JOHN DUFFY is the Chairman and CEO of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (KBW), a New York- based investment banking and brokerage firm. Mr. Duffy has more than twenty years' experience at KBW involving bank and thrift mergers and capital-raising activity. He lives in Crestwood, New York, with his wife Kathy and his children, Kevin, Brian, Kara, and Caitlin.

MARY S. SCHAEFFER spent almost twenty years working in the corporate financial community before turning full time to writing. She writes three business newsletters for IOMA and has authored four books for Wiley. She lives in Port Washington, New York, with her children, Ben and Lara Ludwig.
John Duffy's proceeds will benefit KBW's Family Fund.