About The Door
Staff & Board
OFFICERS
Marc N. DeBevoise is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of CBS Interactive’s Entertainment division. In this role, he oversees CBS Interactive’s entertainment sites, including CBS.com, TV.com and Clicker.com, as well as digital content distribution strategies, and the development of both original and show-based digital content, applications and games.
Mr. DeBevoise joined CBS Interactive from premium subscription service Starz, where he was responsible for the company’s overall digital strategy and the digital initiatives supporting its film, television and digital original content properties. At Starz, he also led the generation, evaluation and execution of business development, strategic investment, and growth opportunities for all of Starz’ business units.
Prior to joining Starz, he held various roles at NBC Universal, in both Digital Media and Business Development, and worked in the Technology, Media & Telecommunications Investment Banking Group at JPMorgan.
Mr. DeBevoise has been recognized on Home Media magazine’s “Digital Drivers” list for 2011, The Hollywood Reporter’s “Digital Power 50” for 2010, and Multichannel News’ “40 Under 40” for 2009. He is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the Board President of The Door, a non-profit organization providing youth development services.
He received his M.B.A. with distinction in Entertainment, Media & Technology and Finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business and his B.A. in Economics and Computer Science from Tufts University. He lives in New York City along with his wife and daughter.
Jay Bockhaus is Senior Vice President of Business Development at NBC Universal, Inc. (“NBCU”). In his current role, Mr. Bockhaus develops corporate strategy for NBCU through the execution of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and divestitures across the NBCU businesses. Prior to joining NBCU, Mr. Bockhaus was Vice President at Allen & Company LLC, a New York-based investment bank, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions in the media and entertainment industry. Mr. Bockhaus attended Princeton University, where he received a degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public Policy and International Affairs and a certificate degree in East Asian Studies. He lives in downtown Manhattan with his wife and daughter.
Hih Song Kim is Assistant General Counsel Marketing/Regulatory & Litigation at Unilever United States, Inc., providing advice, counsel, and strategy to all business units. Prior to joining Unilever, Ms. Kim was a Litigation Associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Ms. Kim also sits on the boards of the Urban Bush Women, a modern dance company, and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, the nation's first public residential high school.
Laurie E. Stearn is a Managing Director at Perkins Fund Marketing, LLC, a leading placement agent for alternative investment managers. She provides fund managers with investment marketing services and institutional investors with access to these managers. Ms. Stearn has over 18 years of asset management and hedge fund marketing and sales experience. She was the Global Head of Capital Introductions at Lehman Brothers where she was responsible for building and maintaining relationships with institutional investors and overseeing the successful introductions for her hedge fund clients. In addition, she acted in an advisory capacity to these hedge funds on business development, terms and structure, marketing materials and target investor groups. She served as a Senior Investor Relationship Manager focused on the top Endowments, Foundations and Pensions to deliver appropriate flow of hedge fund managers as well as cross sell a broad range of Lehman Brothers products and services. She also served on the Board of Lehman Brothers Foundation. Previous positions include Managing Director, Capital Introductions at Bear Stearns, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Client Service for Sloate, Weissman, Murray & Company, and Vice President, Consultant Marketing for Weiss, Peck & Greer. Ms. Stearn earned a B.S. in Finance from Lehigh University. She is a member of the Board of Directors of The Door and serves as the Treasurer on the Board of The Family Annex Pre-School. Ms. Stearn resides in New York City with her husband and 2 daughters. She holds Series 7, 63 and 65 securities licenses.
Jim Friedlich attended Dartmouth College, graduated from Wesleyan University with a BA in English, Magna Cum Laude in 1979, and received his MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 1985. Following a fifteen-year career at The Wall Street Journal, he joined ZelnickMedia, a New York-based private equity partnership as a founding partner in 2001. He specializes in investments in digital media, professional information and business services. He has focused his philanthropic activities on youth, education and media. He serves on the Board of Directors of WFMU, a listen-supported radio station in Jersey City, and devotes time and resources to the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, pediatric cancer research, Friends Seminary, a Quaker school in New York City, and Wesleyan University.
