New members join RE board

Bigio is Chairman of GB Group, a diversified business conglomerate based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He oversees the general administrative and strategic activities of the group, which is a parent of more than a dozen industrial and trading companies with operations concentrated in Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Saint Maarten and the United States. Bigio also serves as the Honorary Counsel General of the State of Israel in Haiti and played a significant role in the establishment of the Israeli Defense Forces Field Hospital in Port-au-Prince immediately after the 2010 earthquake. He studied at Bentley College in Waltham, Mass., earning a degree in Business Administration and Finance, and The Hotchkiss School, an independent school in Salisbury, Conn. Bigio and his wife Karine Bigio are parents to Charlotte ’23, Aron ’25 and David.

Dua is an entrepreneur and Co-Founder/President of BEGiN, the parent company of HOMER. HOMER is the essential early learning program that builds skills for school and life and is one of the fastest-growing early learning companies worldwide. She recently served as CEO for the New York City Education Department’s Fund for Public Schools, raising more than $165 million to support literacy and teacher-training. In 2009, she was one of Crain’s New York Business’ 40 Under 40. Dua launched her career at McKinsey and Company’s consumer and retail practice, then joined the management consulting group’s leadership team at the Robin Hood Foundation, and also served as a senior advisor to the Carnegie Corporation and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. She earned her bachelor’s degree at UCLA, and a Master of Public Policy at Harvard University. Passionately committed to leading – and raising – women who identify and pursue their goals fiercely, Dua and husband Andre Dua are the parents of Anya ’22, Siona ’24 and Isla ’27.

Madorsky is a Managing Partner of RCP Advisors, is a private equity investment firm that provides access to North American lower middle market private equity fund managers, private credit solutions and advisory and research services. He is the portfolio manager for the firm’s secondary investment activities and maintains broader activities throughout the investment function. He also serves as a member of the firm’s investment committee. Madorsky shares his passion for social scholarship through work at Ransom Everglades, Latin School in Chicago and Notre Dame High School in Los Angeles. He is also an avid apiarist (www.honorhoney.com).  He received his bachelor’s degree at Emory University and MBA at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He has three sisters who attended RE – Karen S. Madorsky ’88, Merrit Tollefson ’88 and Suzanne Richard Meltzer ’89.