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$52.4M Amount Staten BUSINESS PEOPLE Island residents are owed in unclaimed funds Source: Office of the State Comptroller SKULL SESSION: John Flynn cocurated the American Museum of Natural History’s new “Whales: Giants of the Deep” exhibit. buck ennis EXECUTIVE MOVES GOTHAM GIGS Having a whale of a career No bones about it: John Flynn lives for adventure Curator has survived two copter crashes while on expedition John Flynn made an unexpected discovery at 6,000 feet above sea level: whale bones. The preIce Age fossils he and his team found in the Chilean Andes in 1986 helped determine the age of the mountain range, but like many important scientific advances, the breakthrough didn’t come easily. Snow fell as his team ran out of food. ¶ “It was very tough conditions,” said Mr. Flynn, the Frick curator of fossil mammals at the American Museum of Natural History. ¶ New Yorkers won’t need to endure extremes to see whale bones. Mr. Flynn, a Westchester native with two children, co-curated “Whales: Giants of the Deep,” an exhibition that opened last month in cooperation with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. A skeleton of a sperm whale about 20 feet longer than a standard school bus hangs above the show. Visitors have an opportunity to crawl through a narrow opening in a life-size replica of a blue whale’s heart, which is roughly six feet high and 10 feet wide. ¶ Mr. Flynn, who holds four Ivy League degrees, is a natural teacher and is the head of the museum’s small graduate school. In one part of the exhibit, featuring a series of skeletons that illustrate how whales evolved from land to sea mammals, he enthusiastically points out the subtle changes in the various skeletons—how one is missing a limb and another has a fin in its place. ¶ The 57-yearold still finds time for adventure, traveling at least three months a year to conduct research, which includes examining the brain size of social animals. On one trip, he found the oldest monkey skull in the New World, at a Chilean site near where Darwin conducted research. He has survived two helicopter crashes while on expedition. “I didn’t tell my wife about one for six —theresa agovino months,” he said. Forbes Media: Jack Laschever, 53, was promoted to president of Forbes Conferences, a newly created position. He was previously chief marketing officer. Tom Davis, 48, was promoted to chief marketing officer. He was previously vice president, sales and marketing. Sociomantic: J.B. Brokaw, 36, joined the advertising and marketing firm as president of North American operations. He was previously chief revenue officer and chief client officer at iProspect. Green Carrot: Javier Perez-Karam, 33, joined the media and entertainment company as chief executive and director, a newly created position. He was previously a producer at Omnicom Media. Lyst: Steven Klooster, 38, joined the personalized online shopping site as chief operating officer, a newly created position. He was previously an associate at Warburg Pincus. OpenSky: Paul Vogel, 40, joined the online social shopping company as chief financial officer. He was previously global portfolio manager at Andor Capital. New York University: Trevor Morrison, 41, will join the university as the dean of its law school, effective June 1. He is currently Liviu Librescu professor of law at Columbia University, where he is also faculty co-director of the Center for Constitutional Governance and faculty co-chair of the Hertog Program on Law and National Security. Governors Island Alliance: Susan Carey Dempsey, 64, joined the nonprofit as executive director. She was previously executive vice president at Changing Our World Inc. TCA Global Fund Group: James Clements, 44, joined the financial firm as executive director, a newly created position. He was previously senior vice president of advisory and platform services at Icon Investments. Rose Associates Inc.: Maria Masi, 42, joined the real estate firm as managing director. She was previously development director at AvalonBay Communities Inc. Duff & Phelps: Christopher Gregory, 39, was promoted to managing director at the financial advisory and investment banking firm. He was previously director. Tomas Stefanowski, 38, was promoted to managing director. He was previously director. Ekaterina Timaeva, 38, was promoted to managing director. She was previously director. HBR Consulting: Darren Marriott, 43, was promoted to senior director at the professional services firm, a newly See EXECUTIVE MOVES on Page 8 April 15, 2013 | Crain’s New York Business | 7

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