- Fred Wilson
Fred Wilson is a founder and Managing Partner of Union Square Ventures. Fred began his career in venture capital in 1987 and he has focused exclusively on information technology investments for the past 16 years. From 1987 to 1996, Fred was first an Associate and then a General Partner at Euclid Partners, an early stage venture capital firm located in New York City. In 1996, Fred co-founded Flatiron Partners.
- Dennis Lehane
Dennis Lehane is the author of the New York Times bestseller Mystic River; Prayers for Rain; Gone, Baby, Gone; Sacred; Darkness, Take My Hand; and A Drink Before the War, which won the Shamus Award for Best First Novel. A native of Dorchester, Massachusetts, he lives in the Boston area.
- Rick Moody
Rick Moody (born Hiram Frederick Moody, III on October 18 1961, New York City), is an American novelist and short story writer best known for "The Ice Storm" (1994), a chronicle of the dissolution of two suburban Connecticut families over Thanksgiving weekend in 1973, which brought widespread acclaim, and became a bestseller; it was later made into a feature film. His first novel "Garden State" (1992) won the Pushcart Editor's Choice Award.
- Charles Baxter
Charles Baxter is a writer's writer. Mention his name in a crowd of authors and most will voice an appreciation for at least one of his books; many will simply rave. But it wasn't until Baxter's third novel that large numbers of mainstream readers discovered the joys of his writing. A 2001 National Book Award finalist, The Feast of Love "is as precise, as empathetic, as luminous as any of Baxter's past work," the New York Times cheered.
- Eric Foner
Starting October 1, 2001 , Eric Foner will moderate a month-long open discussion on teaching about Reconstruction on the HISTORY MATTERS Web site provided below. From the HISTORY MATTERS home page select "Coming in October: Eric Foner on Reconstruction." To subscribe, choose "Join or leave list." Professor Foner will answer questions and lead a discussion on teaching about Reconstruction.
- Judy Blunt
Judy Blunt (born 1954) is an American writer from Montana. She was raised on a ranch in a remote area near Regina, Montana, south of Malta, Montana. Blunt received her M.F.A. from the University of Montana in 1994. She received a Jacob K. Javits Graduate Fellowship and a Montana Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship. Her essays and poems have appeared in such publications as "The New York Times", "Big Sky Journal" and "Oprah Magazine".
- Bill McInturff
Bill McInturff Partner and Co-Founder, Public Opinion Strategies
- J Gerry Purdy
J. Gerry Purdy , Ph.D. Vice President & Chief Analyst J. Gerry Purdy , Ph.D., is the VP and Chief Analyst with the Frost & Sullivan North American Information & Communication Technologies Practice. As a nationally recognized industry authority, he focuses on monitoring and analyzing emerging trends, technologies and market behavior in the mobile computing and wireless data communications industry in North America.
- Kevin Perez
George W Bush worked on his father's successful election campaign in 1989, and became a partner of the Texas Rangers in 1994. He became the 46th Governor of the State of Texas in 1995. He was elected as President of the United States in 2001, and was re-elected as President in 2004. Read more on the The White House website .
- Larry Kubal
Mr. Kubal has invested in seed and early stage information technology companies for the last 18 years. He is a founder of Labrador Ventures and serves as a managing partner of Labrador Ventures III, IV and V. Mr. Kubal is the Labrador representative with portfolio companies Aperto Networks, MeeVee, Pandora, Teraburst Networks and Veeker.
- Richard Parsons
According the press release, Mr. Parsons, 60, is an experienced and accomplished corporate leader. Previously, Parsons served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dime Bancorp, Inc., where he successfully worked with government regulators to enable the bank to continue as a private sector enterprise.
- James M. Delaplane Jr
Mr. Delaplane is a partner in the law firm of Davis & Harman LLP. His responsibilities encompass representing financial institutions, employers and public policy organizations on employee benefits,financial services and tax matters before the U.S. Congress and the federal executive branch agencies. Mr. Delaplane previously was vice president, retirement policy for the American Benefits Council (ABC).
- Kirsten Dixson
Kirsten Dixson is an authority on building credible online identities for career success. She is a partner in Reach, a founder of Brandego, and the coauthor of Career Distinction: Stand Out by Building Your Brand (Wiley 2007). Kirsten appears nationally as a speaker, is a contributor to 15+ career books, and has been quoted in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Newsday and Advertising Age.
