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Mark O’Donoghue is a retired partner of Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, a New York-based international law firm. His legal practice included the representation of clients in civil and criminal litigation, project finance and energy infrastructure projects, and international arbitration of investor-State disputes. Mark headed the firm’s Mexico City office for more than a decade and subsequently acted as its co-general counsel. He graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School and clerked on the New Jersey Supreme Court. Mark serves as Chairman of New York Senator Charles E. Schumer’s Judicial Screening Panel.

Lynn Morgen is a founding partner of Advisiry Partners–an entity at the leading edge of today’s capital market trends. Ms. Morgen specializes in advising c-suite executives and board members on corporate positioning and strategic and investor-related communications. She is known for her ability to anticipate potential stakeholder issues and develop strategies to address them.

Prior to founding Advisiry Partners, Lynn was a founding partner of MBS Value Partners, a New York-headquartered investor relations and financial communications firm.

Ms. Morgen also co-founded the investor relations consulting firm of Morgen-Walke Associates, Inc., in 1982. At the time of its sale in 2000 to a private equity firm, Morgen-Walke was the largest independent firm of its kind headquartered in the United States with full service offices throughout the world. During her five-year non-compete, Ms. Morgen served as Group Vice President and member of the Strategic Planning Group at STMicroelectronics N.V., Europe’s largest semiconductor company, listed on the NYSE, Euronext and the Borsa Italiana. She began her business career as a credit analyst with Dun & Bradstreet in New York and Brussels, then moved to the equity side where she held both research and institutional sales positions at U.S. and European investment firms. Ms. Morgen has a BA from the City College of New York.

Peter G. Samuels is a Partner in the Corporate Department of Proskauer and has served as co-head of the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group. Mr. Samuels advises boards of directors and activist shareholders on corporate governance and issues relating to strategic considerations, affiliated party transactions, and related matters. Illustrative transactions handled by Mr. Samuels include: Grifols S.A.’s $4 billion acquisition of Talecris Biotherapeutics closed in June 2011; representation of the founder and largest shareholder of Affiliated Computer Services in its $6.4 billion merger with Xerox Corporation closed in February 2010; Intellon Corporation’s merger with Atheros closed in December 2009; Neuberger Berman’s management buyout from Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. closed in April 2009; and Andrx Corporation’s $1.9 billion merger with Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Mr. Samuels was the featured “Dealmaker in the Spotlight” for the September 2010 issue of the American Lawyer. He is a frequent lecturer on mergers and acquisitions and related topics, and has chaired panels for the Practising Law Institute, University of Pennsylvania Law School, the European American Chamber of Commerce, and various other organizations. He serves on the Board of Advisors of the University of Pennsylvania Institute for Law and Economics.

Kristie Juster is an experienced global CEO with a proven track record in designing and building sustainable growth strategies and organizations, with over two decades transforming businesses. In January 2024 Ms. Juster was appointed President and CEO of Conair LLC. Previously, she held the role of CEO of Kimball International (NASDAQ:KBAL), one of the world’s leading omnichannel commercial furnishings companies. Prior to CEO, Ms. Juster was on the Board of Directors of Kimball International, serving for over 7 years combined. Ms. Juster is currently also serving on the Board of Directors of Trex Company, Inc. (NYSE:TREX). Kristie held multiple executive roles over her 23-year career at Newell Brands (NASDAQ:NWL), overseeing divisions that included brands such as Levolor, Kirsch, Calphalon, Sharpie, Graco and Expo. She holds a bachelor’s degree in hotel and restaurant management from Cornell University.

Christine McMahon serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Fedcap Group. A nationally recognized leader in social innovation and operational excellence, McMahon has dedicated her career to expanding opportunity, strengthening communities, and removing barriers to economic mobility and well-being.

Since joining Fedcap in 2009, McMahon has led the organization through a period of unprecedented growth and transformation. Under her leadership, The Fedcap Group has expanded from a $50 million New York City–based social enterprise to a $400 million multinational organization operating across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. Today, Fedcap’s integrated platform of education, workforce development, health, and economic development programs serves more than 330,000 people annually.

