Executive Officers

Andrew M. Rosenfield , 69
Chief Executive Officer and Director

Mr. Rosenfield is the President of Guggenheim Partners, which he joined in 2004 as a Managing Partner, where he is responsible for many aspects of firm management and strategic planning and leads the firm’s principal transactions. Mr. Rosenfield is also a Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, whose faculty he joined in 1986. From 2010 through 2018, while remaining a Managing Partner at Guggenheim Partners, Mr. Rosenfield was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of TGG Group, a behavioral economics consulting firm. From 1977 until 2001, Mr. Rosenfield was the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lexecon Inc. (now known as Compass Lexecon), a leading law and economics consulting firm. From 1999 until its sale in 2004, Mr. Rosenfield was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of UNext Inc., an early online education business that partnered with Columbia University, Stanford University, the University of Chicago, Carnegie Mellon University and the London School of Economics. Mr. Rosenfield is active in the Chicago community and is a board member of various non-profit organizations such as the Board of Trustees of The University of Chicago and the Board of Trustees of the Art Institute of Chicago. Mr. Rosenfield received a J.D. from The University of Chicago Law School, an MCRP from Harvard University Graduate School of Design and a B.A. in economics and mathematic from Kenyon College.

David Lee Korman, 64
Chief Financial Officer 

From 2010 to 2019, Mr. Korman was the Chief Legal Officer of Guggenheim Partners. From 2020 to present, Mr. Korman serves as a Senior Managing Director and Secretary of Guggenheim Partners. Prior to joining Guggenheim, Mr. Korman was Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Ford Motor Credit Company. Mr. Korman received a B.S in Business Administration from Miami University and a J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law.

Board of Directors

Byron Scott Minerd, 61
Director and Special Advisor

From 1998 to present, Mr. Minerd is a Managing Partner, Chairman of Investments and Global Chief Investment Officer of Guggenheim Partners. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Minerd was the Chief Executive Officer of Hedgefund.net. From 1994 until 1996 Mr. Minerd served as a Managing Director at Credit Suisse First Boston, a financial services. From 1988 through 1994, Mr. Minerd oversaw European Capital Markets Products, Trading and Risk Management for Morgan Stanley. In addition, from 2010 until 2015, Mr. Minerd served on the board of directors of Diamond Resorts, a publicly traded company. Currently Mr. Minerd serves as an Overseer of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. Additionally, he serves on the Investment Advisory Committee on Financial Markets to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and is an inaugural member of the Advisory Committee to the International Monetary Fund. From 2012 until 2013 Mr. Minerd has served as an advisor to the Organization on Economic Cooperation and Development and is a founding member of the Arctic Circle since 2012. Mr. Minerd received a B.S. in economics from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and has completed graduate work at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Billie Jean King, 77
Director Nominee

Ms. King is also known as the American former World No. 1 professional tennis player and in 2009 received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from former President Barack Obama for her work advocating for the rights of women and the LGBT community. In 1973, at age 29, Ms. King won the “Battle of the Sexes” tennis match. From 2016 to the present, Ms. King has served as Director of the Billie Jean King Leadership Initiative. Since 1989, Ms. King has also served as President of Billie Jean King Enterprises. In addition, from 1974 to the present, Ms. King has served as Founder and a member of the Board of the Women’s Sports Foundation. In 1974, Ms. King co-founded World TeamTennis. In 1973, Ms. King founded the Women’s Tennis Association and has continued to stay involved as the founder and ambassador for the sport. Since 2021, Ms. King has been a member of the New York City Parks Board. From 1992 to 2018, Ms. King served on the Board Elton John AIDS Foundation and she has served as honorary President of the Elton John AIDS Foundation from 2018 to the present. In 1999 she joined the Board of Altria and served one term. Ms. King attended California State LA for 3 years between 1961 to 1963.

Henry R. Silverman, 80
Director Nominee

Mr. Silverman has served as the Chief Executive Officer and director of Silverman Acquisition Corp. I since February 2021. Since July 2015, Mr. Silverman has been the managing member of 54 Madison Partners LLC and since December 2018 a managing member of Athos Capital Partners, real estate development companies, which have invested in properties in the U.S. and Caribbean, where he oversees the respective investment committees and provides strategic direction on portfolio construction and management. Since January 2012, he has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. Since December 2015, Mr. Silverman has been an Overseer of the NYU Langone Medical Center. From January 2012 to July 2015, Mr. Silverman was the CEO of the real estate business at Guggenheim Partners, LLC. From July 2007 to December 2011, Mr. Silverman was the Chief Operating Officer, a director, and Vice Chairman of the Board and a member of the Executive Committee of Apollo Global Management (NYSE: APO). From June 1990 to September 2006, Mr. Silverman was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Cendant Corporation. Prior to his time at Cendant Corporation, from August 1989 from June 1991, Mr. Silverman was Chief Investment Officer at Blackstone Capital Partners I. Mr. Silverman holds a B.A. in Art History from Williams College and a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania.

Donald Thompson, 57
Director Nominee

Prior to his current role as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Cleveland A venue, LLC, a venture capital firm, Mr. Thompson served as President and Chief Executive Officer of McDonald’s Corporation from 2012 until March 2015. Previously, Mr. Thompson served as President and Chief Operating Officer of McDonald’s Corporation from 2010 to 2012 and President of McDonald’s USA from 2006 to 2010. Prior to joining McDonald’s, Mr. Thompson served six years as an Electrical Engineer for the Northrop Corporation, where he specialized in power supply design and manufacturing for high technology radar systems. Mr. Thompson also served as director of McDonald’s Corporation from 2011 to March 2015 and as a director of Exelon Corporation from 2007 to 2013. Since 2015, Mr. Thompson has served as a director of the Northern Trust Corporation and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. He also serves on the boards of Beyond Meat and Footprint, and on numerous civic and philanthropic boards. He is a member of the Commercial and Economic Clubs of Chicago, World Business Chicago and the Arthur M. Brazier Foundation. He serves as a Trustee on the boards of the Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education, Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Purdue University. Mr. Thompson has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University (1984) and an Honorary Doctorate in Science from Excelsior College (2008).