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Jim Demark was born in 1941 in Newark, N.J., and graduated in 1958 from BayleyEllard High School, where he was on the football, basketball and baseball teams. He received an A.B. degree in history in 1963 from Upsala College, where he played football, was a member of the Political Science Club and was president of Pi Delta Phi fraternity. He began his business career in New York City in 1964 as a trainee at J.P. Stevens & Co., Inc. and went on to hold various management positions, becoming president of the Home Furnishing Division. Twenty years later, he started his own home furnishing manufacturing and marketing business that he continues operating today. Jim and his wife Susan live in Darien and have three adult children and six grandchildren. He is a member of Wee Burn Country Club, Darien YMCA and the Republican Town Committee. He enjoys reading, golf, swimming, fishing, bowling, walking and travel.

Gene Markowski was born in 1942 in WilkesBarre, Pa., and grew up in Plymouth, Pa. He graduated in 1960 from St. Vincent’s High School, where he played baseball and basketball. He received a B.S. degree
in engineering from the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.  Gene joined the United States Army in 1964 and attended airborne, ranger and helicopter schools. He went on to serve in Viet Nam with the 1st Air Cavalry. He is a recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star, the Air Medal and the Army Commendation Medal. He began his business career with Ford Motor Company as a financial analyst and then joined Newsweek magazine, becoming budget director, business manager and chief financial officer of the international edition. He then joined RCB International, an investment company, becoming chief financial officer and chief operating officer. He later served in the same capacity at Northern Trust Global Advisors. Prior to retiring in 2015, he was with Federal Street Partners, LLC as a partner and chief operating officer. Gene and his wife Bonnie live in Darien and have two adult children and three grandchildren. He is a member of Wee Burn Country Club, Tokeneke Club and Lost Tree Club. He enjoys golf, tennis, paddle tennis and bridge.

Peter Imbrogno was born in 1942 in Greenwich, Conn., and graduated from Greenwich High School in 1961, where he played football and basketball and was a member of the Creative Artists Club. In 1966, he received a B.S. degree in education from Long Island University, where he played soccer and was a member of the Future Teachers Club. Peter went on to receive an M.S. degree in education from Springfield College. He was a teacher in the Norwalk, Conn., school system. He then became a commercial
flooring estimator at the Design Center, New York City. He is owner of Imbrogno’s Commercial Flooring in Greenwich. Peter and his wife Peggy live in Darien and have three children and four grandchildren.

He is a member of the Flooring Contractors Association, Tequesta Country Club in Florida and Darien Country Club. Peter enjoys reading, golf and international travel.

Jim Frayer was born 1945 in Jamaica, N.Y., and graduated in 1963 from Delehanty School, where he was senior class president. In 1967, he received a B.B.A. degree in economics from St. John’s University and was a member of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity and the Ski Club. He also played intramural football and basketball. He received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Navy Reserve in 1967. That same year, Jim began his business career with American Machine and Foundry. He later joined the American Foreign Insurance Association and then Chesebrough-Ponds. In 1987, Jim became president of Coastal Management Corporation and later built and operated several marinas in Connecticut and New York. He then founded the nonprofit Association for Revitalization of Connecticut Harbors. In 1997, he joined Oleg Cassini Parfums and later Parsons Consulting. In 2007, he went to work for Citigroup, retiring in 2015. Jim and his wife Susan live
in Rowayton and have two adult children. He is a founder and first commodore of Rowayton Yacht Club at Hickory Bluff. He also is a member of the National Audubon Society, St. John’s church and Lifetime Learners at Norwalk Community College. He is a former trustee of Rowayton Library and Save the Sound and is a former member of the Long Island Sound Advisory Council. Jim enjoys travel, boating, reading, golf, tennis, platform tennis and hiking. He teaches a safe boating course that enables boat owners to qualify for a Connecticut Safe Boating certificate.

