Bio

Roland A. DeSilva Co-founded DeSilva+Phillips in 1996. Completed more than 150 transactions, notably Vestar’s acquisition of MediMedia from Cinven, The Carlyle Group and Apax Partners, Randall Publishing’s sale to Wachovia Capital Partners, and deals for companies such as Primedia, Petersen Publishing, Scholastic, CurtCo Freedom Group, Freedom Magazines, MultiMedia HealthCare, Media/Communications Partners, International Thomson Business Press, Hanley Wood and VNU among others. Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, International Director and Publisher with Thomson Corp., McGraw-Hill, and Capital Cities/ABC, Inc. (Chilton Company). Founder of U.S. Business Press, a nine-magazine business-to-business publishing company. Vice Chairman of World Information Transfer, a charity dedicated to health and the environment. Member, Board of Trustees, Long Island University.