Board of Directors

Constance Milstein, Chairman, Co-Founder

Ms. Milstein is a Principal of Ogden CAP Properties, LLC, a New York City property management and development company. She is a board member of many non-profit organizations including Refugees International (RI), the National Democratic Institute (NDI), the New York City Opera and the City Parks Foundation. Ms. Milstein is a member of the District of Columbia Bar.

William J. Rouhana, Jr., Vice-Chairman, Co-Founder

After 25 years in the business community as a leader in the telecommunications field and in various senior executive positions, Mr. Rouhana now devotes a considerable amount of time to working on domestic and global issues with charitable and philanthropic organizations. Most recently, he served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Winstar Communications, Inc. Mr. Rouhana also sits on the Colby College Board of Trustees.

Ralph L. Cwerman, President, Co-Founder

Mr. Cwerman is President and Co-Founder of the Humpty Dumpty Institute. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President of Muus Asset Management Inc, Senior Vice-President of the United Nations Association of the United States, and Director of Research at Israel's Permanent Mission to the United Nations and senior aide to Ambassador Benjamin Netanyahu. Ralph.Cwerman@theHDI.org

Michael W. Sonnenfeldt, Co-Chairman Emeritus, Co-Founder

Mr. Sonnenfeldt is Managing Member of MUUS and Company, a privately owned investment fund. He has had a long and successful career as a property developer. Mr. Sonnenfeldt is past Chairman of the Israel Policy Forum and is a board member of the Synergos Institute. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He holds a number of other non-profit board positions and has received an Honorary Doctorate from Ben Gurion University.

Benjamin A. Gilman, Director

During his thirty years in Congress (1973-2002), Congressman Gilman was highly respected on both sides of the aisle for his commitment advancing human rights and fighting world hunger. He served as Chairman of the House International Relations Committee (1995-2002) and provided a leading voice for vigorous U.S.-U.N. engagement. In September 2003, President Bush appointed Congressman Gilman as a Public Delegate to the 58th United Nations General Assembly.

Richard C. Holbrooke, Director

Ambassador Holbrooke is currently a Vice Chairman of Perseus, a leading private equity investment firm. He most recently served as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 1999 to 2001. Ambassador Holbrooke's distinguished career as a diplomat and public servant includes senior level positions in three presidential administrations and numerous ambassadorial assignments throughout the world. In these capacities, Ambassador Holbrooke articulated and crafted major U.S. foreign policy while overseeing peace agreements and rebuilding efforts for some of the 20th century's most important military and diplomatic conflicts.

Mark Epstein, Director

In 1976, Mr. Epstein founded the Izmo Family of Companies, Inc., a silk screen printing company serving the advertising and fine arts communities. Over the next twenty-one years Izmo became one of the most versatile silk screening printing companies in New York. While running Izmo, Mr. Epstein formed off-shoot businesses such as cosmetics, graphics, and advertising. Mr. Epstein started heavily investing in commercial and residential real estate in 1990. He co-founded Ossa Properties Inc., a real estate management company in 1992, and managed properties owned by him and others. Mr. Epstein decided to semi-retire at age 39 to be able to devote more time to non-profit interests including Cooper Union, The New School Concert Series, the New York String Orchestra Seminar, Ballet Inc., the United Nations and the Humpty Dumpty Institute.

Peter Grossman, Director

Peter Grossman is an attorney who represents the principals of Ogden CAP Properties, LLC and the Seymour Milstein Family. He has served in this capacity for the Family since 2002. Prior to his representation of the Seymour Milstein Family, Peter spent ten years at the J.P. Morgan Chase Private Bank (and its predecessor institutions Chase Manhattan Bank and Chemical Bank), first as a Vice-President and then as a Managing Director. During his tenure at the bank, he worked with wealthy families on financial and tax planning issues and was responsible for the insurance services of the Private Bank. Peter Grossman has also practiced law in two New York City firms, specializing in the area of trust and estates. After graduating law school, he served as special counsel to New York State Transportation Committee for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Peter Grossman graduated with a B.A. from Columbia College in 1979;a J.D. (with distinction) from Hofstra University School of Law in 1981 and a LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law in 1988.