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Cecil Smart, Jr.

Cecil Smart is a Principal on the Sixth Street Asset Based Finance team focused on commercial and esoteric assets. Prior to joining Sixth Street, Mr. Smart was a Senior Managing Director with Kroll Bond Rating Agency, where he led the Commercial ABS group. Before Kroll, Mr. Smart worked for DZ Bank, where he spent time…

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Michael 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…

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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.…

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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 Lescher is the Chief Operating Officer at Thrive Market, a mission-driven, membership-based online retailer that makes healthy and sustainable living easy and affordable for everyone.Scott joined Thrive Market with over 15 years of Amazon experience, most recently leading Surface Transportation Support and Fleet, overseeing real time support, safety, maintenance, and fleet including the fleet…

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…