Proven expertise. Fresh thinking.

Michael is a service-oriented, equity-driven, transformational leader who enables people to do and be their best through strategy, systems, and collaboration. He is the Principal and  Co-Founder of Acuity Consultants, which helps organizations solve their most pressing problems and find clarity in their path forward. 

Bringing 20 years of leadership experience in education organizations to bear, he is the former Chief of Operations at Uncommon Schools, a charter management organization that grew under his 13 years of leadership from 11 to 55 schools, serving over 20,000 students in six cities. During his time at Uncommon, Michael stewarded the growth of the flagship network North Star Academy in Newark from 4 schools to 14, spearheaded the opening of schools in Camden, New Jersey–Uncommon’s first ever expansion project–and oversaw the organization’s response to COVID in 2020.

Stephanie is a portfolio manager and the head of New York Private Client at Brown Advisory, an investment firm that works to deliver first-rate investment performance, thoughtful strategic advice, and the highest level of service to help clients achieve goals. Prior to joining Brown Advisory in 2014, Stephanie spent seventeen years as a managing director and portfolio manager at Parkview Wealth Management, an ultra-high-net-worth family office based in New York City. 

While building the family office, Stephanie’s role included managing opportunistic fixed-income portfolios, manager selection for all asset classes, and asset allocation for multi-generational clients. Prior to that, Stephanie worked for JP Morgan. She has also worked in private banking operations in Delaware and as an assistant fixed-income portfolio manager in New York. In addition, Stephanie worked in Basel, Switzerland, for Swiss Bank Corporation, managing fixed-income portfolios for private clients. Stephanie has served on a variety of boards, including Dress for Success Morris County.

A seasoned attorney with more than two decades of public and private sector experience, Fruqan focuses his practice on cannabis law, litigation and regulatory compliance.

Clients in the legal cannabis industry rely on Fruqan and his detailed understanding of regulatory law to guide them through all steps of the licensing and compliance process. His advocacy is informed by a strong knowledge of the state's economy and regulatory framework acquired while working in government, where he served as General Counsel for the New Jersey State Senate Majority Office and Assistant Counsel to former New Jersey Gov. John Corzine. Fruqan played a pivotal role in helping to write the 2021 state law legalizing the recreational use of cannabis in the Garden State – the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance, and Marketplace Modernization Act.

In his commercial litigation practice, Fruqan is tenacious, pragmatic, and unflappable. He represents clients in state and federal court, at the trial and appellate levels, working with them to achieve efficient solutions that advance their business goals, whether at trial, in arbitration, or at the negotiating table.

Fruqan also serves on the board of the Corporation for New Jersey Local Media.