Bhandari was a senior director at WL Ross & Co. LL, a firm founded by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, and often attended New York City charity events. Rohina Bhandari, 49, who lived in the Upper East Side, suffered fatal bites to both her legs Thursday November 30 2917 while off diving with a group near Cocos Island, a national park about 300 miles off the Costa Rican mainland.