| | Michael Donahue
Chairman of the Board, Director
| | Mr. Donahue became Chairman of the Board in June 2008, and has served as a director since completion of the merger of The Orchard in November 2007. He served as executive chairman of Expensewatch.com from 2006 to March 2007. In 2005, Mr. Donahue completed a twenty-year career with KPMG LLP, KPMG Consulting and BearingPoint. During his tenure with KPMG and its successors, he most recently served as Managing Partner, Technology Solutions (1997 to 2001) and Group Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (2001 to 2005). He also served on the board of directors of KPMG LLP from 1998 to 2001. Mr. Donahue currently serves on the boards of directors of Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE: APD), Arbinet, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARBX) and GSI Commerce, Inc. (NASDAQ: GSIC). Mr. Donahue has degrees in economics and history from the University of Pennsylvania. |
| David Altschul
Director
| | Mr. Altschul became a director of Orchard upon completion of the IPO in February 2006. Since January 2004, Mr. Altschul has been a partner in Altschul & Olin, LLP, a law firm, where his practice is primarily focused upon representing individuals and companies in the worldwide music industry. From January 2003 to December 2003, Mr. Altschul practiced law as a sole practitioner. From March 2002 to July 2002, Mr. Altschul served as an independent consultant to the Record Industry Association of America. From November 1980 to December 2001, Mr. Altschul was employed in various positions for Warner Bros. Records, including serving as General Counsel from 1986 to 1995 and as both Vice Chairman and General Counsel from 1995 to 2001. Mr. Altschul has a BA degree from Amherst College and a JD degree from Yale Law School. |
| Viet Dinh
Director
| | Mr. Dinh became a director upon completion of the merger of The Orchard in November 2007. He served as Assistant Attorney General of the United States from May 2001 to May 2003. Since June, 2003, he has been the principal at Bancroft Associates PLLC, a law and public policy consulting firm specializing in national security, regulatory compliance, and law enforcement. Mr. Dinh currently serves on the board of directors of News Corporation (NYSE: NWS) and M&F Worldwide (NYSE: MFW). Mr. Dinh has an A.B. degree in government and economics from Harvard University and a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School.
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| Nathan Peck
Director
| | Mr. Peck became a Director in June 2008. He has been a Senior Lecturer at The Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University since 2005. From 1999 to 2005, Mr. Peck served as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of KPMG Consulting (now BearingPoint), during which time he was part of the company’s Corporate Leadership Team, Executive Committee and Investment Committee. Before being promoted to the Corporate Leadership Team in 1999, Mr. Peck served as the Financial Services Consulting Co-Practice Leader and Bank Consulting Practice Leader for KPMG Consulting from 1997 to 1999 and 1995 to 1997, respectively. From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Peck was Senior Vice President and Managing Director for Bankers Trust Company. Mr. Peck is an alumnus of McKinsey & Co., has CPA and earned a MBA and a BA from Cornell University. |
| Greg Scholl
Director
| | Mr. Scholl became a director upon completion of the merger of The Orchard in November 2007. Previously, Mr. Scholl was an Associate Partner at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company in the media and entertainment practice. Before that, Mr. Scholl ran Carlin Ventures LLC, the private equity fund of Edwin Cohen, who founded General Atlantic Partners, a leading global growth equity firm. Mr. Scholl began his media career in the media and entertainment practice of the management consulting firm Booz Allen & Hamilton, and was a Principal at the firm when he left to join Carlin. Mr. Scholl graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College with a degree in History and Science.
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| Danny Stein
Director
| | Mr. Stein became a director upon completion of the merger of The Orchard in November 2007. Mr. Stein also serves as chief executive officer of Dimensional, the operating company that manages the private equity investments made by JDS Capital Management, Inc., including eMusic and Orchard, and he has been a director of Orchard since April 2003. From May 2001 through October 2002, Mr. Stein was the chief executive officer of TTR Technologies, a company that specialized in copy-protection technologies whose assets were sold to Macrovision (MVSN). From 2000 to 2001, Mr. Stein was President of Javu Technologies, which licenses software and services to corporations that store, manage, deliver or repurpose video assets. From 1999 to May 2000, Mr. Stein was president, chief operating officer and a director of the Wedding List Company, an Internet company with retail outlets specializing in the wedding gift and registry business. Mr. Stein has a bachelor of science degree from Cornell University. |
| Joel Straka
Director
| | Joel Straka became a Director in June 2008. He served as investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Co. covering consumer products and retail companies from 2002 to April 2008. From 1994 to 2000, Mr. Straka served as a corporate attorney with Cravath, Swaine & Moore. Mr. Straka received an MBA from Columbia Business School in 2002, a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1994 and a BA from Harvard College in 1990. |
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