Stephen Harlan
Description Stephen D. Harlan, age 76, has served on our Board since June 2007. He is a partner in Harlan Enterprises, LLC, a specialized real estate firm that invests in real estate, since 2001. Prior to 2001, he was chairman of the real estate firm H.G. Smithy from 1993 to 2001. From 1959 to 1992, Mr. Harlan was with KPMG Peat Marwick. In 1987 he became Vice-Chairman of the firm responsible for its international business. Before 1987, he served for twelve years as the Managing Partner of KPMG?s Washington, D.C. operating office. From 1995 to 1999, he also served on the District of Columbia Financial Responsibilities and Management Assistance Authority (D.C. Control Board). Mr. Harlan serves on the boards of directors of ING Direct Bank, a retail virtual bank offering services over the internet, phone or by mail; and Harris Interactive Inc., a market research, polling and consulting company. He also serves on the not-for-profit boards of Heroes Inc., an organization that assists the widows and children of law enforcement officers and firefighters in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area who have given their lives in the line of duty; MedStar Health, a community-based healthcare organization that owns and operates nine hospitals in the Baltimore/Washington region; Loughran Foundation, an organization dedicated to education and the performing arts; and the Greater Washington Board of Trade. From March 2003 to June 2008, Mr. Harlan served on the board of directors of Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group, Inc., an investment banking, institutional brokerage and asset management firm. Mr. Harlan?s extensive accounting experience and expertise developed during his 33-year tenure as an active certified public accountant; his managerial experience as one of the senior partners of KPMG Peat Marwick and as chairman of H.G. Smithy, a real estate company; his extensive experience as a director and, in certain cases, audit committee chair of public and private companies and not for profit entities and his active role in Company Board matters, including service on the special committee of the Board during the Company?s accounting restatement, led to the conclusion that he should continue to serve as a director of the Company. To view the detailed information, you need to SUBSCRIBE with us. |
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