EMAIL DETAILS

Hi Evan,
Hunter said you were putting together the bios for the event Wednesday and suggested we forward you our updated CVs. Please find them below, and feel free to edit them to make them sound more impressive:

Christopher D'Amato is a Managing Director and Partner at Park Strategies, LLC. Headquartered in New York City, with offices in Washington, DC, Albany, Buffalo, Long Island, and Taipei, Park Strategies is a business consulting firm providing government affairs, strategic advisory, and business development services to entities in the helathcare, IT, financial services, energy, real estate, and defense marketplaces. Christopher has been with the firm since 2001, where he is the managing partner and head of compliance and legal affairs. Prior to joining Park Strategies, he was a Senior Counsel in the Enforcement Division of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Northeast Regional Office in New York. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. D'Amato served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Trial Division of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office in New York.

He is a graduate of the Syracuse University College of Law and a member of the New York State Bar, 2nd Department, admitted to practice before the Federal District Court in the Southern District of New York. Christopher earned his bachelors degree at Georgetown University and resides with his wife, Amy, and their three children in Forest Hills, New York, where he is a member of the Board of Trustees at the Kew-Forest School, an indpendent school educating sutdents in grades pre-K through 12.


Amy D’Amato is an enthusiastic supporter of the arts and an outgoing member of her community. For the past four years, she has served on the Board of Trustees of her neighborhood preservation group and is a valued member of the Association’s Architectural Committee. Amy is an active volunteer at The Kew-Forest School, where her children attend classes and is a member of the school’s Parent Council. This year will be her second co-chairing the school’s most important fund raising event, The Winter Gala, which historically has been Kew-Forest’s largest source of non-tuition revenue. Thanks to her educational and professional background in design, Amy has had the opportunity to serve as an advisor to the school’s Building & Grounds Committee in connection with various renovation and capital improvements. Last year, Amy joined the board of The Queens Museum of Art and serves on both their Education Committee and Events & Planning Committee. Amy is a member of the Woman Club of Forest Hills and was recently appointed to serve on their Philanthropic Committee.

Amy is a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, from which she received a BFA. Afterwards, Amy spent more than 15 years as a design professional in Chicago, Delaware and New York. Most recently she ran her own hospitality design firm.

Amy and her husband reside in Forest Hills Gardens, New York with their three children and spend their summers at their second home on Lake Michigan. She recently received her certification as a New York City Citizen Tree Pruner and is starting her fourth year as Girl Scout Troop Leader.


Thanks,
Chris.

Christopher D'Amato
Executive Vice President & Managing Director
Park Strategies, LLC
101 Park Avenue, Suite 2506
New York, NY 10178
Tel. (212) 883-5608
Fax (212) 883-5643
E-mail: cdamato@parkstrategies.com<mailto:cdamato@parkstrategies.com