For Members

2008 Annual Meeting

Centripetal Capital
Partners, LLC.

Two Stamford Plaza
281 Tresser Blvd.
Suite 1504
Stamford, CT 06901

Tel  203.326.7600
Fax 203.316.9329

And

57 Danbury Road
Suite 103
Wilton, CT 06897
Tel 203.834.6222
Fax 203.834.2473

info@centricap.com

Our Members

The hidden strength of Centripetal lies in its network of members and affiliates who will participate in sourcing & analyzing investment opportunities

Centripetal Members are sophisticated & experienced business people that are active within the business community

Members with particular industry & functional expertise can serve as advisors or Board members to portfolio companies where needed and appropriate

CentriCap’s initial Members include accomplished business executives, entrepreneurs and private equity investor

• John Andreoli, President & CEO of Sullivan Group


• Greg Attorri, President and Chief Operating Officer, Waller Capital Corporation


• John Bourger, President and Chairman, Brown Bridgman & Co., consulting firm specializing in design, implementation and administration of executive benefits programs


• Lawrence Brown, Managing Partner, Horizons Companies, a premier real estate investment firm


• Peter Brubaker, former President & CEO of Susquehanna Media Co.


• Jim Burke, founding Partner, Stonington Partners, a New York based private equity firm


• Chris Chesney, Managing Director, KBC Financial Products


• Mary Higgins Clark, Best selling author


• Patrick Clifford, Chairman & CEO of StayWell, a leading provider of health and wellness information and services for consumers


• John Connelly, Vice Chairman of SES Global, the world’s largest satellite communications company; former President and CEO of GE Americom


• Chris Corelli, Managing Director, OFFICESCAPES LLC d/b/a OfficeScapesDirect & Silkflowers.com, the country’s leading direct marketer of artificial plants, trees and silk flower arrangements


• Michael Cornish, MSC Trading, a successful energy and commodities trading company
  
• Rick Del Sontro, CEO, Home Downpayment Gift Foundation


• John Foster, Managing Director, Natural Gas Partners, a $1+ billion investment fund focusing on oil and natural gas companies in Canada and the United States


• Michael Friedman, retired President and CEO, Purdue Pharma, one of the country’s largest privately held drug companies


• Edmund Greene, Director, RenaissanceRe Holdings, former Deputy Treasurer-Insurance of General Electric Co.


• Dominick Guarna, President, DFG Management Services, a real estate investment and property management firm


• Joe Hanson, Chairman/CEO of Professional Media Group, LLC, a business magazine publisher, web site, and conference producer focusing on the education market


• James Higby, Group President of StayWell


• Seth Ingall, Regional President, GEICO


• Judy S. Jackson, President and CEO, NLC Insurance Companies


• Richard Jackson, Founder and Former President, Fire-Tech Inc.


• William Jaffe, M.D., Vice Chairman, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, NYU


• Farrell Kahn, venture capital investor and manager


• Alan Kessman, CEO, Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leading developer of anti-cancer agents


• James J Lang, a former Executive Vice President in the pharmaceutical industry with extensive experience directing a multilevel national sales organization including a sales training department, managed care, marketing, market research, in house creative services group, professional trade and association relations, state government affairs, a department of PharmD’s and a corporate executive committee member.


• Howard Landis, Managing Director, RFE Investment Partners, a private equity investment firm focusing on smaller, middle-market service, manufacturing and health care service businesses; over $600 million invested since its founding in 1979.


• Peter Lebovitz, Former Managing Partner, Managers Investment Group (sub of Affiliated Managers Group (NYSE: AMG), an investment advisory firm offering mutual funds, separate account strategies, multiple attribute portfolios, and subadvisory services


• John Levinson, Founder/Manager, Westway Capital LLC, which invests in and advises both public and private companies. He created and managed several hedge funds, including TechVantage.


• Jason Liebel, Manager, JAWL Trust


• Dean Maglaris, CEO, Cytogel, LLC


• Edward Mahony, Executive VP and CFO, Purdue Pharma, one of the country’s largest privately held drug companies


• John S. Neff, Senior Vice President, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., oldest and largest U.S. private bank, active in wealth management, commercial banking and corporate finance.


• Al Nickel, Chairman and President of Lyons Lavey Nickel Swift (div. of Omnicom), leading healthcare advertising and marketing services company


• Robert Oros, President, Business Development Resources, Inc , new business and new product development consulting firm.


• Joseph Rucci, Managing Partner, Rucci, Burnham, Carta, Carello & Reilly, LLP
  

• John Rudy, Director Software, Raytheon Corporation


• Alejandro R. San Miguel, Partner, Chadbourne & Parke, LLP, prominent international law firm


• Roger Sayler, COO & Head of Quantitative Strategies, Columbia Management, one of the world’s largest investment firms


• Karen Scappaticci, Vice President, Clinical Operations, Pfizer


• Richard Shanley, President, Wear The Best, world wide distributor and fulfillment company


• Bob Sharp, founder and former President of Bob Sharp Nissan, one of the country’s oldest and largest Nissan dealerships, national championship race car driver


• Murray Slimowitz, President, Slimowitz, De Phillips & Associates, insurance consultants


• F. Samuel Smith, Founder and former Chairman, McLagan Partners, LLC, consulting firm specializing in financial services industry


• Irwin Smith, Sr., Manager, Nakoma Investments, a private investment company, former Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Columbus Circle Investors (Sub. Of Gulf & Western Industries) with $8 billion assets under management


• Stephen Smith, Managing Director, Nakoma Investments, a private investment company


• Robert H. Steele, Vice Chairman, John Ryan & Co., one of the nations leading consultants to the financial industry.  Former U.S. Congressman


• Howard Steinberg, Former VP, Global Medical Information, Pfizer


• Mark Sullivan, Managing Director, KBC Financial Products


• Gretchen Teichgraeber, most recently served as President & CEO of Scientific American, Inc. She is on the board of directors of Forrester Research,Inc., The New York Hall of Science, and the Independent Magazine Advisory Group of the Magazine Publishers Association.


• Jonathan Teller, co-founder and Managing Partner of The Kind Group, an incubator of consumer businesses based in New York.


• Michael Thornton, Esq., Managing Partner, Thornton & Naumes LLP, the largest plaintiff personal injury law firm in New England


• Bruce Turner, Chief Operating Office, QuadriServ, provider of confidential, un-conflicted, high-integrity securities lending solutions.


• W. Frederick Uehlein, Esq., Founder & Chairman, Insurance Recovery Group (IRG) leading national recovery and cost containment company serving the property and casualty insurance industry


• Lev Volftsun, co-founder & Managing Partner, Washington Capital Ventures, a venture capital fund targeting early stage, East Coast-based technology companies


• Peter S. Voss, Retired Chairman and CEO, CDC IXIS Asset Management Group


• Pedro Wasmer, Founder and former CEO, Somerset Capital Group


• Harvey Weiner, Esq., Managing Partner, Weiner, Brodsky, Sidman, Kider PC


• Curtis Welling, President and CEO, Americares, a leader in providing humanitarian aid around the world.