Before joining Fedcap, McMahon spent several decades in senior leadership roles at Easterseals, one of the nation’s leading nonprofit organizations supporting individuals with disabilities and their families. There, she helped develop and scale programs that expanded access to care, strengthened community supports, and improved outcomes for vulnerable populations.

Her career has consistently focused on designing high-impact, evidence-based interventions that create pathways to independence and long-term economic stability. McMahon has also advised on strategies to expand competitive integrated employment opportunities for individuals with significant disabilities, including serving on the US Secretary of Labor's Advisory Committee on Increasing Competitive Integrated Employment for Individuals with Disabilities.

Throughout her career, McMahon has received numerous awards recognizing her leadership, innovation, and commitment to public service. Her honors include the Whole Health Heroes Award from Empire BlueCross BlueShield and Crain’s New York Business, the New Hampshire Business Review Outstanding Women in Business Award, the National Easterseals Lou Lowenkron Award for Program Innovation, the Division for Children, Youth, and Families Director's Choice Award, and the Riverbend Community Mental Health Rainbow Award.

McMahon holds a Master of Health Administration from the University of New Hampshire and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from New England College.

Contact Information

Christine McMahon
President and CEO, The Fedcap Group
CMcMahon@fedcap.org

As Chief Strategy Officer, Dr. Malatras drives research, policy and strategic planning for The Fedcap Group. As Sr. VP of Education, he is responsible for designing and overseeing innovative solutions that expand educational access for children and adults with barriers to sustainable economic well-being.

Dr. Malatras brings a wealth of experience to his work at The Fedcap Group serving twenty plus years in government and higher education, serving as an energetic change leader and a problem solver with a deep understanding of government, education, crisis management, and public policy. Jim served as Director of State Operations for New York State where he was responsible for managing day to day operations of state agencies, the 120,000 plus workforce, and implementation of the $175+ billion annual budget.

Dr. Malatras served as the 14^th Chancellor for the State University of New York—the largest comprehensive system of higher education in the U.S., Vice Chancellor for Policy and Chief of Staff at the State University of New York and President of Empire State College. In these roles he expanded college access and linked higher education with workforce demand—especially for underserved communities. He kept the SUNY system open to in-person instruction during COVID and was responsible for creating post-COVID policies/protocols to reopen the state’s 700 school districts for 2.7 million students.

Dr. Malatras brings a wide-ranging policy background to his role as Chief Strategy Officer, having served as Chairman of the New York State Reimagine Education Advisory Council, Executive Director of the New NY Education Reform Commission, and was the point on education policy for the Governor of New York State.

Finally, his research background as the President of the Rockefeller Institute of Government—a think tank providing evidence-based public policy to decision makers across the United States—advances the work of The Fedcap Group’s Community Impact Institute.

Dr. Malatras received his B.A. (summa cum laude), M.A., and Ph.D. in political science from the University at Albany where he won the Presidential Distinguished Dissertation Award.

Jim Malatras
Chief Strategy Officer and Senior Vice President of Education, The Fedcap Group
JMalatras@fedcapgroup.org

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Ms. Khoury is the senior financial executive; she is a critical, strategic leader who effectuates change throughout the entire organization. She is responsible for guiding senior management and for holding key external stakeholders accountable for the execution of business commitments to the organization. She also oversees accounting, internal controls, treasury, budgeting, as well as financial planning and analysis.  Ms. Khoury is responsible for analyzing data from both internal and external sources, and for deriving insights upon which to make decisions that drive greater corporate profitability. To that end, she also monitors financial health so as to optimize the financial performance of each Fedcap company, including its  liquidity, and return on investment to senior leaders and key stakeholders.  

Ms. Khoury  joined The Fedcap Group as Controller in January 2014. In this role she was responsible for all facets of financial operations and for partnering with executives of subsidiary companies to drive revenue growth and efficient use of resources. Ms. Khoury also oversaw the payroll department for a staff of 4,000, the budgeting process, directed the audit, and federal, state and city filings process for the organization and our many subsidiaries located throughout the US and the UK.

