Stephen D. Harlan is a partner in Harlan Enterprises LLC, a specialized real estate investment firm. Before joining Harlan Enterprises in 2001, he served as chairman of H.G. Smithy Company, a real estate management and investment firm. Before joining H.G. Smithy Company in 1993, Mr. Harlan was vice chairman of KPMG Peat Marwick, where he also served on KPMG's international council, board of directors, and management committee. In 1995, President Clinton appointed Mr. Harlan to the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, where he served as vice chairman until 1998. Mr. Harlan presently serves on the board of directors and as chairman of the audit committee for both ING DIRECT and Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group, Inc. He also serves on the board of directors of the Mary and Daniel Loughran Foundation; is a member of the senior council of the Greater Washington Board of Trade; is a trustee and member of the executive committee of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; and is the chairman of the board of the Council for Court Excellence. Mr. Harlan graduated from the University of Missouri in1959. |