Mr. Alan D. Hirsch

Alan D. Hirsch
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Alan D. Hirsch

Mr. Hirsch has extensive experience as an investment banker specializing in private and public small cap growth companies, as a savings and mortgage banker and as an entrepreneur. He is currently a partner and officer of Lion Partners, Ltd. From 1980-1989 Mr. Hirsch worked in commercial banking as a lending officer. During that period he financed nearly a billion dollars worth of transactions. In 1986 Mr. Hirsch joined The Savings Bank of Rockland County and was appointed President of the banks commercial lending subsidiary, First American Mortgage. He was also a director. The bank was eventually sold to First Fidelity Bank of New Jersey. From 1989-1993 Mr. Hirsch was an investment and merchant banker specializing in the public small-cap arena. He structured and completed numerous debt and equity transactions ranging from $5,000,000 to $20,000,000. One transaction he financed, which he was also co-founder, was Gigwear Company, Inc. Gigwear, a theme retailer specializing in Rock and Roll memorabilia, licensed apparel, and collectibles was located in Manhattan's trendy SOHO area from 1993 -1998. Gigwear received significant press and celebrity traffic due to Mr. Hirsch's marketing and promotional efforts and he was featured in Entrepreneur magazine. In 1998 he formed United Institutional Investments, Inc. Located in New York, United worked with small and emerging companies. In addition to completing many important transactions through United, Mr. Hirsch served as an advisor to ICE Capital Corp.
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Mr. Hirsch received his BA from the University of Oklahoma and pursued graduate studies at the New School for Social Research in New York. His specialized studies include the School of Mortgage Banking and New York University Real Estate School. He is a member of Friar's Club of New York and is a frequent guest lecturer on Entrepreneurship and Finance. He is the author of A Guide For the Entrepreneur, a motivational and philosophical view of business and success.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The following citizens spoke in favor of funding of the Gifted and Talented Program in Anne Arundel County Public Schools: Julie Sweeney, Chip Seymour, David Wissman, the Reverend Mamie Williams, Molly Kalifut, Nancy Zhou, Cori Dykman, Andrew Dykman, Lynne Tucker, Mara O'Connell, Jennifer Wheeler, Valerie Solarz, Sarah Lock, Laurella Ganey, Steve Donnelly, Denise O'Neill, Christina Harle, Rachael Goad, Tricia Hopkins, Linda Carter-Ferrier, Alan Hirsch, James Keeney, Mark McWilliams, Marsha Lob, Zac Plitt, Laura Carr and Steve Johnson.
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Dr. Hirsch, director of finance, presented the Board with a revised timeline as a result of discussions of the steering committee.