Roy E. Disney, Chairman of Shamrock
Capital Advisors
45 years of business experience and 25 years in private equity
Over fifty years in filmmaking, writing, directing and producing, three Academy Award nominations
Director Emeritus of The Walt Disney Company
Serves on the Board of Trustees of California Institute of the Arts, Big Brothers and Sisters of Greater Los Angeles, Chairman Emeritus of the Peregrine Fund, St. Joseph Medical Center Advisory Board, and active in many other charitable endeavors
Graduate of Pomona College
Four children, sixteen grandchildren
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Abigail Disney, Vice-Chairman of Shamrock Capital Advisors
Founder and President of the Daphne Foundation, which for 15 years has been making grants to grassroots, community-based organizations working with low-income communities in New York City
Longtime supporter of various other local and national organizations that help enable women, children, and low-income residents to attain self sufficiency and reach their potential
Director of The Fund For the City of New York, the White House Project, Global Fund for Women, and Honorary Chair of The New York Women's Foundation
Documentary filmmaker currently finishing a project about the peace movement in Liberia, and starting work with PBS on a series about women and war.
Former Director of September 11th Fund, the Brazelton Foundation and Project for Psychiatric Outreach to the Homeless
Graduate of Yale University and Stanford University, received her Doctorate in English from Columbia University in 1994
Stanley P. Gold, President and Chief Executive of Shamrock Capital Advisors and President of Shamrock Holdings
Prior to founding Shamrock 29 years ago in 1978, was managing partner of a prominent Los Angeles law firm serving the entertainment industry
Former Director of The Walt Disney Company and Tadiran Communications, Ltd., alternate Director, Ansell Limited
Chairman Board of Trustees University Southern California, Board of Governors (Past Chairman) Hebrew Union College
Graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California Law School. He completed post-graduate studies at Cambridge University in England
Eugene I. Krieger, Vice Chairman
and Chief Operating Officer of Shamrock Holdings
Formerly, senior
tax partner with Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP in Southern California.
While at PWC, he served as managing partner of the Southern
California tax practice, was a member of the firm's Policy Board
(Board of Directors) and served as a business and tax advisor
to a wide range of prominent clients
Vice Chairman of the Board of the Colburn School; Director of the Beverly Hills Education Foundation and JTN Productions and Director and Trustee of Facing History and Ourselves, and Chairman of their L.A. Regional Advisory Board
Mr. Krieger is a
Certified Public Accountant and a graduate of the University
of California at Los Angeles
Michael J. McConnell, Managing Director of Shamrock Capital Advisors
14 years of Activist investment experience globally and a frequent speaker regarding corporate governance and Shamrock's unique activist strategy
Prior to joining Shamrock, was an investment banker with Merrill Lynch and Kidder Peabody
Director of iPass, Inc. and Collectors Universe, former Director of Ansell Limited, Nuplex Industries, Port Link International and Force Corporation, Member NACD
Board Member of the La Canada Educational Foundation, Member of Opportunity International Board of Governors, Harvard Undergraduate Admissions Interviewer, LA Conservation Corps Tutor
Graduate of Harvard University and the Darden School of the University of Virginia (Shermet Scholar)
Clifford A. Miller, Senior Consultant to Shamrock
Capital Advisors
More than 40 years of business consulting experience with an emphasis on public and legislative affairs, investor relations, marketing, and media & communications
Prior to Shamrock, was a senior executive and director of Great Western Financial Corporation and Great Western Bank, and served for many years as Chairman and Chief Executive of a national business consulting firm, Braun and Company
Director of Western Community Bancshares, Frontier Bank, and El Paseo Bank, former director of Triad Broadcasting Co. and LifeStage Media Group, Inc.
Chairman Emeritus and a member of the Board of Trustees of Harvey Mudd College, a founding trustee of the Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences and chair of the National Advisory Council of the University of Utah
Graduate of the University of Utah
Gregory S. Martin, Chief Financial Officer of Shamrock Holdings
Chief Financial Officer of Shamrock and provides assistance to portfolio assets on financial and investment matters
Previously, Mr. Martin served as Vice President of a manufacturing company and as a Senior Manager for Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP
Mr. Martin has assisted
a wide variety of companies with initial public offerings, pre-merger
due diligence investigations and post-merger integration efforts
Member of the audit
and finance committees of Childrens' Hospital Los Angeles
Mr. Martin is a
CPA and a graduate of California State University at Fullerton