From serving CEOs and entrepreneurs to law firms and multinational financial companies, the mission of managing our clients’ reputational risk and shaping how the world sees them and their brands, remains our constant focus.
Keeping this in mind, I want to highlight the members of our Advisory Board. They are leaders and innovators who offer a breadth of expertise from the top levels of their fields.
Scott B. Alswang is a security expert with two decades of experience serving for the United States Secret Service, providing protection services for every U.S. president from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush. He is Chief Sales Officer at Titan Health & Security Technologies, Inc.
Don Aviv is a security expert and licensed investigator with extensive experience in crisis mitigation, risk management and complex investigations. He is President of the corporate intelligence agency Interfor International, a global investigation, corporate intelligence and security consulting firm serving the legal, corporate and financial communities.
David Niccolini is the COO of Evidencity, a platform for records retrieval and local insight in over 160 countries around the world. Prior to joining Evidencity, Mr. Niccolini co-founded TorchStone in 2010.
Rena Paul is the co-founder of Alcalaw LLP, a women-founded law firm that represents companies, schools and individuals in crisis, particularly those involving sexual misconduct and other sensitive matters. A former federal and state prosecutor, Rena has 15 years of private and public sector experience in investigations, litigation and appellate work.
Christine Rafin, Esq. specializes in Internet, communications and media law. She is General Counsel – Media for a360 Media, LLC in New York where she advises the company on defamation, privacy, intellectual property and publicity issues for a wide range of brands, including podcasts, tv specials, online publications and magazines.
Jed Weiner is Head of Corporate Practice at Mei & Mark LLP. He advises emerging and seasoned companies and investors in corporate finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, board matters, corporate governance, corporate compliance and other issues. He is the founder of grIP Venture Studio.
Their expertise helps us understand how to face the current challenges of a 24/7 information-driven age.
Rena Paul, Esq. began her career at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, where she was a member of the Sex Crimes Unit. As a federal prosecutor at the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, Rena led complex investigations and litigated cases involving criminal enterprises. She was awarded the Department of Justice Director’s Awards for Superior Performance as an AUSA and Superior Performance by a Litigative Team. Following her time in government, Rena worked at a New York City investigations firm and as a solo legal practitioner. She is an Adjunct Professor at Brooklyn Law School and a founding member of the Beyond #MeToo Working Group on Corporate Governance, Compliance and Risk. Rena received a JD cum laude from Brooklyn Law School and a BA from Emory University. 
Margaret Gandy, Esq. most recently served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of New York where she was appointed Deputy Chief of the Organized Crime and Gangs section and led the investigation and prosecution of criminal enterprises involved in crimes of violence, sex offenses and fraud. She was twice awarded the Prosecutor of the Year award from the Federal Law Enforcement Association. Margaret began her career at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office where she conducted extensive felony trials and complex investigations while serving in both the Rackets Bureau and the Special Investigations Bureau of the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor. She received a JD with Honors from The George Washington University Law School and a BA from Duke University.