Joseph McDonald

Joseph 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.…

Scott Lescher

Scott currently serves as Director, Surface Transportation Support in Amazon Transportation Services (ATS). In this role, he has responsible for managing a global disruption management center, fleet, and maintenance program for Amazon’s North America middle mile transportation fleet. Scott joined Amazon in 2007 progressing through a series of assignments of increasing responsibility through Amazon’s core…

Gabriel Hernandez

David Evans

In his 20 years in the music business, David has worked in every music genre: Hip-Hop, R&B, Country, Gospel, Reggae, Rock, and Pop, both at major labels and major music publishers. Beginning his career at Tommy Boy Records, he has since spent time with Sony Music Entertainment, VP Records, Creative Artists Agency (CAA), and is…

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 partners…

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…

Chris Atlas