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Robert Wang
Chairman
of the Board

Michael Wojciechowski
CEO

Frank McEnulty
President and CFO

David Wong
Director of Acquisitions

Tony Coelho
Board Member

Robert Held
Board Member

Norman Schifman
Principal

Tony Coelho,
Board Member
Tony Coelho was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1978 from California's Central Valley. He served first as Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee from 1981 to 1986, and then as the first-ever elected Majority Whip from 1987 to 1989. As Majority Whip, the third ranking position in the House leadership, Mr. Coelho was responsible for securing the votes needed to pass the legislative agenda.

While in the House, Mr. Coelho, who has epilepsy, authored the Americans with Disabilities Act, widely recognized as the most important piece of civil rights legislation in the last 30 years.

In 1999, Mr. Coelho returned to politics when Vice President Gore asked him to serve as the General Chairman of his presidential campaign.
Mr. Coelhos leadership helped Vice President Gore capture the Democratic nomination while winning every primary and caucus.

 

Mr. Coelho’s former and current business affiliations include service on a number of corporate boards. He served as Chairman and Director of ICF Kaiser International, Inc., and a Director of Circus Circus, Inc (now Mandalay Bay, Inc.); AutoLend Group; Cadiz, Inc.; Kaleidoscope Network, Inc.; and Pinnacle Global Group, Inc. Mr. Coelho also served as President and CEO of Wertheim Schroder Investment Services from 1990 to 1995, a firm that he grew from $300 million to $5 billion of investments.

In addition to his work in the private sector, Mr. Coelho continues to devote much of his time to public service. He is the Chair of the Epilepsy Foundation of America. He served as Chairman of the President’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities from 1994 to 2001. In 1998, President Clinton also appointed him as Vice Chair to the National Task Force on Employment of Adults with Disabilities and as Co-Chair to the U.S. Census Monitoring Board.

A native of California, Mr. Coelho earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science in 1964 from Loyola Marymont University.