Front row: Stuart M. Essig, Richard E. Caruso.
Back row: Keith Bradley, Thomas J. Baltimore, Anne VanLent, Neal Moszkowski, James M. Sullivan and Christian S. Schade
Mr. Baltimore is Co-Founder and President of RLJ Development, LLC (RLJ) and has direct day-to-day responsibility for all of the Company's activities. RLJ is a privately-held real estate investment company founded and led by Robert L. Johnson and Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr. RLJ and its affiliates, including two private equity funds (the RLJ Urban Lodging Fund and the RLJ Lodging Fund II), have in excess of one billion dollars in equity under management and currently own 116 hotels in major markets in North America valued at approximately $2.5 billion. Mr. Baltimore is a seasoned and experienced hospitality executive. Prior to launching RLJ, he was with Hilton Hotels Corporation as a Vice President, Development and Finance (1999 to 2000) and a Vice President, Gaming Development (1997 to 1998). From 1994 to 1996, Mr. Baltimore was Vice President, Business Development for Host Marriott Services (a spinoff entity from Host Marriott Corporation). Mr. Baltimore also worked for Marriott Corporation from 1988 to 1989 and from 1991 to 1993, holding various positions in the company, including Senior Director and Manager. Prior to his employment with Marriott, Mr. Baltimore was a staff auditor for Price Waterhouse. Mr. Baltimore earned a B.S. degree from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia in 1985 and an M.B.A. from the Colgate Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia in 1991. He serves on the Urban Land Institute's Hotel Development Council and the Hilton Hotel Corporation's Owner's Advisory Board, and was recently elected to the Marriott Inns National Association Board. Mr. Baltimore was a recipient of the 1997 Baume & Mercier/Forbes magazine award recognizing "Ten Rising Business Stars of Our Time."
Former Professor of International Management and Management Strategy, Open University and Cass London Business Schools
Keith Bradley, Ph.D. has been a director of Integra since 1992. Between 1996 and 2003, he was a director of Highway Insurance plc, a London Stock Exchange corporation, and has been a consultant to a number of business, government and international organizations. Dr. Bradley has held visiting professorships at the Harvard Business School, Wharton, UCLA, and has been a visiting fellow at Harvard's Center for Business and Government. Recently he was professor of international management and management strategy at the Open University and Cass London Business Schools. Dr. Bradley has taught at the London School of Economics and was the director of the school's Business Performance Group for more than six years. He received B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from British Universities.
Richard E. Caruso, Ph.D. has served as Integra's Chairman since March 1992. Prior to December 1997, Dr. Caruso served as Integra's Chief Executive Officer since March 1992 and as President since September 1995. From 1969 to 1992, Dr. Caruso was a principal of LFC Financial Corporation, a project finance company, where he was also a director and Executive Vice President. Dr. Caruso is on the Board of Susquehanna University, The Baum School of Art and The Uncommon Individual Foundation (Founder). He received a B.S. degree from Susquehanna University, an M.S.B.A. degree from Bucknell University and a Ph.D. degree from the London School of Economics, University of London.
Mr. Essig has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of Integra since December 1997. Before joining Integra, Mr. Essig supervised the medical technology practice at Goldman, Sachs & Co. as a managing director. Mr. Essig had ten years of broad health care experience at Goldman Sachs serving as a senior merger and acquisitions advisor to a broad range of domestic and international medical technology, pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients. Mr. Essig received an A.B. degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University and an MBA and a Ph.D. degree in Financial Economics from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business. Mr. Essig also serves on the Board of Directors of St. Jude Medical Corporation, Zimmer Holdings, Inc., and Advamed, the Advanced Medical Technology Association.
Neal Moszkowski
Co-Chief Executive Officer of TowerBrook Capital Partners, LP
Neal Moszkowski previously served as a director of Integra from March 1999 through May 2005. Mr. Moszkowski re-joined the Board of Directors in August 2006. Mr. Moszkowski currently serves as the Co-Chief Executive Officer of TowerBrook Capital Partners, LP, a private equity investment company with more than $2.5 billion under management. Prior to joining TowerBrook, Mr. Moszkowski was Managing Director and Co-Head of Soros Private Equity, the private equity investment business of Soros Fund Management LLC, where he served since August 1998. From August 1993 to August 1998, Mr. Moszkowski worked for Goldman, Sachs & Co. and affiliates, where he served as Vice President and Executive Director in the Principal Investment Area. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wellcare Health Plans, Inc., a health maintenance organization. He also serves on the Boards of Directors of Bluefly, Inc., an online apparel retailer, Spheris, Inc., a provider of medical transcription, and JetBlue Airways Corporation, a passenger airline. Mr. Moszkowski earned his B.A. from Amherst College and his M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration, and Chief Financial Officer of Medarex, Inc.
Christian Schade has been the Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration, and Chief Financial Officer of Medarex, Inc. since 2000. From 1992 to 2000, Mr. Schade was a Managing Director of Merrill Lynch & Co. Mr. Schade received an A.B. degree from Princeton University and an M.B.A. degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Executive Vice President of Lodging Development, Marriott International, Inc.
James M. Sullivan has been a director of Integra since 1992. Since 1986, he has held several positions with Marriott International, Inc. (and its predecessor, Marriott Corp.), including Vice President of Mergers and Acquisitions, and his current position of Executive Vice President of Development. From 1983 to 1986, Mr. Sullivan was Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Tenly Enterprises, Inc., a privately held company operating 105 restaurants. Prior to 1983, he held senior management positions with Marriott Corp., Harrah's Entertainment, Inc., Holiday Inns, Inc., Kentucky Fried Chicken Corp. and Heublein, Inc. He also was employed as a senior auditor with Arthur Andersen & Co. and served as a director of Classic Vacation Group, Inc. until it was acquired by Expedia, Inc. in March 2002. Mr. Sullivan received a B.S. degree in Accounting from Boston College and an M.B.A. degree from the University of Connecticut.
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Barrier Therapeutics, Inc.
Anne M. VanLent has been a director of the Company since 2004. She has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Barrier Therapeutics, Inc., a publicly-traded pharmaceutical company that develops dermatology products, since May 2002. Prior to joining Barrier Therapeutics, Ms. VanLent served as a principal of the Technology Compass Group, LLC, a healthcare/technology consulting firm, since she founded it in October 2001. From July 1997 to October 2001, she was the Executive Vice President - Portfolio Management for Sarnoff Corporation, a multidisciplinary research and development firm. Ms. VanLent also currently serves as a director of Penwest Pharmaceuticals Co., a NASDAQ-listed company. Ms. VanLent received a BA degree in Physics from Mount Holyoke College.