Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> January 21, 2002
FREDERICK O. TERRELL is currently Managing Partner and Chief Executive
Officer of Provender Capital group, LLC, a private equity investment
firm based in New York and Los Angeles. Prior to forming Provender in
1997, Mr. Terrell was a Managing Director and Partner with the
international investment banking firm of Credit Suisse First Boston,
beginning his association with the firm in 1983. He serves as Chairman
of Carver Bancorp, Inc., The Diversity Channel, Inc., PacPizza LLC and
the Yale School of Management, Mr. Terrell received his BA degree from
La Verne College, an MA from Occidental College and his MBA from the
Yale School of Management. Profile
DEBORAH C. WRIGHT is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of
Carver Bancorp, Inc. Carver is the holding company for Carver Federal
Savings Bank, a federally chartered savings bank and the nation's
largest publicly traded African- and Caribbean- American operated bank,
with $521.9 million in assets and 110 employees. Carver operates five
full service branches in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn, Queens,
and Manhattan. Prior to assuming her current position, Ms. Wright was
President and CEO of the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development
Corporation, a position she held since May 1996. She previously served
as Commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and
Development under Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani from January 1994 through
March 1996. Prior to that appointment, Ms. Wright was named by Mayor
David N. Dinkins to the New York City Housing Authority Board, which
manages New York City's 189,000 public housing units. She is a member of
the Board of Overseers of Harvard University and serves on the Boards of
Kraft Foods, Inc., the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, The New
York City Partnership, Inc., and the Ministers and Missionaries Benefit
Board of the American Baptist Churches. Ms. Wright earned AB, JD and MBA
degrees from Harvard University. Profile
tell us what you're doing at the present time?
Ms. Wright: Carver is approximately 52 years old. It is based in
