SINGLE STOP USA, INC.
NEW YORK, NY

series highlights why student supports matter and offers recommendations to institutions about how they can help their students succeed. Our newest brief is on the topic of Single Stop’s Board of Directors share a commitment to Single Stop’s mission and bring knowledge and expertise in both the non-profit and private sector. Allen Grossman, Senior Fellow, Professor of Management Practice - Harvard Business School Allen Grossman was appointed a Harvard Business School Professor of Management Practice in July 2000. He joined the Business School faculty in July 1998, with a concurrent appointment as a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Outward Bound USA for 6 years before stepping down in 1997 to work on the challenges of creating high performing nonprofit organizations. His current research focuses on business engagement in public education, leadership and management of public school districts, and leading and governing high performing nonprofit organizations. Allen has authored or co-authored numerous cases, articles and three books including Managing School Districts for High Performance; High Performance Nonprofit Organizations: Managing Upstream for Greater Impact; and the Harvard Business Review article, Virtuous Capital: What Foundations Can Learn from Venture Capitalists. Before joining the nonprofit sector, he served as a Regional Chief Executive of Albert Fisher PLC and Chairman of the Board of GPC, a national distributor of packaging products. John Kennedy is a partner in the corporate department of the law firm of Wiggin and Dana LLP. He is also a member of the Information Technology and Outsourcing Group, and Privacy and Information Security Group. In twenty-five years of practice, Mr. Kennedy has focused on transactions and counseling in the law of information technology, data privacy and security, intellectual property and e-commerce. His transactional practice includes outsourcing, software development and licensing, e-commerce transactions, technology transfer and intellectual property-intensive M&A, divestitures, joint ventures and restructurings. His clients have included Fortune 500 as well as emerging companies in the financial services, technology, communications, media, energy, and consumer products sectors. Mr. Kennedy received his J.D. from Columbia Law School. He was a William Rainey Harper Fellow at the University of Chicago where he earned an M.A. in English and American Literature. He graduated magna cum laude from Carleton College. David Landau is a Partner of LNK Partners, a consumer-focused private equity firm in New York. David has been in private equity for 23 years. He co-founded LNK in 2005. Prior to this, he was a Partner of Apax Partners where he established and led the U.S. Consumer and Retail Group and was a member of the U.S. Investment and Operating Committees. David has served on the Board of Directors of many leading consumer-focused businesses, including PVH (the parent company of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger), Life Time Fitness, Au Bon Pain, and Beachbody (the parent of P90X, Insanity, T25, and Shakeology). He received an AB from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Christy was recognized by the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report on its lists of “Influential Women in Business” and “40 under 40.” She was honored as the Capital Area United Way’s “Volunteer of the Year” and received an “Unsung Hero Award” from the Louisiana State University. Dr. Jennifer Scott is Managing Director for Ogilvy Public Relations. She heads a team of the agency’s most senior communicators who work with clients to elevate strategic excellence, creativity, and campaign effectiveness. Over the past twenty years, Dr. Scott has worked with organizations, corporations, and governments to enhance and manage reputation, launch and strengthen brands, implement public policy initiatives, and inspire behavior change. She has a specialist background in audience segmentation, trend analysis, and campaign evaluation. Prior to leading the Strategy+Planning group, she was Managing Director of Insights & Research at Ogilvy PR. Before joining the agency, she was President of StrategyOne, Edelman’s specialist research company. Dr. Scott has also served as Director of Applied Research & Consulting in New York, and as Senior Vice President at Shepardson Stern + Kaminsky. A board member of SeaWeb, an environmental organization dedicated to creating public awareness and action around ocean degradation, Dr. Scott also works with various groups to empower and support U.S. veterans. She received her B.A. (Honors) in Politics and Psychology from the University of KwaZulu/Natal in South Africa, and has a doctorate in Politics from Oxford University, England. Daniel Simkowitz is a Managing Director in Global Capital Markets at Morgan Stanley, the Chair of the firm’s Capital Commitment Committee, and leads Morgan Stanley’s strategic financing effort. His transaction experience includes four of the largest IPOs in history: Lucent Technologies ($3.0 BN), Conoco ($4.4 BN), Agere Systems ($4.1 BN), and Accenture ($1.9 BN). Mr. Simkowitz has managed spin-off and subsidiary IPOs for AT&T, Lucent, Dupont, General Motors, First Data, McDonalds, Procter & Gamble, and other major corporations. In addition, he has executed several of the largest convertible financings in U.S. history for Amgen, Tyco, Ford, Medtronic, and Wells Fargo. After spending three years managing Morgan Stanley’s equity activities in Japan and Southeast Asia, Mr. Simkowitz returned to New York in 1995 as a senior member of the equity syndicate desk and went on to manage the firm’s equity origination efforts for industrial and technology issuers. Mr. Simkowitz is a graduate of Harvard University and holds an M.B.A from Columbia University. Herbert Sturz, (Co-Founder), is the founding chairman of The After-School Corporation and serves as a trustee of the Open Society Institute. He represents the Open Society on the board of National Urban Reconstruction and Housing Agency (NURCHA), a non-governmental organization that has facilitated construction of over 200,000 low-income houses throughout South Africa. He was also the founding director of the Vera Institute of Justice; New York Deputy Mayor for Criminal Justice; Chairman of the New York City Planning Commission, and editorial board member of The New York Times. Mr. Sturz received a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin and an M.A. from Columbia University. He was a finalist for the Purpose Prize, which celebrates individuals over the age of 60 who make significant contributions to society through social entrepreneurship efforts. His honors include the Rockefeller Public Service Award, the Roscoe Pound Award, and the August Vollmer Award.