About BENS

Leadership

Chairman

Norman C. Chambers

Former Chairman of the Board and CEO, NCI Building Systems, with more than 40 years of experience in the engineering and construction industry.

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Founding Chairman

Stanley A. Weiss

The former Chairman of American Premier Inc., a mining, refractories, chemicals and mineral processing company.

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President & CEO

General Norton A. Schwartz

Former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force and became BENS President and CEO in July 2013.

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Vice Chair

Raphael Benaroya

Raphael Benaroya is the Managing Director of Biltmore Capital Management, LLC.

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Vice Chair

Mary M. Boies

Counsel to Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP where she specializes in antitrust and corporate commercial litigation.

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Vice Chair

Denis A. Bovin

Senior Advisor to Evercore Partners Inc., a leading global independent investment banking and advisory firm.

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Vice Chair

Ramon P. Marks

A retired partner at Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, Ramon specialized in international law as well as corporate and trade/national security work.

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Vice Chair

William F. Murdy

Chairman of Thayer Leader Development Group which builds leaders of character by offering leadership and ethics education grounded in the United States Army leadership philosophy of "Be, Know, Do".

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Board of Directors

Paul F. Balser
Co-Founder & Partner
Ironwood Partners, LLC

Patricia C. Barron
Vice Chair (Ret.)
USAA

Alfred R. Berkeley
Chairman
Princeton Capital Management

Christopher W. Collins
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
First Atlantic Capital, LLC

Howard E. Cox, Jr.
Advisory Partner
Greylock Partners

Steven E. Darnell
President & CEO
SPG International, LLC

Joseph M. DePinto
President & CEO
7-Eleven Inc.

Harris Diamond
Chaiman & CEO
McCann Worldgroup

Donald R. Dixon
Co-Founder & Managing Director
ForgePoint Capital

Ezra S. Field
Managing Director
Roark Capital Group

Kenneth Fisher
Senior Partner
Fisher Brothers Management Co.
Chairman
Fisher House Foundation, Inc.

William J. Flynn
President & CEO
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc.

Michael P. Galvin
President
Harrison Street Real Estate Capital, LLC

Mark J. Gerencser
Chairman
UMUC Ventures

G.S. Beckwith Gilbert
President and CEO
Field Point Capital Management Company

Maurice R. Greenberg
Chairman & CEO
C.V. Starr & Co. Inc.

Mark S. Hacker
EVP, General Counsel & CAO 
Motorola Solutions Inc.

Thomas J. Higgins
Chief Administrative Officer
First Data Corporation

Thomas M. Holder
Chairman & CEO
Holder Construction Company

John K. Hurley
Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer
Cavalry Asset Management

Paul R. Kolbe
Director of International Security Affairs 
BP Corporation North America, Inc.

Paul Marcus
CEO
Marcus Partners

Christopher C. Melton
Chairman & CEO
The White Oak Group Inc.

James S. Metcalf
Chairman of the Board
NCI Building Systems, Inc.

John P. Morgridge
Chairman of the Board (Ret.)
Cisco Systems Inc.

Bruce E. Mosler
Chairman Emeritus
Business Executives for National Security
Chairman of Global Brokerage
Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.

Mark S. Newman
Chairman & CEO (Ret.)
DRS Technologies, Inc.

Charles E. Phillips
CEO
Infor

Stephen J. Shapiro
Managing Partner
BSR Investments

Roger S. Shedlin
President, CEO & Chairman
OrthoNet

James Shira
Global & US Chief Information & Technology Officer
Pricewaterhouse Coopers

Frank V. Sica

Donald V. Smith
Senior Managing Director (Ret.)
Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin

Heidi L. Steiger
Founder & CEO
Topridge Associates, LLC

Thomas F. Stephenson
Special Limited Partner
Sequoia Capital

David P. Storch
Chairman of the Board
AAR Corp.

John H. Streicker
Chairman
Sentinel Real Estate Corporation

Edwin A. Wahlen, Jr.
Managing Partner
Toxaway Capital Partners

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