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Stephen Rigo

Stephen is a Portfolio Analyst for ClearBridge Appreciation. He joined ClearBridge Investments in 2016 as a Senior Research Analyst covering the Financial Sector and moved onto ClearBridge’s Appreciation product in July 2019. Stephen has 19 years of investment industry experience including 13 yrs in the asset management industry at firms including Moore Capital Management, York …

Waleed Diab

Waleed is Director and Global Head of Recorded Music Business Development for YouTube. In this role, he is responsible for negotiating YouTube’s music global licensing agreements with major record labels as well as Vevo and all independent and non-standard recorded music distributors. In addition to deal-making, he is responsible for maintaining these partnerships and helping …

Manoj Susarla

Manoj Susarla is a Vice President at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in its Special Situations Group, an investing group within the firm. A native of Vestal, New York, he is also a talented and committed musician who served as Principal Violist with the University of Pennsylvania Symphony Orchestra as well as the organization’s President and …

Michael R. Schaefer

Michael R. Schaefer is a former Managing Director at a major financial services firm. For many years, he was a member of all major commodity exchanges in the United States and served on many industry-related committees. A long time member of the Board of ETM, Mike is happily retired and enjoys traveling and supporting Broadway …

Amie Patel

Amie Patel is a Principal with Elevar Equity where she will lead the fundraising efforts, LP and co-investor relations as well as support the existing portfolio with current and future partner relationships. Prior to joining Elevar, Amie was a Vice President with Goldman Sachs Asset Management which she joined through the acquisition of Imprint Capital. …

Joseph F. McDonald

Mr. McDonald practiced for some 45 years as a partner specializing in tax law  in the firms of Lord, Day & Lord and then Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, both in New York City. He graduated from Amherst College with a BA in Economics in 1958, served for four years as a pilot in the U.S. …

Joshua Bell

One of the most celebrated violinists of his era, Joshua Bell has more than 40 CDs to his credit receiving Mercury, Gramophone and Echo Klassik awards. Now in his third season as Music Director of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Bell is the first person to hold this title since Sir Neville Marriner formed the orchestra in …

Aly Alibhai

Mr. Alibhai is a Managing Director in the Mergers & Acquisitions group at Citigroup Global Markets in New York. Since joining the firm in 2005, Aly has advised on a variety of buy-side and sell-side domestic and cross-border transactions in the Media/Entertainment and Consumer/Retail industries. Aly has an MBA from Columbia Business School, where he graduated …

Rob Weisstuch

Rob Weisstuch began his career with Andersen Consulting (eventually Accenture) when he graduated from Lehigh University with a degree in Industrial Engineering. He spent nearly twenty years at Accenture, rising to partner in the media practice. He is currently an Encore Fellow with 100Kin10, a non-profit network working towards hiring 100,000 STEM (science, technology, engineering, …