Mike Hoben was born in Torrington, Conn., in 1939 and graduated in 1957 from Milford (Conn.) High School, where he was a member of the track team and played basketball in the summers in the American Legion League. He received a B.A. degree in finance in 1961 from Lehigh University, where he was on the track and boxing teams. He then served in the U.S. Air Force for four years, becoming a 1st Lieutenant. At the same time, he received an M.S. degree in economics from Arizona State University and later took graduate courses at New York University. Mike began his business career in 1965 with Chase Investment
Managers Company, becoming a pension fund manager, and then joined T. Rowe Price in the same capacity. He later moved to Exxon Corporation, overseeing $3 billion in pension funds. Prior to retiring in 2001, he was president of Benefit Capital Management Corporation, overseeing $6 billion in pension assets. Mike and his wife Joan live in Darien. They have three adult children and seven grandchildren. He is vice chairman of Gaylord Hospital and is a board member of the Diocese of Bridgeport and Lehigh University College of Arts & Sciences. He also is a member of the Order of Malta.

Jack Miller was born in 1945 in Staten Island, N.Y., and grew up in Bombay, India, and Sydney,
Australia. In 1962, he graduated from Edgemont High School, Scarsdale, N.Y., where he was senior class vice president and a member of the football and track teams. He received an A.B. degree in 1966 from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of International Relations and an
M.B.A. degree in finance in 1968 from the University of Michigan.

Jack began his career in finance in 1968 with Eli Lilly, becoming director of investments with the company in London and Rome. He then joined Philip Morris as corporate controller and later joined J.P. Morgan in investment management. In 1998, he joined General Motors in asset management in New York City until retiring in 2008.

Jack is a member of Wee Burn Country Club and Noroton Presbyterian Church. He serves on the Presbyterian Board of Pensions, the Helmsley Charitable Trust, the Evergreen Cemetery and the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation. He and his wife Lynsie live in Darien and have two adult children and three grandchildren. He enjoys duplicate bridge, golf and travel.

Wouter Goedkoop was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 1939 and grew up in Bloemendaal, close to the North Sea. He went to Haarlem High School and in 1962 graduated from Dartmouth College, where he was on the varsity rowing squad. For two years, he served as an officer in the Royal Dutch Navy and later joined IHC Holland, a dredging and offshore equipment firm. In 1969, he graduated from Harvard Business School. He then was a consultant before joining ITT Europe in Brussels, where he was a controller in the automotive division and later an acquisition specialist. He then joined Continental Can, serving as a division controller,  international manager for glass closure, and then vice president of subsidiaries in Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. In 1982, he moved to Darien, becoming president of a ceramic capacitor company. He later joined a startup company that worked to improve the mobility of physically impaired people, retiring in 2005. He was chairman of the Center for Contemporary Printmaking and is on the board of Creative Connections and Friends of Selleck Woods. He and his wife Hanneke live in Rowayton and have two adult children and four grandchildren. He enjoys tennis, paddle ball and golf.

Charlie Barnett was born in 1939 in Charleston, W.Va., and graduated in 1957 from Thurston High School, Redford Township, Mich., where he was president of the student council and editor of the yearbook. He received a B.A. degree in philosophy in 1961 from the University of Michigan and was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. He earned a J.D. degree in 1964 from the University of Michigan Law School. Charlie began his law career in 1964 with Cadwalader, Wichersham & Taft in New York City. Starting in 1968, he was in-house general counsel for a number of companies, including St. Joe Minerals Corporation, Combustion Engineering Inc. and The Reader’s Digest Association, Inc. He opened a private practice in 1994, serving clients in Greenwich and Westport until retiring in 2012. He and his wife Judith live in Norwalk and have three adult children and seven grandchildren. He is a member of Wee Burn Country Club and is a former member of the board of directors of the Darien Library and the Darien YMCA. He enjoys golf, squash and reading and is a member of two Darien book clubs.

