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Council Members

Get to know our council members.

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE

  • Alexandra Burban, Standard Industries/40 North | Chair (2022-2024)
  • Mike Ginnings, TPG Angelo Gordon | Vice Chair (2023-2024)
  • Chris Manning, Greenbelt Capital Partners | Past Chair (2020-2022)
  • Mark Whatley, Evercore Partners | Past Chair (2019-2020)
  • Holly Goodrich, Apollo Global Management | Past Chair (2018-2019)
  • George Ackert, Evercore Partners | Past Chair (2017-2018)
  • Jake Foley, Foley Family Office | Past Chair (2016-2017) 
  • Howard Berk, MSD Partners | Past Chair (2016-2015)
  • Paul Aaron, Evercore Partners | Past Chair (2014-2015)

EXECUTIVE MEMBERS

  • Rene Benedetto, Certares Management LLC
  • Allison Block, Houlihan Lawrence
  • David Busker, TPG Angelo Gordon
  • David Fiszel, Honeycomb Asset Management
  • Jeff Kramer, Ares Management
  • John Lancaster, Riverstone Holdings LLC
  • Scott McMurtry, Apollo Global Management
  • Milton Millman, Goldman Sachs
  • Mark Moores, Mark Moores, CPA
  • James Neissa, Rothschild & Co
  • Matthew Olim, MSD Partners
  • Homer Parkhill, Rothschild & Co
  • Gunnar Pritsch, MIO Partners
  • Laura Rose, TX Rose Advisory
  • Adam Rosenthal, UBS Financial Services Inc. | Mentorship Co-Chair
  • Dwight Scott, Blackstone | GSO Capital Partners
  • Michael Speller, Rothschild & Co
  • Ted Wang, Puissance Capital Management
  • Gavin Wolfe, Wolfe Holdings LLC, an affiliate of Evergreen Capital, L.P.
  • Orlando Zayas, Katapult
  • Gregg Zeitlin, Reservoir Capital Group
  • Carlos Whitaker, Blackstone Private Credit Fund

ADVISORY MEMBERS

  • David Alexander, Cross Ocean Partners
  • Jessica de Kertanguy, J.P. Morgan
  • Marc Esquenazi, Family Office
  • Ryan Harper, WCAS | Private Equity Vertical Co-Chair
  • Sean Juan, Point72 | Public Equity Investing Vertical Co-Chair
  • Greg Margolis, Cinctive Captial
  • Ryan Nelson, Turnbridge Equities | Real Estate Vertical Co-Chair

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

  • Allison Arias, Guggenheim Partners
  • Trent Balbus, Rothschild & Co
  • David Barleycorn, PJT Partners
  • Liam Bolster, Berkshire Partners | Mentorship Co-Chair
  • Daniel Camara, Stonepeak
  • Jonathan Coppens, H.I.G. Capital
  • Katherine Danielson, Nomura
  • Reese Davis, Houlihan Lokey
  • Nick Gagnet, Coatue
  • Jake Greenstein, Brown Brothers Harriman
  • Lindsey Jacobe, J.P. Morgan
  • Raghav Kotha, Own Company
  • Ray Lee, Credit Suisse
  • Zach Levenson, Greenbelt Capital Partners
  • Rick Li, Arsenal Capital Partners
  • Sylvia Liaw, Legacy Knight
  • Jon McClanahan, Sony Music Entertainment
  • Drew McCormick, JLL / EVERSANA | Private Equity Vertical Co-Chair
  • Jose Mendez, Bank of America
  • Eila Motley, Valor Equity Partners 
  • Ryan Moores, KKR
  • Danny Noorily, Columbia Investment Management Company
  • Eric Olshaw, SVB Securities
  • Sunny Pamidimukkala, Point72
  • Julien Person, Rothschild & Co | Investment Banking Vertical Co-Chair
  • Jennifer Pollinger, Brighton Park Capital | Vertical Initiative Co-Lead
  • Duke Punhong, Graycliff Partners
  • Alan Rochard, Surveyor
  • John Sellingsloh, Intrepid Financial Partners 
  • Melissa Shafer, Barclays | Investment Banking Vertical Co-Chair
  • Chirag Shah, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation
  • Alan Shaw, Advent International
  • Howard Shin, Indeed.com | Technology Vertical Chair
  • Luke Skelly, Guggenheim Partners
  • Michael Sponseller, Advantage Capital
  • Sophie Susser, Centerbridge Partners, L.P.
  • Ben Wilner, TPG Group

JUNIOR MEMBERS

  • Jacob Askew, Goldman Sachs
  • Jack Chessmore, Moelis & Company
  • Marshall Comeaux, Bain Capital
  • Josh Friedman, Abacus Capital Group
  • Jayden Gonzales, RBC Capital Markets
  • Ayush Goradia, Qatalyst Partners
  • Arif Harianawala, PJT Partners
  • Julia Hu, Morgan Stanley | Mentorship Co-Chair
  • Edward Kim, Lazard
  • Douglas Le Clercq, Barclays
  • Renee Lewin, Credit Suisse | Public Equities Vertical Co-Chair
  • Reed Lipman, Torchlight Investors
  • Max Manning, Gully/Schwarz Group at Morgan Stanley
  • Nick Marchenko, Point72
  • Hammad Masood, Evercore
  • Madison McBride, Goldman Sachs
  • Lucious McDaniel IV, General Atlantic
  • Dan Meishar, Morgan Stanley
  • Jake Meskin, Barings | Real Estate Vertical Co-Chair
  • Shivani Parepally, Financo Raymond James
  • Nick Perez, Guggenheim Securities 
  • Maxim Person, Perella Weinberg Partners
  • Megan Shah, Lazard
  • Justin Sherbal, UBS
  • Ryan Tahmassebi, ExodusPoint Capital Management
  • Andy Tien, Houlihan Lokey
  • Zander van Geenen, Evercore
  • Alice Watts, Perella Weinberg Partners