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Board of Directors
Rodney Bennett
Marc Chayette
Thomas Costello
Steve Dawson
Jack Haraburda
Lance Ulom
Charles Wolcott
Rodney E. Bennett, age 65, is a member of the Compensation Committee. From January 2004 to the present, he has served as the Chief Financial Officer and Director of Harvin Carter and Associates, Inc., a privately owned fire sprinkler contractor doing business in five southeastern states. From January 1998 to September 2003, he founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer of Saltilla Community Bank in St. Marys, Georgia. From July 1991 to the present, Mr. Bennett has acted as a consultant to various Georgia banks and private companies.
Marc Chayette, age 56, is a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He is the President of Adelaide Productions, Film and Television Producer with twenty-five years of experience in Production and Distribution of French Feature Films Mr. Chayette created Adelaide Productions in 1988 and has produced 8 feature films. He started producing for television at the request of TF1 and produced an award winning dramatic comedy about an illiterate woman's determined quest to learn to read. Mr. Chayette has also been extremely active in co-producing documentary and feature films in African countries, helping African production companies to produce and distribute their cultural heritage. Before his career in production, Mr. Chayette created a chain of design furniture stores representing first Ligne Roset. The company still exists and is under contract with Roche Bobois.
Thomas P. Costello, age 61, currently serves as chairman of the Audit Committee of Alesco's board of directors. Prior to becoming a trustee of Alesco, Mr. Costello served as a Director for KPMG LLP from 2002 to 2004. Prior to that, he was employed at Arthur Andersen LLP for 35 years, including serving as National Practice Director from 1996 to 2002, where he was responsible for the accounting and audit practices of 19 Arthur Andersen offices in the southeast region of the United States. From 1985 to 1996, he served as Partner in Charge of the Accounting and Audit practice in Arthur Andersen's Philadelphia Office. Prior to that, he acted as Engagement Partner where he served clients in numerous industries and worked with both large multinational and small and mid-sized public companies.
G. Steven Dawson, age 48, currently serves as chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He served as Chief Financial Officer of Camden Property Trust or its predecessors from 1990 to 2003. Currently, Mr. Dawson serves on the boards of directors of five other companies, including Trustreet Properties, Inc. (NYSE: TSY), an Orlando-based owner of approximately 3,000 fast-food and casual dining restaurants and gas station/convenience stores, AmREIT, Inc. (AMEX: AMY), a Houston-based owner and developer of retail properties (audit committee chairman), Medical Properties Trust, a Birmingham, Alabama-based REIT specializing in the ownership of acute care facilities, medical office buildings and related medical properties (audit committee chairman), Desert Capital REIT, a Las Vegas-based mortgage REIT (audit committee chairman), and American Campus Communities (NYSE: ACC), an Austin-based equity REIT focused on student housing (audit committee chairman).
Jack Haraburda, age 67, currently serves as chairman of the Compensation Committee of Alesco's board of directors and is also a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Prior to becoming a trustee of Alesco upon completion of Alesco's offering in January 2006, M. Haraburda was managing partner of CJH Securities Information Group, a professional coaching business. Mr. Haraburda previously served as Managing Director for the Philadelphia Complex of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated from 2003 to 2005. He has also served in various positions at Merrill Lynch since 1984, including as Managing Director of Merrill Lynch's Princeton Complex, Resident Vice President of Merrill Lynch's Philadelphia Main Line Complex, Marketing Director and National Sales Manager of Merrill Lynch Life Agency and Chairman of Merrill Lynch Metals Company. From 1980 to 1984, he was Managing Director for Comark Securities, a government securities dealer. From 1968 until 1980, he served as a Financial Advisor, National Sales Manager for the Commodity Division, Manager of the Atlanta Commodity Office and the Bala Cynwyd office of Merrill Lynch.
Lance Ullom, age 37. Mr. Ullom currently serves as a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees of Alesco's board. He has been Executive Vice President for E*TRADE Global Asset Management ("ETGAM") since January 2005. In this capacity he supervises all of ETGAM's investment activities in mortgage-backed securities and other asset backed securities, mortgage loans, commercial lending, municipal securities, TruPS, derivative products and CDO businesses. Since joining E*Trade in 2000, Mr. Ullom has held several senior positions in ETGAM, including Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager. Prior to joining E*TRADE, Mr. Ullom worked at Arbor Capital, a licensed broker dealer / mortgage hedge fund based in New York City from 1996 to 2000, where he was responsible for trading structured bonds and whole loans. From 1991 to 1996, Mr. Ullom worked at Barclay Investments in various capacities from institutional sales to Co-Head of Trading for all mortgage products.
Charles W. Wolcott, age 53, serves as a member of the Audit Committee. Currently, he is the president and chief executive officer of Conservation Funding Group LLC, which provides capital sourcing and consulting services to the conservation real estate community. From 2002 to 2006, Mr. Wolcott was the president and chief executive officer of Tecon Corporation, a diversified business operator. From 1993 to 2001, he was the president and chief executive officer of American Industrial Properties REIT, a NYSE-listed real estate REIT. From 1984 to 1992, Mr. Wolcott served in various capacities at Trammell Crow Company, including president and CEO of Trammell Crow Asset Services, where he oversaw a $10 billion portfolio of real estate assets. Mr. Wolcott received his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1977. |
