Speakers

In addition to networking with attendees from around the world, you’ll hear from an outstanding line-up of pioneering women.

Nicole Arnaboldi, Head of Illiquid Alternatives; Chairman, DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, Credit Suisse

Molly F. Ashby, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Solera Capital

Linda Basch, PhD, President, National Council for Research on Women

Beverly Berman, Director, Thomas H. Lee Partners

Carla Brooks, Managing Director, Commerce Street Capital

Julie Casella-Esposito, Managing Director, Human Resources, CCMP Capital

Anne Casscells, Managing Director, Co-President and Chief Investment Officer of Absolute Return Strategies, Aetos Capital

Claudine Cohen, Senior Manager, Advisory Services, Grant Thornton LLP

Alicia M. Cooney, CFA, Managing Director, Monument Group

Janet Cowell, Treasurer, State of North Carolina

Donna Dean, Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer, The Rockefeller Foundation

Daphne Dufresne, Managing Director, RLJ Equity Partners

Raudline Etienne, Chief Investment Officer, New York State Common Retirement Fund

Deborah Farrington, General Partner, StarVest Partners

Marleen Groen, CEO & Principal Founder, Greenpark Capital

Dana B. Hall, CFA, Senior Vice President, D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.

Renee Haugerud, Founder, Managing Principal, and Chief Investment Officer, Galtere Ltd.

Melina Higgins, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs

Sandra Horbach, Managing Director, The Carlyle Group

Susan Kasser, Vice President, Carlyle Mezzanine Partners, The Carlyle Group

Jill Kitazaki, Chief Operating Officer, Denning & Company, LLC

Deborah Kuenstner, Chief Investment Officer, Wellesley College

Helen Lais, Partner, AlpInvest Partners

Tracey Luke, Director of Portfolio Management, Liquid Realty Partners

Heidi N. Moore, Business Writer, covering Wall Street

Meridee A. Moore, Founding Partner, Watershed Asset Management

Erin Morrow, Senior Manager, Business Advisory Services, Grant Thornton LLP

Raquel Palmer, Partner, KPS Capital Partners

Christine Pastore, Alternative Investment Officer, Division of Investment, State of New Jersey

Stephanie Perry, Managing Director, Leveraged Finance, Deutsche Bank

Jacqueline D. Reses, Partner, Apax Partners

Alice Ruth, Managing Principal and Chief Investment Officer, Quadrangle Asset Management

Nina Saberi, Managing General Partner, Castile Ventures

Sheryl Schwartz, Managing Director, Alternative Investments, TIAA-CREF

Darby Scott, President and CEO, Darby Scott Ltd.

Colleen Sellers, Managing Director, Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management

Pattie Sellers, Editor at Large and Chair, Most Powerful Women Summit, FORTUNE

Joan Solotar, Senior Managing Director, Public Markets Group, The Blackstone Group

Janice Stanton, CFA, President, Contrarian Capital Management, LLC

Christina Weaver Vest, Managing Director and Partner, Hicks Equity Partners

Kelly M. Williams, Managing Director and Co-Head, Customized Fund Investment Group, Credit Suisse

Dunia Wright, Head of U.S. and Europe, Industry Funds Management LLC

Jacquelyn Zehner, President, Jacquelyn and Gregory Zehner Foundation; Founding Partner, Circle Financial Group; Vice-Chair, Women's Funding Network