Mr. Friedlich began his media career in 1980 as an advertising salesman for CapCities-ABC. He joined The Wall Street Journal’s San Francisco office in 1985, eventually serving as Managing Director of the international editions of the Journal and Dow Jones magazines. From 1990–1999, he managed the global advertising sales, marketing and business development for a large and diverse group of Dow Jones & Company newspapers, magazines, Web sites, TV channels and conferences. Mr. Friedlich served on the Boards of Directors of several media companies and publications including CNBC Europe, CNBC Asia, Nikkei International, Vedomosti (The Record), America Economia, and the Far Eastern Economic Review; he also served as Managing Director of Handelsblatt-Dow Jones. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Naylor, Inc., the leading business media company serving the trade association market.
David E. Shapiro is a partner in the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Prior to this he held finance and business development positions at technology-based firms. He earned a BS in finance from the Wharton School and his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was the recipient of the Peter McCall prize awarded to the first in the class.
James G. Kagen is a health care consultant and a Consulting Director of The Chartis Group, a health care advisory services firm. He was a founder of the country’s largest health care management consulting firm, APM, Inc. and is a former Deputy Commissioner of the New York City Health Department and Director of the State of New Jersey's Division of Youth and Family Services. He is Vice President of University Settlement’s Board of Directors, and a director of the Fund for Public Health in New York and the University of Maryland’s School of Public Health.
DIRECTORS
Lynn Albright, Gap, Inc.
Michelle Bach
Monica de la Torre is an attorney who joined the Board in 2004 after having served as Director of Legal Services at The Door for over four years.
Joseph Einhorn is the Founder and CEO of thingd. Founded in 2009, thingd is privately held and backed by world-class investors. Prior to thingd, Mr. Einhorn was Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Inform Technologies. Prior to Inform, he was the first employee and technologist at Capital IQ, a corporate information service, which was acquired by the Standard & Poor’s division of McGraw-Hill in September 2004.
Ronald S. Fierman is the President of Digital Pulp, an independent, New York-based marketing and Web development firm that created The Door’s web site, and specializes in building and branding Web-based businesses for its clients. Mr. Fierman sits on the board of the Advertising Club of New York and is a past Chair of University Settlement’s Board.
John C. Fisher is a partner at Hamburger, Weinschenk & Fisher and is an Honorary Director of University Settlement.
Gretchen Piller, Invus Financial Advisors
Sandy Selinger was CEO of N-Hega, a software company combining artificial intelligence and computer vision technology to develop tools used by manufacturers, primarily in the apparel industry. Prior to his position with N-Hega, Mr. Selinger was COO and CFO of Psyop Inc., a commercial production company, where he spearheaded growth, elevating revenue from $1.2 million to $25.4 million over his 8 years with the company. Mr. Selinger joined Psyop after working as an experienced analyst at the consulting firm Accenture, where he helped structure multi-year outsourcing deals. Earlier in his career, he was a Staff Sergeant and Rescue Squad Leader in the Israel Defense Force’s airborne rescue and evacuation unit. He holds an MS in Information Systems Management from the London School of Economics and a BA in Economics and International Affairs from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
M. David Zurndorfer, Proskauer Rose LLP
STAFF
Michael H. Zisser, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Julie Shapiro
Executive Director
David Vincent
Deputy Executive Director
Irma Gonzalez
Chief Financial Officer
Catherine Carpentieri
Director of Development
Juan Carlos Gonzalez
Information Technology Director
Sheila Matlin
Director of Human Resources
Kirstin McKinney
Controller
Rhonda D. Braxton
Director, Adolescent Health Center
Reshard Riggins
Director, Career Services
Eve Stotland
Director, Legal Services Center
Andrea Vaghy Benyola
Managing Director, Career and Education Services
* University Settlement Board Member
staffBoardBg
OFFICERS
Marc N. DeBevoise is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of CBS Interactive’s Entertainment division. In this role, he oversees CBS Interactive’s entertainment sites, including CBS.com, TV.com and Clicker.com, as well as digital content distribution strategies, and the development of both original and show-based digital content, applications and games.
