeek. In addition, she was a business correspondent for CBS MarketWatch, The Early Show, CBS Evening News, and CBS Radio. Stacey’s journalistic career began at Dow Jones & Co. For seven years, she produced, wrote, and eventually reported and hosted programming for Wall Street Journal Television, now CNBC. Prior to that, she was a cash manager for Wall Street commodities firm, Balfour Maclaine International. Stacey graduated from Marymount College in 1988, where she studied international business and finance. She is a board member and advisor for John Hope Bryant’s financial literacy organization, Operation Hope. She recently authored a personal finance curriculum for college students on behalf of the White House and Operation HOPE. The program is now mandatory for students at Spelman College. It will soon be adopted by all of the historically black Colleges across the United States. She is married to Christopher A. Gatty, a financial advisor at Barnum Financial Group. Their son, Christopher T. Gatty, is 4-years-old and attends the Long Ridge School in Stamford, CT.
Lynne Wheat is on the Board of the New York Boys' and Girls' Club, Friends of Acadia (Mt. Desert Island, Maine), Greenwich Historical Society, Frisbee Foundation (Childhood Cancer), and the Touch Foundation (Tanzania Medical School). She formerly served on the Sacred Heart alumnae board. She previously worked as a financial analyst for General Foods' Breakfast Foods Division in White Plains; was a banker in the metropolitan division of Chemical Bank in New York City and worked for Grey Advertising in its casting department. She graduated from Sacred Heart and received her Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College and Master of Business Administration from Pace University. She is the mother of three children: Lindsey, Alexander, and Olivia, and is interested in bridge, tennis, skiing and golf.
Sun Jen Yung is a Managing Director and Head of Digital Media & Internet Investment Banking at Collins Stewart LLC, an international mid-market investment bank. She has over 17 years of experience in investment banking that includes corporate finance coverage of Media (cable and entertainment), Digital Media, Internet and software companies at Oppenheimer & Co., TD Securities, Deutsche Bank and Lehman Brothers. Sun also worked in equity research at Lehman Brothers. Over the years Sun has represented a wide range of clients in these sectors encompassing a variety of equity, debt and merger & acquisition transactions. In addition, she spent two years at TCSI (Teknekron Communications Systems Inc.) in Berkeley, CA in Business Development and Finance. Sun is a frequent speaker at industry conferences including The McGraw-Hill Companies Media Summit and Digital Hollywood. Sun’s community activities over the years have included women in leadership events such as Columbia Women In Business, Team In Training for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Girl Scouts of the USA as both a Girl Scout and Leader, and President of her 4-H Club. Sun graduated from Columbia Business School in 1988 with an MBA in Finance and a B.A. in Economics and International Studies from Macalester College in St. Paul, MN in 1984. Sun has lived in Greenwich since 2003 with her husband and two boys.
Carol Zuckert is a licensed realtor with Sotheby’s International Realty in Greenwich, Ct, a member of the National Association of Realtors and a member of the Greenwich Board of Realtors and the Greenwich Multiple Listing Service. Prior to her real estate career, Carol worked in financial services marketing with American Express and Wells Fargo Bank. Carol earned her bachelor of arts in Political Science from The University of Pennsylvania and her MBA from Northwestern University’s J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, where she majored in Marketing and Finance. After living on the west coast for 12 years, Carol and her husband, Tim, a Greenwich native, returned to Greenwich seven years ago with their two children, Sam and Carlyn. Carol is very active at her children’s schools, the Brunswick School and Greenwich Academy, where she is on the Greenwich Academy Parent Association Board and manages the Middle School Community Service programs. Carol also volunteers her time with Kids-In-Crisis and Greenwich Meals on Wheels.
