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David Rose, Founder and Chairman Emeritus, New York Angels; Managing Director, Rose Tech Ventures; and Founder & Executive Director, Gust
Shanti Nayak, Partner, Incandescent
Margaret Morton, Director, Creativity and Free Expression, Ford Foundation
Linda Li, General Manager, Wirecutter, a New York Times Company
Jennifer Cohan, former President, Edelman
Jeannette Ferran Astorga, VP of Corporate Responsibility and Global Lead of the Responsibility Center of Excellence, Ascena Retail Group
Seth Pinsky, CEO, 92nd Street Y
Nicolaine M. Lazarre, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, National Urban League
Nicolaine M. Lazarre provides legal counsel and strategic guidance on risk management, compliance, governance, transactions, litigation and intellectual property for the National Urban League. As Senior Vice President, Special Projects, she plans and executes the implementation of special initiatives for the President’s office. Ms. Lazarre has advised and represented companies on transactions, corporate structure and corporate governance since 1999. Prior to joining the National Urban League, she worked for top tier international law firms Sidley Austin LLP and Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP. Ms. Lazarre received her Bachelor of Science in Political Science from the University of Houston and her JD from Georgetown University Law Center.
Zain Habboo, Chief Digital and Creative Officer, Fenton
Stephanie Cohen, Chief Strategy Officer, Goldman Sachs
Polly Klane, Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel, Capital One
Mai-Anh Tran, Chief Financial Officer, The Ford Foundation
Cindy Leggett-Flynn, Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer, AIG
Laurence D. Belfer, Chief Executive Officer, Belfer Management
Sharon Greenberger, President & CEO, YMCA of Greater New York
Melissa Kivett, SVP and Chief Marketing & Customer Experience Officer, Individual Solutions Group, Prudential
Melissa Kivett is Senior Vice President and Strategy Officer at Prudential Annuities. As a member of Annuities’ Senior Leadership Team, Melissa leads strategy, business intelligence, communications, program management and space management teams. Leveraging over 20 years of experience in financial services, she has led teams in strategy, consumer research, communications, innovation, foresight and business development to help companies realize profitable growth opportunities. Previously, Melissa was the Senior Vice President of Business Development and Strategy at Assurant. She created a strategic investor relations role at Assurant, which was profiled by the Corporate Executive Board as a best practice. Melissa’s work was recognized by Institutional Investor magazine during the financial crisis in 2008 as the second most shareholder friendly company in the non-life insurance sector. Her approach to innovation and strategy has also been recognized by Innovation Leader magazine, as a powerful tool in enabling a new strategy and changing employee behaviors.
Komal Bajaj, Reproductive Geneticist & Chief Quality Officer of NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi and Clinical Director of the Simulation Center
Ursula Wynhoven, ITU Representative to the United Nations, New York
Shijuade Kadree, Chief Advocacy Officer, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center
Edlynne Laryea, Head of Industry, Consumer Packaged Goods, Facebook
Mary Kate McGrath, Chief Content Officer, Gallery Media Group
Mary Kate McGrath is the Chief Content Officer at Gallery Media Group where she oversees content and creative for PureWow and ONE37pm. Previously she was the Editor in Chief of PureWow where she was responsible for the brand’s overall content and creative strategy in an omni-channel climate, including the launch of new editions, production of custom content for advertisers, expansion of video series, creation of a separate podcast company adjacent to the brand, and all social platforms. Mary Kate joined PureWow after more than a decade in women’s magazines, spanning from Real Simple, InStyle, Travel & Leisure Golf and the Food Network Magazine. On the pulse of all things fashion, wellness and travel, Mary Kate has appeared as a lifestyle expert on NBC’s TODAY, CBS Good Morning America, Early Show and New York Live, among others.
She recently traded the busy streets of Manhattan’s Upper West Side for the quiet sidewalks of Pelham, NY where she lives with her husband and two sons, Jackson and Charlie.