Industry & Services >> Sector Roundtables >> January 11, 1999
WILLIAM GENCO is a First Vice President with Merrill Lynch Global
Securities. He is a past President of the Environmental Control Analysts
of New York. Mr. Genco is a graduate of Fordham University and he
received an MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business.
JAIMI GOODFRIEND specializes in research and investment in
environmental/ infrastructure systems and services for First Analysis
Corporation. Prior to joining First Analysis in 1999, she was an
Investment Banking Analyst specializing in consumer mergers and
acquisitions at Montgomery Securities LLC in San Francisco. Ms.
Goodfriend earned Bachelor's degrees with honors in Economics and
Political Science from the University of Michigan. She is a candidate
for an MBA at Northwestern University. Profile
Michael E. Hoffman, Director of Research at Wunderlich Securities, Inc. has 22
years of experience as a senior equity research analyst and in research and firm
management with his most recent position as President, Chief Operating Officer
and Director of Research at Caris & Company. Previously he was the Deputy
Director of Research, Head of Fixed Income Research and Group Head of
Diversified Industrial Research at Friedman Billings Ramsey covering the
pollution control, solid waste and homeland security industries. He spent five
years with Salomon Brothers covering pollution control, solid waste and
specialty chemicals, a year with Robertson Stevens rebuilding its pollution
control practice, 10 years with Credit Suisse where he built and managed at team
of 80 in the US, Europe and Asia that created the firms fundamental global
research database still in use today. He has been ranked number two by
Institutional Investor, Greenwich Associates and Reuters in pollution control.
He has a BSE degree from Widener University and an MBA degree from the Johnson
School at Cornell University. Profile
MARI BARI is a Managing Director and Senior Restaurant Analyst at
DeutscheBanc Alex. Brown. Previously, she was associated with Mabon
Securities. She received her Bachelor's degree in Business
Administration from Loyola University. A Chartered Financial Analyst,
she is a member of NYSSA and the AIMR. Ms. Bari includes reading,
photography and tennis among her personal interests. Profile
MARC H. SULAM is a Principal at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.
Previously, he was associated with Kidder, Peabody. Mr. Sulam received
his Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Georgetown
University. He was the chairman of the Environmental Control
Subcommittee of the AIMR and is a member of the NYSSA, the Environmental
Control Analyst of New York and the Listing Committee for the American
Stock Exchange. Mr. Sulam participates in the Student/Sponsor
Partnership in New York City and is a member of the Board of Governors
and the Graduate Advisory Board at Georgetown University. Profile
TWST: What are the factors that contributed to the performance of theenvironmental services stocks on the upside and the downside in 1998?
Ms. Bari: Solid waste stocks did not perform very