E. David Ellington
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E. David Ellington is Managing Director, Emory Capital Group, LLC, an international advisory firm providing counsel to institutional investors, corporations and principle investing entities in the areas of governance, strategy, investments and capital formation.
Mr. Ellington is currently on the board of directors of Temptation Foods (BSE:TMPF) and is Chair, Corporate Governance Committee. He is also a member of the advisory board of 2i Capital Asset Management Company Limited (Mauritius/India).
Mr. Ellington is a former Trustee and Commissioner on the San Francisco Employees' Retirement System (SFERS) Board (July 2002-January 2008). SFERS is the fifth largest pension fund in the State of California (No. 74 in the US) with US$16.7 billion of assets under management. The SFERS Board also has oversight over a 457 Deferred Compensation Plan with over US$1.6 billion (No. 24 in the US) in assets. Mr. Ellington was Board President, 2003-2004; Chair, Investments Committee, 2003-2004 (Alternatives), 2006-2007; member, Investments Committee, 2002-2008; Chair, Governance Committee, 2003-2006; member, Governance Committee, 2002-2008. and member, Finance Committee, 2005-2008. Mr. Ellington was first appointed to the Board by San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown and then re-appointed to a second term by succeeding Mayor, Gavin Newsom.
Before joining the SFERS Board, Mr. Ellington was chairman, president and chief executive officer of NetNoir Inc. (investors included Time Warner [NYSE:TWX]; Radio One [NASD:ROIA]), one of the first community portals. Prior to NetNoir, Mr. Ellington was an attorney in Los Angeles. His firm specialized in international, entertainment and multimedia/new technology law. At that time, he served as the chairman of the international law section of the Beverly Hills Bar Association. He is a member of the State Bar of California.
Mr. Ellington received his BA in History from Adelphi University and MA in Comparative Politics and Government [subfield:Africa] from Howard University. He received his JD from Georgetown University Law Center, where he concentrated on international, corporate and tax law. He then completed Cornell University's FALCON (Full Year Asian Language Concentration) Program in Japanese.
Mr. Ellington has extensive international experience in Tokyo, Singapore, Bangkok, London, Dubai and India. He has circumvented the globe (gone around the world) ten (10) times with the longest stint being 20 months. His skill set includes asset allocation, corporate governance, private equity, venture capital, media, entertainment law, internet strategy, government policy and philanthropy.
Non-Profit activities: co-founder and chairman, OpNet - disadvantaged youth technology training program (1997-2002); charter member, TiE-Silicon Valley (2004- ); member, Business Executives for National Security (BENS) (2000-2002); board of governors, Commonwealth Club of California (2000-2002) - public affairs forum; board of directors, San Francisco Jazz Organization (SFJAZZ) (1999-2002).
Civic activities: Commissioner, Telecommunications Commission for the City and County of San Francisco (1997- 2002; President: 1997-2000); member, San Francisco Workforce Investment Board (WIB) (2001- 2002); member, United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Advisory Committee on Online Access and Security (2000); White House Fellowship regional review panelist (1999).
Academic activities: advisory board, Center for Media Studies, Rutgers University (1999-2002).
Awards: UPSIDE magazine's Technology 'Elite 100' (1999; 2000); BLACK ENTERPRISE magazine's 'Entrepreneurs Award': Business Innovator of the Year (1996).
Interests: travel; vedantic meditation & yoga; tennis; sailing and general physical exercise.
Mr. Ellington is a widower. He was married to Wendy Marx (1967-2003). He currently lives in San Francisco.
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Temptation Foods:
http://www.temptationfoods.com/
2i Capital:
San Francisco Employees' Retirement System (SFERS):
http://www.sfgov.org/site/sfers_index.asp
Wendy Marx Foundation for Organ Donor Awareness:
http://www.transplantbook.com/