Born 1936, in Penang, Malaysia and grew up there until 1941, then in Australia, Denmark and the UK.  Educated at Cambridge University, BA & MA in Economics and Law.  Career in industrial management and investment in the consumer goods packaging industry, working in South Africa, Europe, Canada and the USA.  Directorships/Trusteeships include multiple public companies, American Scandinavian Foundation (New York), Jacob Riis Neighborhood Settlement House (New York), Danish American Society, Toronto University Business School

Hobbies include classical music, golf, writing

John Trainer was born in Sewickley, Pa., in 1948. He graduated from the Hun School of Princeton in 1967, where he was a member of the soccer and crew teams. He received a B.A. degree in business administration from Marietta College in 1973. John began his career in finance that same year with the Pittsburgh National Bank and later joined the Mellon Bank as a portfolio manager in the trust division. In 1981, he became vice president and portfolio manager with the Bank of New York investment counsel department. He then joined Fiduciary Trust Company International in the high-net-worth department and was a managing director and member of the equity strategy committee. He retired in 2014. He and his wife Barbara live in Darien and have two adult children. He is a member of Wee Burn Country Club and likes travel and photography. He also enjoys owning and operating classic wooden boats at a family home in Canada.

Geoff Rezek was born in Astoria, N.Y., in 1941. He grew up in Port Washington, N.Y., and
graduated from high school in 1959, where he was a member of the
track and football teams. He received a B.S. degree in industrial
management in 1964 and an M.S. degree in engineering management
in 1966 from Long Island University Post, Brookville, N.Y. Geoff
began his business career in 1965 as an industrial engineer at IBM’s
plants in East Fishkill and Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Upon completing his
U.S. Army National Guard basic training, he joined IBM’s Long
Island office as a systems engineer and later became an industry
specialist. In 1983, he moved to Darien to support the IBM
installation at General Electric. Upon retiring, he joined Oracle’s J.D.
Edwards EnterpriseOne software company, and in 2001, he formed
G.R. Rezek & Associates to provide support to companies using the
software. Geoff and his wife Jackie live in Darien. They have two
adult children and four grandchildren. Geoff plays cribbage and is responsible for forming DMA’s cribbage activity. He is a member of the Darien YMCA and likes to play the
ukulele. He donated his collection of ukuleles and related items to the National Music Museum at
the University of South Dakota. He also enjoys working with wood and finding jokes to tell.

David Anderson was born in Margaretville, N.Y., in 1943 and grew up in Binghamton, N.Y. He graduated from Northwood School in Lake Placid, N.Y., and from Colgate University in 1966 with a B.A. in economics. He graduated from New York University Graduate School of Business Administration (now Stern School) in 1972 with an M.B.A. degree in international finance and banking. While at Colgate, he was head of the school’s radio station. He started work in 1967 with Manufacturers Hanover Trust in the international division and, in 1973, moved to Bangkok to run the representative office. In 1976, he relocated to Singapore and, then in 1979, to London to work in the London branch as corporate lender. He relocated back to New York in 1980 to manage a group focusing on large corporations and utilities. During all the mergers – first with Chemical Bank and then Chase – from 1991 to 1996, he managed a portfolio of utility clients in the eastern United States and, from 1996 to 2002, focused on the corporate trust business in Asia. From 2002 to 2006, he was representative director of J.P. Morgan Trust Bank in Tokyo. In 2002, he returned to New York and eventually retired after a 40-year career in banking. David and his wife Margaret live in New Canaan and have three children and three grandchildren residing in New York City, New Haven and Yarmouth, Maine. He belongs to the Tokeneke Club and Old Asia Hands (a group of bankers who worked in the Asia Pacific region) and is advisor to a major Japanese bank. He enjoys visits to the YMCA (mainly for swimming) and has completed two sprint triathlons with no plans for more. He spends the majority of his time on a farm he owns in West Chesterfield, N.H. Sponsored by John Bartlett