Anand Chandrasekaran

Anand grew up in India, where his circumstances at birth could often define his prospects in life. So when he read Only the Paranoid Survive, Andy Grove’s 1999 memoir about leading Intel, he knew he had to find a way to Silicon Valley – a meritocracy where immigrants could change the world. He threw himself […]

Rob Curran

Rob Curran is an editor at The Wall Street Journal and contributing columnist at The Dallas Morning News. Rob Curran is a contributing columnist at The Dallas Morning News. His financial reporting has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, and Dow Jones Newswires. He is co-author, with anthropologist Andrew Nelson, of Journey Without End: Migration from […]

Santia Barnes

Santia Barnes is a history-making Female Football Player and Social Media Influencer with almost 3 million loyal and engaged followers. A former track and field collegiate athlete, Santia recently made history by being offered the highest paid contract in women’s football history. Santia is a two time published author & bestseller and Public Speaker. Most recently, Santia added Successful Start-up CEO to […]

Jacques Demers

With over 45 years of experience in investment, law, and pensions, both in Canada and globally, Jacques is Chairman and Co-Founder of AGAWA PARTNERS. In June 2023, he completed four years chairing the York University Investment Committee and Pension Fund Board. He is Treasurer and a director of the World Ocean Council, a business alliance […]

Kim Diamond

Kim Diamond is a seasoned professional with over 30 years of experience in the commercial real estate, structured finance, and debt capital markets industries. Throughout her career, Kim has held leadership roles, including her role as Managing Director, Global Leader of S&P’s Commercial Mortgage Ratings Group, and Founding Executive and Senior Managing Director at Kroll […]

Kim Diamond

Kim Diamond is a seasoned professional with over 30 years of experience in the commercial real estate, structured finance, and debt capital markets industries. Throughout her career, Kim has held leadership roles, including her role as Managing Director, Global Leader of S&P’s Commercial Mortgage Ratings Group, and Founding Executive and Senior Managing Director at Kroll […]

Uri Ferruccio

Uri is an entrepreneur, investor and board advisor focused on future-critical technologies and how these technologies are transforming our lives. He currently serves as co-founder and CEO of Concordia, a venture-backed modular risk management platform that unifies digital assets into a transparent and seamless financial system. He is also Partner at Tabiya (fka Metafor), a […]

Ilias Georgopoulos

Group Head of Private and Institutional Asset Owners IQ-EQ. As the group Head of Private and Institutional Asset Owners, Ilias drives our strategy, our market & client understanding as well as the value creation for our clients through a focused relationship and servicing model. The resulting Asset Owners global approach is an integral component of […]

Kwanza Hall

Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Congressman Kwanza Hall is the son of the late Leon W. Hall, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s youngest lieutenant. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is an alumnus of Benjamin E. Mays High School in Atlanta. Hall dedicated the first half of his life to public service […]

John M. Harrington III

A venture capital consultant, consummate networker, and facilitator, John has been active in the field for more than 50 years. During this time, emerging companies have been assisted in raising capital, their business structures have been formulated, their growth has been facilitated, and significant connections to people and resources have been made in the life […]

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