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Shandarese Garr
Vice President, East Coast Operations

As Vice President, East Coast Operations, Shandarese Garr has been an undeniable force in developing GCG’s Securities Division by utilizing her superior management skills, personal responsiveness to clients, exceptional accountability, and high degree of professionalism.

Shandarese Garr began her career at GCG in 1994. In 1998, Ms. Garr was promoted to Director of the Securities Division, where she was responsible for all aspects of the administration. She became the Assistant Vice President of Securities Operations in 2000, then Vice President of Securities Operations in April 2004, where she managed a staff of approximately 60 employees.

In July of 2007, Ms. Garr was promoted to Vice President, East Coast Operations. In this capacity, her responsibilities increased when the Securities Operations Unit and Consumer Operations Unit were combined into one New York Operations Group that handles all of GCG’s East Coast class action cases. Leading a department of approximately 100 employees, Ms. Garr is accountable for the strict adherence to the legal stipulations of the Courts, from the notification process to the distribution of the vast settlement funds. Ms. Garr consults with Counsel regarding all aspects of the cases. She reviews each case to make sure they are within budget and on target. She meets with department heads to implement policies and procedures for each case, establishes internal case deadlines, and finalizes the required affidavits.

Under Ms. Garr’s leadership, GCG has administered over 150 securities class action settlements which often involve multimillion dollar settlements that require stringent operational attention. Ms. Garr has orchestrated the massive administration of litigations such as – Royal Ahold, Nortel Networks Corp., Global Crossings, WorldCom, Lucent, Enron, DaimlerChrysler, Oxford Health Plans, and Dollar General – which hold the distinction of being among the largest securities settlements of all time.

Ms. Garr has attended C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University. She is a longstanding member of the National Association of Securities and Commercial Law Attorneys (NASCAT), as well as the American Management Association (AMA). Ms. Garr was featured in Black Enterprise Magazine’s “On The Move” column in February 2005.