Ms. Khoury has spent 25+ years serving in various financial roles in the nonprofit sector.  She served as CFO of United Spinal Association Inc., as Deputy Treasurer for Nassau County, New York where she was a member of the Nassau County Deferred Compensation Board of Directors, and Treasurer of the Nassau County Sewer and Storm Water Finance Authority. She also served as Controller of Resources for Children with Special Needs (now IncludeNYC).

Contact Information

Carol Khoury
Chief Financial Officer, The Fedcap Group
212-727-4270
CKhoury@fedcap.org

Tammy Mickelson joined Fedcap in January 2013, managing the financial operations of Fedcap’s New England programs. Ms. Mickelson soon took on the project management for the Oracle Cloud ERP and Oracle Database Services implementation.

In June 2019, Ms. Mickelson was promoted to the Chief Information officer for The Fedcap Group.

Prior to her work with The Fedcap Group, Ms. Mickelson served as the VP Information Technology at Easterseals New Hampshire, Inc., a multi-state not-for-profit human services organization with annual revenues in excess of $110 million. In this capacity, she managed the organization’s IT infrastructure and operations including departmental budgeting, capital/operating expense management, vendor relations, contract review and due diligence, IT security policy review and technology life cycle management. As management team member, she participated in strategic planning, including expense forecasting, IT capital planning, and management reporting enhancements.

Ms. Mickelson is a highly skilled leader with extensive experience in information technology infrastructure development and business systems implementation.  She has a proven track record of serving as a business partner for program initiatives and corporate management strategies.  Ms. Mickelson is a practiced project leader and facilitator of successful business system implementations with a focus on process improvement, best practices and industry standards while balancing regulatory requirements and end user needs.

Contact Information

Tammy Mickelson
Chief Information Officer, The Fedcap Group
603-759-9302
TMickelson@fedcap.org

Mr. Collins is the president of several non-profits within the Fedcap Group. He leads the group’s efforts on Workforce Development through a variety of employment service contracts with governments across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states. He is also the president of Fedcap’s operations in the United Kingdom and Canada.

Prior to joining Fedcap in February of 2013, Mr. Collins was Senior Vice President and Chief Strategist for a large for-profit human service agency while also leading their international operations in Germany, England, and the Netherlands.

He joined that firm following his departure from the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in 2007, where he led the nation’s principal social assistance program for lone parents ($16.5 billion) during the Bush Administration. Mr. Collins was a two-time recipient of the HHS Secretary’s Distinguished Award for Service his team’s work on transforming employment services. During his tenure, his office led the reauthorization of the state-implemented assistance program that helped more individuals into work.

Mr. Collins’ work in reducing poverty and transforming state and local governments extends to all 50 states, as his human service career began as a work readiness instructor and trainer to state, local governments, and community-based organizations across the United States. He has been a key contributor to landmark reform efforts in New York City, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

Since leaving the administration, Mr. Collins has testified before the United States Congress on three occasions, twice before the United States House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Human Resources, and once before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture. Mr. Collins is still active in advising current administration and state officials on ways to evolve current programs and approaches.

Mr. Collins earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from Bethany College in Kansas, and has entirely too many hotel points for one human being.

Kenneth Brezenoff, Esq. joined Fedcap in 2012 and is the General Counsel and Managing Director. In that capacity he is responsible for overseeing the provision of all legal services for the company, as well as advising the Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors on general legal and regulatory matters. In addition to his role as General Counsel, Mr. Brezenoff is also responsible for overseeing the agency’s risk management framework, merger and acquisition strategy and CDFI development,  Mr. Brezenoff also serves as the Assistant Secretary to the Fedcap Group and is a member of several Fedcap subsidiary international boards including the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia.

