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Meet LREI's new trustees

Eight members join the board
Chair of the LREI Board of Trustees Amy Zimmerman welcomes eight new members to this year's board. "I am so proud of our Board of Trustees-- a group of 35 men and woman with vastly varied experiences and talents, but united in our common passion for LREI's mission. Please join me in welcoming our newest eight trustees."

Eunu Chun is a partner in the corporate practice at Kirkland & Ellis and covers a wide range of transactions, including leveraged buyouts, recapitalizations, mergers, and venture capital and growth equity investments. He has worked with such clients as Bain Capital, Warburg Pincus, Catterton Partners, Apax Partners and others, as well as numerous portfolio companies. Eunu has been recognized in Chambers USA and the IFLR 1000’s Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms and Guide to the World’s Leading Private Equity Lawyers. He earned his AB, magna cum laude, from Harvard University, and his JD from Columbia University School of Law. He has previously served on the boards of the Council of Urban Professionals, First Presbyterian Nursery School and the Greenwich Village Little League.

Ken Cornick '90 is the president and CFO of Clear, a security management firm. Ken re-launched Clear in 2010 and oversees operations, finance and technology. Prior to Clear, Ken was a founding partner of Arience Capital. In building Arience over a seven-year period, heavy emphasis was placed on its unique research process, culture and team. Ken attended LREI from 5th to 8th Grade, went on to Stuyvesant High School, and Bowdoin College, where he received his BA in economics. He also serves on the Board of Jewish Community Project Downtown. 

Kerry Donahue is the director of the radio program at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, where she has taught audio journalism for more than a decade. She is a former executive producer at WNYC and was an early podcasting pioneer in her role as a producer of original content at Audible.com. Kerry has been an active member of the LREI community since 2011, serving as co-chair of the PA Community Service Committee for three years. Originally from Maine, Kerry lives in SoHo with her family.

Declan Kelly is CEO and co-founder of global advisory firm Teneo. He advises CEOs from many of the world’s leading companies and organizations and is recognized for his experience with crisis management. Prior to Teneo, Declan served as the U.S. Economic Envoy to Northern Ireland. Appointed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2009, he helped bring substantial U.S. investors to the region and played a significant role in supporting efforts that led Northern Ireland to receive fully devolved political governance. Previously, Declan was executive vice president and CIO at FTI Consulting and chairman and CEO of Financial Dynamics. He graduated from the National University of Ireland and worked as a journalist for more than a decade. Declan has received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and the American Irish Historical Society’s gold medal for his commitment to Irish-American issues. He created and oversees the Northern Ireland Mentorship Program, which provides graduates from Northern Ireland opportunities to train with leading U.S. companies, and serves on the board for Sesame Workshop.

Liz Kurtzman is an illustrator and designer who has worked in the fashion and textile industry for over 20 years. She attended Parsons School of Design and has designed textiles and accessories for numerous international fashion houses, including Perry Ellis, Marc Jacobs, Isaac Mizrahi, and with companies Burberry and Coach. Among many accomplishments in the art and design fields, Liz has created her own neckwear line, contributed art to more than 40 cookbooks, and founded an arts program for families with autism. She has a background in costume design and has worked with world-renowned choreographer Mark Morris’s Brooklyn-based dance company. Her talents have taken center stage at LREI as well, where she has designer over 200 costumes for five LREI student productions. Liz has served as a PA representative, co-chair of the LREI school store, and on numerous PA committees during the time her daughter spent at LREI.
 
Manjula Nair is a high school mathematics teacher at LREI and a PhD candidate in mathematics education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Majula has taught at a variety of public high schools and private colleges and began teaching at LREI in 2011. She received her BS from Simmons College, with a triple major in education, mathematics and Spanish. She has served on LREI's Strategic Planning Committee, High School Admissions Committee and High School Principal Search Committee. A true teacher at heart, Manjula began her teaching career very early on tutoring family members and classmates while she was still in grade school. She is an avid reader and lives in New York with her husband.

Kimbrough Towles, CFA, is managing director of the wealth management firm Fiduciary Trust Company. In her role, she serves as a senior portfolio manager responsible for the investment management of client portfolios, including asset allocation and selecting securities based on the objectives of individuals and families. She previously worked at U.S. Trust for 19 years where she was a senior portfolio manager for 35 client relationships, the majority of which were multi-generational. At U.S. Trust, Kimbrough launched and served as editor-in-chief of the publication Capital Acumen, which showcased the firm's best thinking on global markets, investment themes, portfolio strategies, and financial planning. She received her BA from Yale University in classical civilization and her MBA with honors from Columbia University, where she has taught a class on applied value investing.
 
Jamal Young is a national education leadership and management consultant with broad experience in education from pre-kindergarten to higher education, including expertise in strategic planning, school and program evaluation, leadership and management evaluation, team building, and leadership development. He has served as a charter school authorizer while leading the financial analysis team for the New York State Department of Education. Over the past ten years, Jamal oversaw all aspects of charter school development across the state, from new school applications, to renewals, to replications and mergers, to closures, as well as supporting schools in all phases of operations. Jamal specialized in board governance, financial analysis of charter networks, and formalized the state’s analytics on fiscal performance. He also played a major role in crafting a New York State Board of Regents policy on parent involvement and community engagement.

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