- Max W. Berger
MAX W. BERGER Partner Max W. Berger Mr. Berger, a founding partner of the firm, supervises the firm's litigation practice and prosecutes class and individual actions on behalf of the firm’s clients. Mr. Berger has litigated many of the firm's most high profile and significant cases.
- Farimah Schuerman
Farimah Schuerman Principal, Farimah Schuerman Farimah Schuerman has successfully introduced innovative educational technology products to the higher education and K-12 markets for more than 20 years. A recognized leader in the industry, Ms. Schuerman works with companies that deliver education via all formats of media, including new and emerging technologies, and has done considerable work with companies that specialize in community building platforms for education.
- Martin D. Polevoy
Martin Polevoy is the head of the real estate practice group in New York. His practice includes all areas of real estate, including acquisitions and dispositions, development, leasing, financing, joint ventures, construction contracts, restructuring and workouts. He represents many well-known national and international owners, developers, investors, and financial institutions, as well as European investors, in both debt and equity transactions in the United States.
- Edward P. Lazarus
Edward Lazarus is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School. After receiving his J.D. in 1987, he served as a law clerk to Judge William A. Norris on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and to Associate Justice Harry A. Blackmun on the Supreme Court of the United States. Since finishing his clerkships, Lazarus has split his time between writing, lawyering, and teaching.
- Megan Smolenyak
Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak , Partner Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak (yes, that's her real name!) is a Roots Television partner and has been an avid genealogist since the 6th grade and is skilled in many aspects of family history research. As an author and popular speaker, Megan brings her expertise to large audiences world-wide.
- Ellen J. Zucker
Ellen Zucker’s practice focuses in the areas of employment law, business litigation and white collar criminal defense representing executives and professionals, as well as construction and social service workers, private businesses and public charities. During her career, she has successfully litigated and resolved employment matters involving harassment, discrimination, retaliation and breach of contract for both companies and individuals.
- Alexander “Sasha” Galitsky
Dr. Galitsky has a successful fundraising record of accomplishment. In 1993, he negotiated the first overseas investment Sun Microsystems ever made in a Russian company. From 1996-2005, he was able to raise over $37 million from western venture capital and corporate funds for ELVIS Telekom, TrustWorks, EzWIM and SWSoft (not included). Prior to beginning his entrepreneurial career, Dr. Galitsky served as President and General Manager of the Soviet Space Agency.
- Peter Solvik
Peter Solvik - Partner | Sigma Partners Peter Solvik is currently a managing director at Sigma, joining in 2002 with over 20 years of experience at leading high technology companies. Most recently he was senior vice president of Cisco Systems with worldwide responsibility for information technology, internet initiatives and productivity strategy, reporting to CEO John Chambers.
- Ellen J. Zucker
Ms. Zucker is an active member of the legal community and has held leadership positions in national and local advocacy groups. Ms. Zucker serves as an MCAD Liaison for the Boston Bar Associations Labor and Employment Section, the Massachusetts Bar Associations Access to Justice Section Council and the Board of Editors for Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly .
- Sherman Whipple
Sherman Whipple Partner, Whipple, Sargent & Associates Market Research, Strategic Planning, Creative, Media Planning sherman@whipplesargent.com Sherman Whipple is a nationally recognized research and strategic planning professional.
- Anthony Lupo
Anthony Lupo Partner, Arent Fox LLP
- Andrew Meyer
Andrew Meyer Andrew C. Meyer, Jr. - Founding Partner Recognized by Boston Magazine as one of Boston’s top lawyers, Andrew C. Meyer, Jr. has consistently achieved record-setting verdicts, including the largest personal injury award in Massachusetts' history, $30 million dollars including interest.
- Debra S. Katz
Debra S. Katz is selected for inclusion in the 2006 edition of The Best Lawyers In America Debra S. Katz is selected for inclusion in the 2006 edition of The Best Lawyers In America, widely regarded as the preeminent referral guide to the legal profession in the United States. The Best Lawyers list is compiled through an exhaustive peer-review survey in which thousands of the top lawyers in the U.S. confidentially evaluate their professional peers.
- Robert M. Langer
Robert M. Langer is a partner in the Hartford office of Wiggin and Dana and head of the firm's Antitrust and Trade Regulation Practice Group. Mr. Langer is involved in all aspects of antitrust, consumer protection and trade regulation counseling and litigation, representing clients before the Federal Trade Commission, the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice, as well as offices of state attorneys general throughout the United States.
