About
John R. Costantino is a Senior Advisor to and formerly Managing General Partner of NGN Capital LLC, a series of healthcare focused venture funds totaling approximately $450 million, with offices in New York and Heidelberg, Germany. He is a lawyer and a CPA. John was Managing Tax Partner in the New York office of Touché Ross & Co. and then President of Integrated Resources Acquisition Corporation. He was Chief Operating Officer of Conair Corporation, a large household and personal care company. He was a founding partner of a private equity fund, merchant banking group and co-founded several biotech and medical device companies.
He presently serves as an Independent Director of a family of mutual funds of State Street Bank which includes the former family of mutual funds of General Electric where he served as Independent Chairman. He is a member of the board of advisors of L&R Corporation and is a board member and part owner of Kleinfeld Bridal. He has served and continues to serve on several public and private company boards of directors as well as the Boards of several charitable organizations. He is a trustee emeritus of Fordham University an Advisory board member of the Fordham Law School Center for Neuroscience and Law and a director of the Muscular Dystrophy Association and was formerly a trustee and treasurer of the Neuroscience Research Institute. He previously served as president of the Fordham Law School Alumni Association and is a member of the Dean’s Planning Council. He has received the Richard S. Bennett Award for ethics and the Annual Achievement award from Fordham Law School. He is a member of the St. Augustine High School Hall of Fame and was a recipient of the 2006 Ellis Island Medal of Honor. John and his wife Barbara were the recipients of the 2018 Fordham University’s Founders Award.
John and Barbara live in New York City and have two married children and 5 grandchildren. Barbara has been involved in several charitable and educational projects including Regis high school, Fontbonne Hall Academy and the Cabrini Sister’s Foundation.