Thomas L. Piper III was a senior executive in the financial industry who worked with institutional asset managers and corporate leaders to develop equity financing strategies. Over five decades, Mr. Piper has served in senior roles at Dillon, Read & Co., Citibank Private Bank, W.P. Stewart & Co, and AllianceBernstein.

Mr. Piper serves on the boards of the University of Virginia Art Museum, the Boy Scouts of America Manhattan Council, the Vero Beach Museum of Art, and the Advisory Board for Our Lady Queen of Angels in New York. Mr. Piper studied at the University of Virginia and Harvard Business School.