The H.S. Grace & Company, Inc. team brings more than 1,000 years of combined senior management experience to the table. Its board of advisors and consultants hold advanced degrees in varied disciplines and have spent their careers working as senior executives for major corporations. We offer an unparalleled breadth and depth of expertise to address client issues.

Below is a partial list of our team members. Depending on the specifics on a particular assignment, we will assemble a team with the right mix of hands-on experience and expertise to address the issues. As needed, we also can draw upon our network of consulting experts for specialized knowledge or in-depth industry background.

Officers

H. Stephen Grace Jr., Ph.D.
President H.S. Grace & Company, Inc.;
Former CFO Century Development Corporation;
Former Chair, Financial Executives International.

Steve Grace
COO, H.S. Grace & Company, Inc.;
Former AVP, J.P. Morgan Chase, Application Integration.

 

Board of Advisors

James J. Abel
Board of Directors, President and CEO, CPI Corp.;
Board of Directors, EVP and CFO (Ret.) Lamson & Sessions Co.;
Former Chair, President and CEO, Financial Executives International (FEI).

Dan Brill, MBA
Retired Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer of Global Cash and Trade Finance,
Global Head of Leverage Finance, 
Co-Head of Corporate Loan Restructuring for Citibank.

James N. Clark, MBA
Board of Directors, EVP and CFO (Ret.), Western & Southern Financial Group, Inc.;
Former Chair, FEI.

Jeffrey E. Curtiss, CPA, CFA, J.D., L.L.M. (Taxation)
Former NCG Chairman of KBR 2017-18, Former Audit Committee Chair of KBR for 2007–2017;
Former CFO, Service Corporation International and Browning-Ferris Industries;
Director Financial Executives International (Houston Chapter);
Director of CFA Society (Houston)

Pamela Joubert Davis
Government Banking, JPMorgan Chase
SVP-Chase Bank
Past Board member, The Children's Museum Houston

Alvin Fenichel, CPA, MBA 
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Ret.) AXA Financial/AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (SEC Registrant 1991-2012 and NYSE 1992 - 2001);
Former Senior Financial Officer of CBS Consumer Products Group and Officer responsible for Internal Audit for CBS Inc.;
Member of Board and former President of NYC Chapter of FEI.

Charles ("Chuck") Fischer
Director, Americas Financial Practices (Ret.), Hewlett Packard Company.
Board Director, NW Municipal Utility District 5, Cypress, TX.
United Way of Greater Houston, Volunteer performing annual financial and governance reviews of United Way funded agencies.

Frank Gatti, MBA, CPA, NACD Leadership Fellow
Board of Directors of NACD/NJ, Audit, Programs, and Sponsorship;
Finance Committee of The Conference Board;
Board of Directors, Audit (Chair), Special and Nominating/Governance Committees of Blackboard, Inc. (2004 IPO-2011 sale);
Former CFO (ret.) ETS;
Former VP/Financial Management & VP/Chief Accounting Officer of The New York Times Co.

Suzanne H. Gilbert, MBA
Director of electric vehicle company (Audit Committee Chair, member of Compensation Committee, Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee, and Transaction Committee).
Former Trustee of Fielding Graduate University (Chaired Budgeting, Finance and Audit Committee and member of Investment and IT Committees).
Vice Chairman - Worldwide CFO of Initiative Media (Ret.).
Previously EVP, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer of Campbell-Ewald Worldwide.

David Gilfillan, J.D.
Chief Claims Officer, CRC Group, Wholesale & Specialty Brokerage – Atlanta;
Regional Claims Executive, AIG-Atlanta Georgia (Retired);
Senior VP, D&O Claims, AIG-New York.

Louis Grumet, J.D.
Former Executive Director, New York State Society of CPAs and New York State School Boards Association.

Edward A. Grun, NCARB, AIA
Principal, Gensler (Ret.)

Sheryl L. Hopkins, J.D., MBA
Former Practicing Attorney, Akin Gump,
Vinson & Elkins, Locke Lord (f/k/a Locke Purnell) and
Gordon Arata (Management Committee).

Peter Howell
Direktor, Credit Risk Management (Ret.), Deutsche Bank A.G.

Ann Kaesermann
VP, Controller (Ret.) Hilcorp; Former Chief Accounting Officer Mission Resources
Board Member, Treasurer and Finance Chair, Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston

Steven B. Lilien, Ph.D., CPA
Weinstein Professor of Accounting, Former Dir. of Center for Financial Integrity, Baruch College, The City University of New York.

Nicholas J. Lomonte
VP Finance (Ret.), ABB Lummus Global Inc.