Board
Of Directors
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Sean D'Arcy
Sean D'Arcy graduated from Columbia College in 1981 with a degree in Economics. He was MVP
of his College football team and was an Academic All American.
He
has been with Northwestern Mutual Life since 1980. He finished in first place
one year for total death benefit sales for his company out of approximately 10,000
agents.
Sean is a board member of the All Hallows Foundation and is actively involved
with helping All Hallows High School.
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Len Elmore
Leonard J. Elmore, Esq.
is currently Senior Counsel with the firm LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae.
He received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1987 and is believed to
be the first (and only) NBA player to graduate from that prestigious institution.
Len possesses over 14 yours of experience in education and higher education
governance. He served as President and CEO of Test University (TestU) responsible
for the overall strategic, operational and fiscal direction of the company. Len
is the President of Pivot Productions, Inc. a New York-based media and advertising
company. In 1992, Len founded Precept Sports & Entertainment, Inc., a sports
management and marketing company. Len also serves as a Director on the Board of
1 800 Flowers.com and several non-profit organizations, including The NBA Retired
Players Association, where he was elected President in 2005.
Lauded as
"the Thinking Fan's Analyst", Len is in his 11th consecutive year
as a college basketball analyst for ESPN. An All-American basketball player at
the University of Maryland, 1971-74, he was a first round draft pick in both the
ABA and the NBA where he played professional basketball for ten years. Len has
written numerous articles and commentaries for National Public Radio, the Knight
Ridder News Service, The Sports Business Journal and other prestigious media.
He is also a coveted motivational and sports issues speaker.
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Jack Kaiser
Jack W. Kaiser (JW) was born in Brooklyn and attended St. John's Prep and St. John's College, graduating
in 1949 after a stretch in the U.S. Army during World War II. He played basketball,
baseball and soccer during his intercollegiate days for, among others, Joe Lapchick
and Frank McGuire.
He
started his coaching career as varsity basketball mentor at Brooklyn Prep in 1950-51
while playing professional baseball in the Boston Red Sox chain. In 1952-53 he
joined the St. John s athletic staff as freshman and assistant varsity coach
in baseball and basketball, and advanced to the head coaching position in baseball
for the 1956 season.
He coached freshmen/junior
basketball for 15 years and remained head baseball coach for 18 years before moving
up to Director of Athletics for the 1973-74 school year where he welcomed back
an old classmate Lou Carnesecca as head basketball coach. Kaiser served on many
ECAC and NCAA Committees and as a founder and officer for many conferences and
leagues, most notably the Big East Conference. Since his retirement in 1995, he
has taken on a consulting role with St. John's Athletics, the MIBA (sponsor of
the NIT), and with Sacred Heart University, when they moved from Division II and
Division I in the NCAA.
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Tom Kearns
Tom Kearns
is a graduate of the University of North Carolina and was coached by McGuire throughout
his college basketball career. Tom was a member of the 1957 National Championship
Basketball Team. From
1959 to 1969 he was an Account Executive for Merrill Lynch in Greensboro, NC.
Between 1969 and 1972 he was a partner in Institutional Sales at R. Gilder &
Co. Tom was a General Partner for Investment Banking at Bear Stearns & Co.
from 1972 to 1987.
Tom has served
as a member of the Board of Directors for the Board of Pharmakinetics Labs; Biomet
Inc.; FibroGen, Inc.; and as the Trustee of Endowment for the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill. Since 1999,
Tom has served on the Board of Directors of The Frank McGuire Foundation.
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Walter O'Hara
Walter O 'Hara
was born in the Bronx, New York and graduated from All Hallows High School. He
graduated from Fordham College in 1959, after a 3-year stint in the U. S. Army.
Walter coached the Hackly School JV Basketball team in 1958, and the St, Mary's
Varsity team from 1959 to 1961.
Walter
built his career at Allen & Company from 1963 thru 1988, where he rose from
Trainee to Managing Director and Executive Vice President. He was Chairman of
the Board of All Hallows School in 1989, and was elected to the All Hallows Hall
of Fame in 1995. Walter is a Co-founder
of the Curren Classic, the most successful one-day basketball fund raiser in the
annals of fund raising. Walter is a Co-founder of the Frank McGuire Foundation
and Vice President since 1997.
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Robbin Maffei-President
Robin Maffei joined the Frank McGuire Foundation in its second year as the Administrative Director. After five years in this role, she resigned to pursue a career in Real Estate with Fenwick Keats Goodstein. In 2002, she was invited by the Foundation to become a member of the Board of Directors.
She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Athletic Administration and a Master’s Degree in Sociology, both from St. John’s University. She coached cheerleading at St. John’s under the leadership of Jack Kaiser as Athletic Director. Robin is a PSIA Certified Ski Instructor and Ballroom/Latin Dance Teacher. With over 30 years of healthcare administration and non-profit experience, her leadership and organization skills, coupled with her natural enthusiasm and commitment to the Foundation have earned her the position of President.
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Rudy Riska
Rudy Riska, former Executive Director of The Heisman Memorial Trophy and former athletic director of The Downtown Athletic Club of NYC Inc., joined the Frank McGuire Foundation Board in 2007. He retired from the Downtown Athletic Club after 44 years of service following the conclusion of the 2004 Heisman Presentation.
Following a tour of duty with the US Army Riska went on to play with The New York Yankees organization for four years and then began his career within the athletic department at The Downtown Athletic Club. He eventually went on to serve as Athletic Director of The Downtown Athletic Club. Riska also served as The Executive Director of the National Association of Club Athletic Directors of America.
Riska maintains a strong and constant rapport with several leading organizations within the community, athletic and educational fields, including the Amateur Athletic Union, The National Collegiate Athletic Directors, The Football Writers of America, The College Sports Information Directors of America, The West Point Athletic Association, and Notre Dame University Touchdown Club. Riska remains Director Emeritus to The Heisman Foundation and its many charitable youth programs.
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Bob Young
Bob Young is a native New Yorker who was recruited by Coach Frank McGuire to attend the
University of North Carolina. Bob graduated from UNC in 1957 and was a member
of Coach McGuire's 1957 NCAA championship basketball team that defeated the University
of Kansas in triple overtime. Bob
spent 4 years in the U.S. Marine Corps and was a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corp
Reserves.
His career has centered
in the area of sales and marketing, primarily in the magazine publishing field.
Bob spent 23 years with The New Yorker magazine where he was Vice President and
a member of the Board of Directors.
He
is presently President of YMS Media Services, a private consulting firm. Bob is
a longtime member of The New York Athletic Club where he has served on the Club's
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