Joseph M. Schell
Member

Joseph Schell is a private investor in emerging companies and real estate projects. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the publicly traded companies – Dycom Industries ( Palm Beach Gardens, FL). He is also active as a director of several not-for-profit entities – the Tatnall School ( Wilmington, DE), the Hualalai Ohana Foundation ( Kona, HI), and Chair of the Board of The Canalfront Park Project ( Lewes , DE ). In February 2002, Joseph retired from a 29 year career in investment banking during which he served as Chairman of Global Technology Investment Banking for Merrill Lynch & Co. ( Palo Alto, CA), as co-head of Investment Banking and Executive Committee member and Partner of Montgomery Securities ( San Francisco, CA), and Vice President and Director of Kidder Peabody & Co. ( New York, NY). He grew up in Wilmington, Delaware and graduated from the Tatnall School (1964), Amherst College (1968), and Harvard Business School (1973), and maintains close affiliations with each school. Mr. Schell and his wife of 31 years reside in Lewes, Delaware and Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. They have three grown children.