National Board of Directors

Richard Grausman
Founder & Chairman

Tim Zagat
Vice Chairman
Chair & CEO, Zagat Survey

Alan L. Stuart
Treasurer
Chairman and Managing Member
A. L. Stuart and Company, LLC

Sharon T. Sager
Secretary
Senior Vice President, Investments
UBS Financial Services, Inc.

Alan Fisher
Owner
Fisher Associates

Melvin Ginsberg, C.P.A.
Melvin Ginsberg & Associates

Susan Grausman
Community Volunteer

Sandra Hallmark
Partner
Akin Gump

Jeffrey B. Samuels
Partner
Paul Weiss

Marcus Samuelsson
Chef/Owner/Author
Food Republic and Red Rooster

Mark Weiss
Head of Capital Investments
RFR Holdings

Stanley Zabar
Vice President
Zabar’s & Co., Inc.

National Advisory Board

Jeffrey Dryfoos
Publisher
Dessert Professional

Gale Gand
Executive Pastry Chef/Partner
TRU, Chicago

Robert Laub
President
Harold Import Company, Inc.

Cary E. Neff
Vice President Corporate
Culinary Services
Morrison Management Specialists

Jacques Pépin
President
Jacques Pépin, Inc.

Rena Pocrass
Consultant for Dobla USA

Judith A. Rizzo, Ed.D.
Executive Director & CEO
James B. Hunt, Jr.
Institute For Educational
Leadership and Policy

Al Roker
NBC

Donald G. Tober
Chairman/CEO
Sugar Foods Corporation

Scott Uehlein
Corporate Chef
Canyon Ranch

Sherry Yard
Executive Pastry Chef
Spago, Beverly Hills