Mr. DeBevoise joined CBS Interactive from premium subscription service Starz, where he was responsible for the company’s overall digital strategy and the digital initiatives supporting its film, television and digital original content properties. At Starz, he also led the generation, evaluation and execution of business development, strategic investment, and growth opportunities for all of Starz’ business units.
Prior to joining Starz, he held various roles at NBC Universal, in both Digital Media and Business Development, and worked in the Technology, Media & Telecommunications Investment Banking Group at JPMorgan.
Mr. DeBevoise has been recognized on Home Media magazine’s “Digital Drivers” list for 2011, The Hollywood Reporter’s “Digital Power 50” for 2010, and Multichannel News’ “40 Under 40” for 2009. He is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and the Board President of The Door, a non-profit organization providing youth development services.
He received his M.B.A. with distinction in Entertainment, Media & Technology and Finance from New York University’s Stern School of Business and his B.A. in Economics and Computer Science from Tufts University. He lives in New York City along with his wife and daughter.
Jay Bockhaus is Senior Vice President of Business Development at NBC Universal, Inc. (“NBCU”). In his current role, Mr. Bockhaus develops corporate strategy for NBCU through the execution of mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and divestitures across the NBCU businesses. Prior to joining NBCU, Mr. Bockhaus was Vice President at Allen & Company LLC, a New York-based investment bank, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions in the media and entertainment industry. Mr. Bockhaus attended Princeton University, where he received a degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public Policy and International Affairs and a certificate degree in East Asian Studies. He lives in downtown Manhattan with his wife and daughter.
Hih Song Kim is Assistant General Counsel Marketing/Regulatory & Litigation at Unilever United States, Inc., providing advice, counsel, and strategy to all business units. Prior to joining Unilever, Ms. Kim was a Litigation Associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Ms. Kim also sits on the boards of the Urban Bush Women, a modern dance company, and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, the nation's first public residential high school.
Laurie E. Stearn is a Managing Director at Perkins Fund Marketing, LLC, a leading placement agent for alternative investment managers. She provides fund managers with investment marketing services and institutional investors with access to these managers. Ms. Stearn has over 18 years of asset management and hedge fund marketing and sales experience. She was the Global Head of Capital Introductions at Lehman Brothers where she was responsible for building and maintaining relationships with institutional investors and overseeing the successful introductions for her hedge fund clients. In addition, she acted in an advisory capacity to these hedge funds on business development, terms and structure, marketing materials and target investor groups. She served as a Senior Investor Relationship Manager focused on the top Endowments, Foundations and Pensions to deliver appropriate flow of hedge fund managers as well as cross sell a broad range of Lehman Brothers products and services. She also served on the Board of Lehman Brothers Foundation. Previous positions include Managing Director, Capital Introductions at Bear Stearns, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Client Service for Sloate, Weissman, Murray & Company, and Vice President, Consultant Marketing for Weiss, Peck & Greer. Ms. Stearn earned a B.S. in Finance from Lehigh University. She is a member of the Board of Directors of The Door and serves as the Treasurer on the Board of The Family Annex Pre-School. Ms. Stearn resides in New York City with her husband and 2 daughters. She holds Series 7, 63 and 65 securities licenses.
Jim Friedlich attended Dartmouth College, graduated from Wesleyan University with a BA in English, Magna Cum Laude in 1979, and received his MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 1985. Following a fifteen-year career at The Wall Street Journal, he joined ZelnickMedia, a New York-based private equity partnership as a founding partner in 2001. He specializes in investments in digital media, professional information and business services. He has focused his philanthropic activities on youth, education and media. He serves on the Board of Directors of WFMU, a listen-supported radio station in Jersey City, and devotes time and resources to the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, pediatric cancer research, Friends Seminary, a Quaker school in New York City, and Wesleyan University.
