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John Brademas (Brasenose, Oxford, Harvard)
Rhodes scholar. Served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 22 years during the Administrations of six Presidents - three Republicans: Eisenhower, Nixon and Ford; and three Democrats: Kennedy, Johnson and Carter. He was for the last four of those years, by appointment of Speaker Thomas "Tip" O'Neill, Majority Whip, the third ranking member of the Democratic leadership in the House. "John Brademas is one of a new breed of statesmen ready to seek solutions to the new problems that face America and world." John F. Kennedy, 1960. After leaving Congress, Brademas continued his distinguished career by pursuing his passion for education and serving as President of New York University from 1981 to 1992. During that time, he led the transition of NYU from a regional commuter school to a national and international residential research university. He has been awarded honorary degrees by 52 colleges and universities, the most recent by Oxford University |
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Martin Brand (Wadham, Oxford, Harvard)
Managing Director in the Private Equity Group. Mr. Brand joined Blackstone in 2003 in the London office and transferred to the New York office in 2005. Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Brand worked as a derivatives trader with the FICC division of Goldman Sachs in New York and Tokyo and with McKinsey & Company in London. Mr. Brand received a BA/MA in Mathematics and Computation from Oxford University, where he graduated with First Class Honors, and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Mr. Brand is a member of the Board of Directors of the Harvard Business School Club of New York. He serves as a Director of Bayview Financial, Travelport, Performance Food Group, Orbitz Worldwide, Exeter Finance and PBF Energy |
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Gerry DeMarco (St. John's)
Managing Director and the Infrastructure CTO for Worldwide Securities Services at JPMorgan. Previous to joining JPMorgan, Mr. DeMarco spent a large part of his career at Morgan Stanley, most recently in London running global technology projects with substantial franchise risk.
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Douglas Heddings (CUNY)
Founder and President of the Heddings Property Group LLC. Founded by real estate veteran Douglas Heddings, a top-ranking broker with over 20 years of real estate expertise, The Heddings Property Group is among the tri-state area's top boutique firms marrying high touch customer service with the latest and most sophisticated technology affording its clients the best experience possible. Heddings, along with his company, has often been featured in the media, including NBC's Today Show, Fox Business Live,The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The New York Post, Crain’s New York Business, Entrepreneur Magazine, The Real Deal, and Brokers Weekly. Doug is also a regular contributor on New York1 News.
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Kristin Hurd
Managing Director of Heddings Property Group: Hurd has managed over 200 brokers and over a billion dollars in real estate transactions. She has also repeatedly been in the top 1% of a 70 billion dollar a year company. Her talent for selling, growing agent production and managing new developments has allowed her to work one-on-one with international investment banks, hedge funds, and some of New York and New Jersey's largest real estate developers. |
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Cathleen Ihasz (University of Chicago)
Has worked primarily in the world of alternative investing, having spent the majority of her career managing her family's Investment Advisory firm/ fund-of-funds, Matrix Group of Funds, LLC. She recently merged that company with a boutique wealth management firm in New York and is now co-owner and serves on the Investment Committee of the newly formed fund-of-funds entity, New Legacy Matrix, LLC. She is also President of Matrix Group Consulting, Ltd., a financial consulting firm she founded in 2009 to source and facilitate a variety of investment opportunities in the United States and abroad. |
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Mike Jazayeri (University of Washington)
A leader at Google in product management. Previous he worked at Microsoft, and he holds an MBA. |
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Merritt Lutz (Michigan State University)
Vice-Chairman, Morgan Stanley IT Holding Inc. |
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Amy Osborn (Rutgers University)
President Capitol Concepts.Throughout Osborn’s career, her focus has been on assisting veterans and boosting the morale of men and women in uniform in the U.S. Military. Osborn has worked with the U.S. Departments of Defense, State and Labor, and has been recognized for her efforts by the White House, the New Jersey Governor's office and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. She has traveled the world with Armed Forces Entertainment, and was selected and served as a Delegate to Turkey by the American Council of Young Political Leaders.
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Ari Schottenstein (Princeton, Columbia)
A managing partner with Protean Capital, LLC, a private equity firm, and during his career has worked in a variety of roles in private equity and investment banking. |
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Mary Sotis (Penn State, NYU)
Partner - Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, P.C. Leading trademark, copyright, and intellectual property lawyer. |
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Andrew Steele (Aberdeen, Scotland)
BBC News, London. Previously Washington bureau chief, in charge of the BBC News editorial operations in the Americas. Also former Middle East and European bureau chief |
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Simon Talling-Smith (University College, Oxford)
Executive Vice President Americas for British Airways and is responsible for the airline's extensive commercial and customer service/airport operations in the U.S., Canada, Latin America, the Caribbean and Bermuda. Previously, he had been in charge of the airline's 14,000 cabin crew and catering services, based in London. |
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Kenneth West (Carnegie Mellon)
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and previously EVP/CFO of Marvel Entertainment. |
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