Introducing Cardigan’s Newest Board Members Trustees Hank Holland Hank is a managing director at The Private Banking and Investment Group at Merrill Lynch. He joined Merrill Lynch in 2007 to conceptualize, launch, and manage The Core Strategies Investment Fund, an integrated investment solution for ultra-high net worth families. Previously, he spent 12 years at Bernstein Global Wealth Management, where he was a principal and national director of investment planning. Hank attended Southern Methodist University on an honors engineering scholarship and received a BS in civil engineering. He is active in civic affairs and currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the San Francisco Ballet and the U.S. Ski Team Foundation. In the past, he has been chairman of the board for the Bay Area Discovery Museum and has served on the Board of Trustees for Grace Cathedral, Episcopal Charities, St. Luke’s Hospital and The Little School. Hank is married to Beth Holland and they have three sons: Hayden (14), Corbin (11), and Fulton (6). Hayden, a second-year student at Cardigan Mountain School, is in the eighth grade.
Barbara “Britt” Flanagan Britt has more than 30 years of experience in the education field and currently works as a consultant with Branleigh Educational Consultants. Previously she has served as dean of admissions and director of the Academic Enrichment Center at Western Reserve Academy, where her husband Skip served as headmaster for 26 years, until July 2008. They now reside in Connecticut, where Skip serves as a dean at Avon Old Farms.
Incorporators Ron von Jako ’81 Dr. von Jako serves as chief medical officer at GE HealthcareSurgery. Ron received his medical degree at 24 from the University of Pécs, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Pécs, Hungary, and trained in surgery with externships and research at Harvard hospitals. He was awarded a fellowship in minimally invasive surgical research from Dartmouth-Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Massachusetts, and he recently completed his PhD in experimental surgery. Ron has been active with Cardigan over the last two years as a judge for the Charles C. Gates Invention and Innovation Competition.
Benjamin Wey Mr. Benjamin Wey is an expert on China and U.S.–China trade relations. He is the current president of New York Global Group, one of the largest Wall Street middle market advisory firms focused on China related transactions in the areas of corporate finance, private equity investments, and strategic consulting. Headquartered in New York City and Beijing, New York Global Group received the distinction of “Best Foreign Investment Banking Firm Serving China’s Middle Markets” from China Securities Daily in 2006. Ben’s nephew, Mao Mao Wei, graduated from Cardigan in 2010 and now attends The Gunnery. Ben has two younger sons who he hopes will attend CMS one day. Mr. Wey has advised many public and private institutions worldwide. Mr. Wey came to the United States as a teenager on a valedictorian and full academic scholarship. He received a bachelor’s degree in business management and an MBA in finance. Mr. Wey is a visiting professor of finance at two top Chinese universities: China University of Petroleum and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. Mr. Wey is also the executive director of China Investment Association, an affiliated entity of China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC).
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