Mr. Friedlich began his media career in 1980 as an advertising salesman for CapCities-ABC. He joined The Wall Street Journal’s San Francisco office in 1985, eventually serving as Managing Director of the international editions of the Journal and Dow Jones magazines. From 1990–1999, he managed the global advertising sales, marketing and business development for a large and diverse group of Dow Jones & Company newspapers, magazines, Web sites, TV channels and conferences. Mr. Friedlich served on the Boards of Directors of several media companies and publications including CNBC Europe, CNBC Asia, Nikkei International, Vedomosti (The Record), America Economia, and the Far Eastern Economic Review; he also served as Managing Director of Handelsblatt-Dow Jones. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Naylor, Inc., the leading business media company serving the trade association market.
David E. Shapiro is a partner in the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Prior to this he held finance and business development positions at technology-based firms. He earned a BS in finance from the Wharton School and his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was the recipient of the Peter McCall prize awarded to the first in the class.
James G. Kagen is a health care consultant and a Consulting Director of The Chartis Group, a health care advisory services firm. He was a founder of the country’s largest health care management consulting firm, APM, Inc. and is a former Deputy Commissioner of the New York City Health Department and Director of the State of New Jersey's Division of Youth and Family Services. He is Vice President of University Settlement’s Board of Directors, and a director of the Fund for Public Health in New York and the University of Maryland’s School of Public Health.
DIRECTORS
Lynn Albright, Gap, Inc.
Michelle Bach
Monica de la Torre is an attorney who joined the Board in 2004 after having served as Director of Legal Services at The Door for over four years.
Joseph Einhorn is the Founder and CEO of thingd. Founded in 2009, thingd is privately held and backed by world-class investors. Prior to thingd, Mr. Einhorn was Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Inform Technologies. Prior to Inform, he was the first employee and technologist at Capital IQ, a corporate information service, which was acquired by the Standard & Poor’s division of McGraw-Hill in September 2004.
Ronald S. Fierman is the President of Digital Pulp, an independent, New York-based marketing and Web development firm that created The Door’s web site, and specializes in building and branding Web-based businesses for its clients. Mr. Fierman sits on the board of the Advertising Club of New York and is a past Chair of University Settlement’s Board.
John C. Fisher is a partner at Hamburger, Weinschenk & Fisher and is an Honorary Director of University Settlement.
Gretchen Piller, Invus Financial Advisors
Sandy Selinger was CEO of N-Hega, a software company combining artificial intelligence and computer vision technology to develop tools used by manufacturers, primarily in the apparel industry. Prior to his position with N-Hega, Mr. Selinger was COO and CFO of Psyop Inc., a commercial production company, where he spearheaded growth, elevating revenue from $1.2 million to $25.4 million over his 8 years with the company. Mr. Selinger joined Psyop after working as an experienced analyst at the consulting firm Accenture, where he helped structure multi-year outsourcing deals. Earlier in his career, he was a Staff Sergeant and Rescue Squad Leader in the Israel Defense Force’s airborne rescue and evacuation unit. He holds an MS in Information Systems Management from the London School of Economics and a BA in Economics and International Affairs from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
M. David Zurndorfer, Proskauer Rose LLP
STAFF
Michael H. Zisser, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Julie Shapiro
Executive Director
David Vincent
Deputy Executive Director
Irma Gonzalez
Chief Financial Officer
Catherine Carpentieri
Director of Development
Juan Carlos Gonzalez
Information Technology Director
Sheila Matlin
Director of Human Resources
Kirstin McKinney
Controller
Rhonda D. Braxton
Director, Adolescent Health Center
Reshard Riggins
Director, Career Services
Eve Stotland
Director, Legal Services Center
Andrea Vaghy Benyola
Managing Director, Career and Education Services
* University Settlement Board Member