Barry J. Alperin

Biography

    Mr. Alperin has been a director of the Company since May 1996. Mr. Alperin, who was an attorney in New York City before joining Hasbro, Inc. in 1985, has been a private consultant since August 1995. He served in various senior executive officer positions and ultimately as Vice Chairman of Hasbro, Inc. from 1985 until his retirement in 1995. He served as a director of Seaman Furniture Company, Inc., a furniture retailing company, from 1992 to February 2001. He currently serves as a director of two additional publicly traded companies, K-Sea Transportation Partners, L.P., and The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., and of K'nex Brand, LLC, a private toy manufacturer, and Weeks Marine, Inc., a private company in the marine construction industry. He also serves on the Board for Fiesta Restaurant Group, Inc., as well as on the Board for Jefferies Group LLC. Among his many non-profit activities, Mr. Alperin serves as a trustee and member of the Executive Committee of The Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, and is President Emeritus of the Board of The Jewish Museum and Immediate Past President of the Board of the New York Chapter of the American Jewish Committee. He also formerly served as Chairman of the Board of Visitors of the Tucker Foundation at Dartmouth College; President of the Board of the Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center in New York City; a trustee of the Hasbro Children's Foundation; and a member of the Columbia Health Sciences Advisory Council.  

Research Interest

    Medical Sciences