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Published on: 10/18/2009
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Joe Grano
Chairman
Mr. Grano is Chairman and CEO of Centurion Holdings LLC, a company that advises private and public companies.
From 2001-2004, Mr. Grano was Chairman of UBS Financial Services Inc. (formerly UBS PaineWebber).
In addition to being one of the financial service industry's leading executives, Mr. Grano is involved in a wide range of educational and philanthropic endeavors.
In 2002, Mr. Grano was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as the Chairman of the Homeland Security Advisory Council.
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Prior to joining PaineWebber, Mr. Grano was with Merrill Lynch for 16 years, holding various senior management positions including Director of National Sales.
In 1987, he was named the industry's best retail marketing executive in a survey conducted by Investment Dealers' Digest.
Mr. Grano was Chairman of the Board of Governors of the NASD and a member of the NASD's Executive Committee.
Before joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Grano served in the U.S. Special Forces (Green Berets).
He became one of the Army's youngest officers, achieving the rank of Captain.
Mr. Grano holds Honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from Pepperdine University and Babson College as well as Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees from Queens College, City University of New York and Central Connecticut State University.
In addition he holds an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration degree from the University of New Haven.
Mr. Grano served as Vice Chairman of the Queens College Foundation Board of Trustees, and was on the Board of Directors of the YMCA of Greater New York and on the Board of Lenox Hill Hospital.
He is a member of the Council for the United States and Italy, a member of the City University of New York's Business Leadership Council and a former member of the National Board of D.A.R.E.