- Richard E. Wiley
Richard E. Wiley , Managing Partner, Wiley Rein & Fielding - Richard Wiley is managing partner of this Washington, D.C. law firm that has over 250 attorneys and the largest communications practice in the United States. As a former Chairman, Commissioner and General Counsel of the Federal Communications Commission (1970-77), he was a leading force in the agency's initial efforts to foster increased competition and lessened regulation in the communications field.
- Marc Morgenstern
Marc Morgenstern is a nationally known expert on securities and corporate transactions and corporate governance for emerging growth companies and public companies. He has been described as a "veteran dealmaker" who has negotiated and closed hundreds of transactions, from early stage bridge financings to IPO's to going private.
- Peter Weddle
PETER WEDDLE Peter Weddle is a recruiter, HR consultant and business CEO turned author and commentator. Described by The Washington Post as "... a man filled with ingenious ideas," he has earned an international reputation, pioneering concepts in Human Resource leadership and employment. He has authored or edited over two dozen books and been a columnist for The Wall Street Journal, The National Business Employment Weekly and CNN.com.
- Lanny J. Davis
Davis is also the recent author of “Scandal: How ‘Gotcha’ Politics Is Destroying America,” published by Palgrave Macmillan in September 2006. Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz wrote this about Davis’s latest book: “Davis is that rare insider who is capable of being fair to allsides. He is willing to cast blame on his own party, his own candidates and even his own self, along with those on the other side who deserve blame.
- Rebecca Zucker
Rebecca was previously an Associate at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and later worked as a Vice President at Robertson Stephens, where she ran training and development for over 300 investment banking professionals. She has also worked for Disney Consumer Products in Paris as Manager of Strategic Planning for Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Rebecca has been quoted in The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal and USA Today , among other publications on career and workplace issues.
- Rollin Riggs
Rollin Riggs (Partner) Mike Brocato (Partner) Rollin Riggs (Partner) A native Memphian, Rollin Riggs graduated from Yale University in 1982 and returned to Memphis in 1990 after eight years as a photographer for the New York Times, the Associated Press, and other major media. Co-author of four books and publisher of over 100 books, Riggs also managed one of the South's top party bands, The Bouffants , from 1997-2002.
- Laurence S. Kirsch
- Joshua Prince-Ramus
Joshua Prince-Ramus splits with Rem Koolhaas – May 15, 2006 At TED2006, architect Joshua Prince-Ramus held our rapt attention as he deconstructed the process of building the Seattle Library, peeling back the collaborative "hyper-rational" process layer by layer. It was clear to us then that Prince-Ramus — U.S. director of Rem Koolhaas' architecture firm, OMA — was poised to make a name for himself, independent of his mentor. (Note the pre-TED coverage in BusinessWeek Online.)
- E. Donald Elliott
Mr. Elliott has successfully represented many companies in major environmental enforcement cases with federal and state governments. Most recently, he was the lead negotiator on the $1.1 billion, five plant Ohio Edison NSR settlement with EPA, NY, NJ and CT, which the New York Times called "one of the most significant settlements ever for cleaning the air."
- David T. Leibell
David T. Leibell Partner David T. Leibell is a partner in the Trusts and Estates Department in the firm’s Stamford office. His focus practice areas include representing private clients, along with business succession and charitable planning. David is a frequent lecturer to lawyer and nonlawyer audiences throughout the United States and has authored many articles on charitable, estate and tax planning.
- Shawn McClain
Shawn McClain Executive Chef and Partner, Spring While attending college at the University of Miami (Oh.) , Shawn McClain took a job at a popular local restaurant and, although he had no formal culinary training, he was running the kitchen and had rewritten the menu by the end of his first year. McClain had found a creative outlet in cooking, and enjoyed the dynamics of the day-to- day operations.
- Howard Wolfson
Howard Wolfson A Partner at The Glover Park Group, Howard Wolfson heads the firm's New York office. He joined GPG after serving as Executive Director at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) for two years. At the DCCC, he oversaw advertising in over 40 media markets and was responsible for a $50 million budget. He also provided strategic, political and campaign advice on a daily basis to all Democratic House members.
- Deborah Tannen
Deborah Tannen Dr. Tannen is on the Linguistics Department faculty at Georgetown University, where she holds the distinguished rank of University Professor. She has been McGraw Distinguished Lecturer at Princeton University, and was a fellow at the Center for Advanced study in the Behavioral Sciences in Stanford, California, following a term in residence at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.