Advisory Board

A. Kirke Bartley, Jr. is a retired justice of the New York County Supreme Court in the 1st Judicial District of New York. He also served as a judge for the New York City Criminal Court of New York County.
Bartley began his legal career in 1978 and soon thereafter joined the Queens County District Attorney’s Office, where he served as an Assistant District Attorney until 1997 and Chief of the Trial Bureau from 1991 to 1997. During this time one of his most well-known trials was an unsuccessful prosecution of John Gotti, the first of three acquittals before Gotti was finally convicted. Appointed to the Criminal Court in 1997, Bartley became an Acting Supreme Court Justice in 2007. He was the presiding judge in numerous high-profile trials including that of Anthony D. Marshall, Brook Astor’s son, on charges Marshall took advantage of Mrs. Astor’s dementia to improperly gain access to her fortune.

Bartley received his J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law in 1977. The father of two adult children, Julia and Jack, he and his wife, Tracy, a pediatrician, live in New York City.

Scott Bass is a partner at Sidley Austin LLP and heads the firm’s Global Life Sciences team, coordinating pharmaceutical, medical device, food and dietary supplement matters in the United States, Europe and Asia. He is ranked internationally among the top authorities on FDA-related enforcement and regulatory issues, and has led audits and investigations involving off-label promotion, pharmacovigilance, PDMA, GMP, and fraud and abuse issues, as well as DEA and FTC matters. Scott has also acted as an expert on an EU Commission panel, an advisor on new China drug and device legislation and as an adviser on an FDA dietary supplement website.

Marc Betesh is Founder and CEO of Visual Lease, a real estate and equipment lease management and accounting software platform for public and private companies. He is also Founder and President of KBA Lease Services, a real estate consulting firm that specializes in reducing leasing costs for commercial tenants. He is an attorney by background and is a leading expert on commercial lease negotiation, lease accounting and commercial lease expenses.

Marc received his BA from Temple University and his JD from Georgetown University and is a member of the New York and New Jersey bars. Prior to establishing Visual Lease (1996) and KBA Lease Services (1985), Marc practiced law in New York City where he negotiated commercial leases.

Rae Boylan is mostly retired but does some part time investment banking at a small financial advisory firm called Swap Financial.

Previously, Boylan was Senior Managing Director of the not-for-profit Health Care Finance Group, which he helped establish, at the Royal Bank of Canada in New York City. Prior to that he’d been a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns in the firm’s Health Care Finance Group, and before that at Kidder Peabody, focusing on not-for profit entities, primarily hospitals.

Boylan was raised in Riverside California, then a small town based with an economy principally based on oranges, east of Los Angeles.

He earned a B.A. at the University of Southern California, a J.D. from the University of California, San Francisco, Hastings College of the Law, and a Master of Laws Degree in International Law and Finance from Columbia Law School.

Claire recently joined Havas to lead Arnold NY as Managing Director .

Prior to Arnold, Claire spent 12 years at J. Walter Thompson (part of WPP) where she was Global President, Retail and tasked with leading a specialized retail discipline to leverage the company’s deep experience in the category. around the world. Her personal experience spans automotive, QSR, finance, and mass merchandise. Additionally, Claire lead a WPP multi-agency team for Danone Yogurt; a company committed to healthy foods and, as a Benefit Corp, doing good for the world. She is also particularly proud of her work with PeriodEquity.org , focused on raising awareness of the hypocrisy that many US. States tax tampons as luxury goods.

For nearly a decade she managed both Macy’s and Energizer Personal Care (now Edgewell). For Macy’s, their holiday franchise Believe/“Yes, Virginia” was both a multi-year business success and industry recognized, winning Gold, Silver and Bronze Cannes Lions, Effies, and Webbys. She ushered in their early use of mobile technology leading to Macy’s being named Mobile Marketer of the Year for multiple years. For, Edgewell Personal Care she globally managed brands across their men’s/women’s grooming, feminine care, sun-care, and baby categories.

Prior to JWT, Claire was EVP Managing Director at Lowe Worldwide (now MullenLowe) leading GMC truck/SUV business and Saab Cars. She spent the first part of her career in media, lastly as Media Director of Lowe San Francisco.

Claire is a past Mediaweek Media All-Star, was named one of the “30 Most Powerful Women in Advertising” by Business Insider, and has been a member of the board of directors of Quarto Publishing Group (LSE: QTR), a world leading publisher of illustrated, non-fiction books. Most recently, she’s been appointed to the advisory board of AIM at Melanoma.org. Trinity College, BA Economics.

“I am thrilled to be working with amazing companies and brands where we’re not just doing great work, but great work for good!”