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Brian Garfield has published about 70 books, several nominated for (or winners of) awards, and various shorter works. More than 20 million copies of his books have been published worldwide, and 17 films are based on his writings. His seminal novel, Death Wish, defined a crime-writers' genre and became the basis for a series of Charles Bronson action movies. A new film based on Garfield's novel and screenplay, Death Sentence, starring Kevin Bacon, is due for release in late 2007. He won the Edgar Award for Hopscotch (best novel) upon which the acclaimed movie of the same name (which he wrote and co-produced) was based. In his youth Garfield toured with "The Palisades," a rock-&-roll band that had a top-40 hit and appeared on "American Bandstand." He is past president of the Western Writers of America and the Mystery Writers of America (the only writer to have served in both offices).
Garfield, who grew up in Arizona and now divides his time between Los Angeles and Santa Fe, New Mexico, is an Army veteran. He earned his Master's degree from the University of Arizona.
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Ronald Berman is the founder of R. Berman Development Company, LLC, of Trenton, New Jersey, a developer of major office and retail projects in Trenton, New Brunswick, and other urban areas of New Jersey. Among these is the Roebling Market, a 220,000-square-foot mixed-use complex located in the historic former Roebling Wire Rope Works in Trenton. He has served as Assistant Commissioner of Public Transportation for the State of New Jersey, Urban Renewal Attorney for the City of Trenton, and Special Counsel for Urban Redevelopment in New Brunswick and Jersey City. Berman currently serves as a Trustee of the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Foundation, the New Jersey Center for Life Science, and the Jewish Community Foundation of Princeton Mercer Bucks. He is a founder and Trustee of CityWorks, Inc., a non-profit corporation which develops commercial and mixed-use projects. He is the founder and owner of the Trenton Titans, a minor league hockey franchise.
Berman holds AB and L.L.B. degrees from Rutgers University. In 1966, he was awarded a Ford Fellowship to pursue graduate law work at Harvard Law School, specializing in Urban Development Law. In 1999, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from
Rider University.
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Michael Baldwin is the founder of Baldwin Brothers, Inc., a private money management firm in Marion, Massachusetts. Prior to that, he worked at Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, H.C. Wainwright & Co., and White Weld & Co. He is the founder and overseer of the Marion Institute, whose goal is to empower people to connect more fully to the wider community, thus inspiring them to become change agents. Baldwin is also the trustee of the Nathaniel Saltonstall Arts Fund and Northeast Investors, serves as president of the Buddhayana Foundation, and is on the boards of directors of Chelsea Green Publishing and PaxIT. He has served on the boards of Skowhegan School and Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and founded the junior committee of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Institute. Baldwin earned his BA degree from Harvard College in 1962. |
