Thomas A. Russo

Overview

Mr. Russo has been Chief Legal Officer of the Company since 1993 and is an Executive Vice President of the Company and a member of and counsel to the Firm's Executive Committee. He has been a Vice Chairman of LBI since July 1999. Mr. Russo joined the Firm in 1993; prior to that, Mr. Russo was a partner at the Wall Street law firm of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft and a member of its Management Committee. Mr. Russo is the Treasurer and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Board of Trustees of the March of Dimes and Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Institute for Financial Markets. He is the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of International Education, as well as a founder of the Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue Fund and a member of its Board. Mr. Russo is also a member of the Regulatory Policy Committee of the Board of Governors of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). In addition, Mr. Russo is a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's International Advisory Committee and the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation.