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Peter Tirschwell is vice president in the maritime & trade business of IHS Markit, a data, analytics, and business intelligence organization serving sectors including maritime, energy, automotive, and financial services. In his...

Charles Sahm is the director of development for The Writing Revolution, a nonprofit organization that helps teachers deliver more effective writing instruction. Previously, he served as director of education policy at the Manhattan...

Chris Whitford is the CEO of Avail NYC, a nonprofit organization that connects pregnant women with resources like healthcare and safe housing. Before leading Avail, she served the students of Columbia University as a director and...

Jason Caldwell is a private wealth advisor at Goldman Sachs where he is responsible for managing the assets of ultra-high net worth individuals, family offices, and nonprofit organizations. He has held multiple roles in the financial...

Sid Lapidus received a BA in American History from Princeton University in 1959 and a JD from Columbia University Law School in 1962. He is a retired partner of Warburg Pincus LLC, a leading private equity firm, where he spent forty...

Nazee Batmanghelidj went to Oxford University reading philosophy, politics, and economics (PPE). She also obtained an MA in Near Eastern Studies from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard University. She worked in the...

Lara Heimert is VP and publisher of Basic Books, a division of the Hachette Book Group. She has published numerous prize-winning and New York Times bestselling books, primarily in the field of history. A graduate of Princeton...

Amanda Jones is the chair of James River Boys and Girls Club Executive Council Scottsville, Virginia. She is a board member of the Boardman Cottage/Beacon Project assisted living facility in Islesboro, Maine, and is on the executive...

M. Barry Bausano is the chief operating officer of Taconic Capital Advisors. He previously served as CEO and president of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and chairman of hedge funds and chairman of the Risk Committee through June 2018....

Griff Norquist is a managing director at BlackRock. He is originally from Yazoo City, Mississippi, and received a BS from the United States Military Academy and an MBA from Cornell University. Norquist served as a field artillery...

Susan Fales-Hill currently serves as executive producer/show runner of the series Twenties. She has written on TV shows including The Cosby Show, A Different World, and Linc’s. Fales-Hill is the author of two novels and an acclaimed...

Scott Higgins is the co-founder and co-CEO of Veterans Advantage, a leading advocate for veterans of the US Armed Forces. Higgins served as an officer in the US Army in Vietnam and co-chaired the New York Vietnam Veterans Memorial...

Nicholas Gliserman holds a PhD in history and an MS in geographical information science and technology, both from the University of Southern California. As a proponent of digital humanities, he is currently earning a degree in...

Michael Zampardi is the COO of Simplicity. Before joining Simplicity, he served as CEO of WR Hambrecht, managing director at Virtu Management, senior managing director at Bear Stearns, and the global head of marketing for Bear Stearns...

Susan Saidenberg joined the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History in 1997 where she worked until her retirement in 2019. She developed the traveling exhibitions program and worked with teams of scholars to prepare and implement...

Alex Robertson is president and chief operating officer of Tiger Management, LLC. Before joining Tiger in 2008, Robertson served as legislative assistant to US Senator Elizabeth Dole. He serves as a trustee/board member of the...

Molly O’Meara Sheehan is a freelance writer who focuses on education and the environment. She has contributed to the Washington Post, New York Daily News, International Herald Tribune, and other publications.