Admiral Thomas H. Collins
Admiral Thomas Collins, U.S. Coast Guard (retired), Director, has 38 years of experience
and accomplishments as a commissioned officer, leader, and manager in the U.S. Coast
Guard. Recently retired as Commandant of the Coast Guard, Admiral Collins managed
more than 100,000 personnel, an $8.1 billion budget, and a fleet of more than 220
ships, 230 aircraft, and 1,800 boats, and more than 160 shore facilities.
Admiral Collins has served the American public and the maritime industry in a variety
of safety, environmental, law enforcement, and national security missions, including
leading the nation’s maritime component of the Department of Homeland Security and
leading the Coast Guard’s overall response to hurricane Katrina. As Commandant,
he led the transfer of the Coast Guard from the Department of Transportation to
Homeland Security. He developed and implemented national strategies, policy, and
operations designed to mitigate security risk in our ports, coastal areas, and beyond.
During his career with the Coast Guard, he served in a wide variety of influential
leadership positions, including Vice Commandant; operational commander of all mission
activities in the Pacific; Commander of operations in the Western Pacific; Chief
of Coast Guard Acquisitions; and a number of assignments as commanding officer of
both shore and afloat field units.
Admiral Collins is a graduate of the Coast Guard Academy, where he also served as
a faculty member. In addition, he earned a Master of Arts degree at Wesleyan University
and a Master of Business Administration degree at the University of New Haven.
In addition to the board position with Altegrity, Admiral Collins currently serves
as a member of the board of directors of EID Passport Inc.; Spatial Data Analytics
Corp (SPADAC); Terma North America Inc.; and the Armed Forces Benefit Association
(AFBA). He also serves as a director with the Coast Guard Foundation and a senior
advisor to Ridge Global LLC, a strategic consulting company.
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Christopher C. Gunther
Chris Gunther is a Principal of Providence Equity Partners and is based in its New
York office, where he focuses on investor relations as well as investment-related
activities. He joined Providence in 2000 and relocated to the New York office in
2003.
Prior to joining Providence, Mr. Gunther was an Associate in the media corporate
finance group at Salomon Smith Barney. Previously, he worked as an Analyst in corporate
finance for Salomon Brothers in both Los Angeles and Hong Kong.
Mr. Gunther received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University.
Mr. Gunther is currently a director of CSDVRS, Open Solutions, and Altegrity.
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Michael D. McCurry
Mike McCurry is a Principal at Public Strategies Washington, Inc., where he provides
counsel on communications strategies and management to corporate and nonprofit clients.
Mr. McCurry is a veteran political strategist and spokesperson with more than 30
years of experience in Washington, D.C. He served in the White House as Press Secretary
to President Bill Clinton (1995-1998). He also served as spokesman for the Department
of State (1993-1995) and Director of Communications for the Democratic National
Committee (1988-1990). Mr. McCurry also held a variety of leadership roles in national
campaigns for the Democratic ticket from 1984 to 2004.
Mr. McCurry began his career on the staff of the United States Senate, working as
Press Secretary to the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources and to the
committee's chairman, Senator Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (1976-1981). He also served
as Press Secretary to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1981-1983).
Mr. McCurry received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University in 1976
and a Master of Arts degree from Georgetown University in 1985. He is currently
pursuing a master’s degree in theology at Wesley Theological Seminary.
Mr. McCurry serves on numerous boards or advisory councils, including Share Our
Strength, the Junior Statesmen Foundation, the Children’s Scholarship Fund, the
Wesley Theological Seminary, United Methodist Communications, and the Woodrow Wilson
School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He is a member
of the Commission on Presidential Debates.
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Norman Y. Mineta
Norman Mineta is Vice Chairman of Hill & Knowlton, based in its Washington, D.C.
office. Mr. Mineta provides counsel and strategic advice to Hill & Knowlton clients
on a wide range of business and political issues.
Mr. Mineta is well known for his work in the areas of transportation—including aviation,
surface transportation, and infrastructure—and national security. He is recognized
for his accomplishments in economic development, science and technology policy,
foreign and domestic trade, budgetary issues, and civil rights.
For almost 30 years, Mr. Mineta represented San Jose, California—the heart of Silicon
Valley—first on the City Council, then as Mayor, and then from 1975 to 1995 as a
member of Congress.
Mr. Mineta served as the Chairman of the House Transportation and Public Works Committee
from 1992 to 1994, after having chaired the Subcommittee on Aviation and the Subcommittee
on Surface Transportation. He was the primary author of the groundbreaking Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991.
In 2000, Mr. Mineta was appointed by President Bill Clinton as the U.S. Secretary
of Commerce. At the Department of Commerce, he was known for his work on technology
issues, for achieving international cooperation and intergovernmental coordination
on complex fisheries issues, and streamlining the patent and trademark process.
Mr. Mineta was appointed Secretary of Transportation by President George W. Bush
in 2001, where he served until he joined Hill & Knowlton in July 2006. Following
the horrific terrorist acts of September 11, 2001, Mr. Mineta guided the creation
of the Transportation Security Administration, the largest mobilization of a new
federal agency since World War II.
Mr. Mineta was also a Vice President of Lockheed Martin, where he oversaw the first
successful implementation of the E-ZPass system in New York State.
Mr. Mineta is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley.
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Michael K. Powell
Michael Powell is currently a Senior Advisor of Providence Equity Partners. He served
as Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission at a time of revolutionary
change in technology and communications. He was appointed to the Commission by President
Bill Clinton in 1997 and was designated Chairman by President George W. Bush in
2001.
Mr. Powell previously served as the Chief of Staff of the Antitrust Division in
the Department of Justice. In that capacity, he advised the Assistant Attorney General
on substantive antitrust matters and managed the division.
Before joining the Department of Justice, Mr. Powell was an associate in the law
firm of O’Melveny & Myers; just prior to joining the firm he clerked for the Honorable
Harry T. Edwards, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Before starting his legal career, Mr. Powell served as a policy advisor on Japan
to the Secretary of Defense.
Mr. Powell graduated in 1985 from the College of William and Mary with a degree
in Government. He earned his Juris Doctorate from Georgetown University Law Center.
Mr. Powell served as the Rector to the Board of Visitors of the College of William
and Mary. He is also a board member of Cisco Systems, ObjectVideo, the Rand Corporation,
the Aspen Institute, America’s Promise, Archipelago Learning, and the American Veterans
Disabled for Life Memorial.
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Julie G. Richardson
Julie Richardson is a Managing Director of Providence Equity Partners and leads
the New York office. Ms. Richardson is currently a director of Altegrity, Stream
Global Services, Open Solutions, and SunGard Data Systems.
Prior to joining Providence in 2003, Ms. Richardson served as Vice Chairman of J.P.
Morgan’s investment banking division and Chairman of the firm’s telecom, media,
and technology group.
Prior to joining J.P. Morgan in 1998, Ms. Richardson was a Managing Director at
Merrill Lynch, where she spent more than 11 years.
Ms. Richardson earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University
of Wisconsin-Madison and spent a year studying finance at the Stanford Graduate
School of Business.
Ms. Richardson serves on the executive committee of the board of directors of the
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro New York.
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