Prior to joining Fedcap, Mr. Brezenoff previously worked at Seedco & Seedco Financial Services in a variety of capacities, most recently as Senior Vice President for Corporate Affairs and New Markets Tax Credits. He also previously oversaw Seedco Financials’ lending operations and credit committee.   Following law school Mr. Brezenoff was an associate attorney at Hawkins Delafield & Wood and Sidley Austin and before commencing his legal career he spent three years at New York City’s Health & Hospital Corporation’s MetroPlus Health Plan.

Mr. Brezenoff has a BA in government from Franklin & Marshall College, a JD from Fordham University’s School of Law and is admitted to practice law in the State of New York.

Steve Coons leads the largest company of The Fedcap Group, Fedcap Rehabilitation, generating over $100MM in annual revenue. Steve oversees the work of  600+ employees at over 70 locations throughout New York and New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. In 2020 Steve’s Total Facility Management crew deep cleaned over 22MM square feet of space, ensuring it was safe for necessary personnel.  Steve joined Fedcap in 1988 following a distinguished career with the U.S. Navy as an expert in aviation maintenance and an in-flight safety engineer.  Steve retired in 2003 after 25 years of service to the nation.

Steve received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Science from the State University of New York.

Brian Bell is the Chief Executive Officer for Fedcap UK, with responsibility for leading and growing our successful Fedcap Employment and Fedcap Scotland businesses. Brian has spent 35 years working within the Employability sector; 18 years with the Department for Work and Pensions in the UK, and the rest on the side of providers, private companies and as a volunteer.

Brian has translated his passion for helping people to be the best they can be to both the workplace he has had responsibility for building and running, and through the services he helped design that have supported over half a million people into work. His career achievements include building lasting and trusted partnerships with like-minded organisations outside of the UK; working with governments in the Middle East to design successful services for unemployed and disabled people to find work; becoming Chair of the UK employability industry body-ERSA; representing the UK industry to a wide range of Ministers from a variety of countries; and speaking publicly in many countries about labour market risks and fixes including at the United Nations in Geneva. Brian’s philosophy for moving forward and making progress is to look for the people who have the skills you wish you had.

Mary A. Moran, PhD, is the Director of Child Wellness for The Fedcap Group and oversees the implementation of research-based interventions for young children and their families across a diverse array of companies and programs. Dr. Moran also serves as the Executive Director of Easterseals Rhode Island and Easterseals New York, companies of The Fedcap Group. She is a developmental psychologist who has spent her career working on behalf of young children and their families–especially those who are marginalized by low income, atypical development, cultural differences and other challenges.

Dr. Moran spent more than 15 years consulting with governments and programs internationally, in low- and middle-income countries to address: deinstitutionalization; early childhood programs in natural and manmade disasters; the integration of nutrition and early childhood programs; parenting programs; inclusive education; the initiation of early intervention for infants and toddlers with disabilities; and instituting nationwide preschool programs. She worked with universities, internationally, to initiate undergraduate and graduate programs in early childhood education and to reform social work education. For UNICEF, Dr. Moran authored the organization’s training resources on inclusive preschool education—used worldwide.

Dr. Moran served on the Learning Metrics Task Force of the Brookings Institute and UNESCO and on the Global Indicators Task Force on Early Childhood for UNICEF. Her model for successful transition from early childhood programs to primary school is included in the Best Practices in Transition compendium by Dr. Sharon Lynn Kagan of Columbia Teachers College. Dr. Moran led the collection of US data for the UN worldwide study on violence in the lives of children. She is known for her community planning work employing child participation strategies.

In the US, at the helm of an early childhood agency, Dr Moran partnered with Harvard Graduate School of Education in a national collaborative study that included her agency’s Early Head Start program. Her career in the States also includes the provision of early intervention services for infants and toddlers with developmental disabilities and their families. In addition, she has led early intervention programs in multiple settings; developmental evaluation clinics in a medical school; and developmental services in neonatal intensive care units. Dr. Moran has taught on the undergraduate and graduate levels at several universities and a medical school in the fields of early intervention, developmental assessment, curriculum planning, developmental pediatrics, stress and coping throughout the lifespan, infant-toddler development, and child development. She coordinated a national training project on early intervention and was a co-founder of one of the first infant mental health associations.