James Mwangi is an accountant, banker, businessman and entrepreneur in Kenya. He is the current Group Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of the Equity Group Holdings Limited, the banking conglomerate with the largest customer base on the African continent, in excess of 8 million as of 2014.
Michael Belkin is the CEO and Co-founder of Distinc.tt. Distinc.tt is a LGBT social app. Michael Belkin received his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and his MBA from Harvard University.
Sharon Dauk is a Managing Director of Dauk/Wagner Investments, LLC a private investment company she founded with her husband and partner in 1994. Dauk/Wagner Investments invests in and provides financial and strategic advice to early stage companies in a variety of industries. Of their portfolio companies, Sharon is on the Board of Dotmenu, Inc., holding company of Campusfood.com and Allmenus.com. Additionally, she works as an Executive Coach. Prior to forming Dauk/Wagner Investments, Sharon spent six years on Wall Street first at Smith Barney in their Mergers and Acquisition department and then at Morgan Stanley in their Corporate Finance Group with specific focus on large real estate transactions. Prior to that and after graduating from USC\'s Undergraduate Entrepreneurship program, Sharon started and managed a seminar workshop business in partnership with USC\'s business school. In 1987, Sharon became the first recipient of the Student Agencies Fellowship, which was jointly sponsored by the Johnson School and Student Agencies, a student-run organization whose mission is to provide real-world experience to Cornell students through starting and managing small businesses. During her Fellowship and while earning her MBA, Sharon founded and managed a small Venture Fund directed at student-run businesses; acted as \"Mentor in Chief\" to the student managers; and managed the re-development of 409 College Avenue, a mixed-use property owned by the organization. Sharon remains on the Board of Student Agencies and was Chair from 1995 through 2006. Sharon Dauk earned her undergraduate degree at University of Southern California and her MBA at Cornell University.
Lauren Kay is the founder of online dating company, Dating Ring. Lauren Kay is a graduate of Brown University.
David Weinstein is a Co-Founder at HomeKeepr, a home maintenance reminder/vendor directory app. In addition to HomeKeepr, Mr. Weinstein is an investor and/or consultant in several industries including commercial real estate, web start-ups, and alternative energy. His CRE experience is concentrated in multi-family and hotels on the east coast. Alternative energy project including LNG for transportation and distributed GTL. David Weinstein received his undergraduate degree and MBA from Cornell University.
Saro Cutri is co-founder of HomeKeepr. Cutri was most recently a Managing Director and Co-Head of UBS\'s Structured Products proprietary trading group, overseeing a $50+ billion dollar portfolio of distressed legacy positions focused primarily in non-agency residential and commercial mortgage backed securities. Prior to that, he ran UBS\'s residential credit trading effort for their broker/dealer operation focused primarily on Prime and Alt-A residential mortgage collateral types. Saro Cutri earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University\'s College of Engineering.
Charlie Mulligan is the founder and CEO of GiveGab.com, the social network for volunteers.
Gamal J. Palmer, President of Global Eye, is a native of Philadelphia, earned dual BA degrees in Liberal Arts and Theater Arts from the University of Miami. While in Miami, Palmer launched his first theater production company where he produced and directed avant-garde theater works. While an MFA acting candidate at Yale University, Palmer co-produced an undergraduate abroad program, Arts in Action: Theater and Public Health in Swaziland and South Africa. While at Yale, he augmented his creative and producing background by studying arts organizations and leadership at the Schools of Theater and Management. He then designed an interdisciplinary graduate program for the Yale Schools of Drama and Divinity entitled, The Quest for Social Justice through Music, Theater and Religion, which takes place in Tanzania, East Africa. With the support of the World Performance Project, Palmer wrote and co-produced a one-man show, Mosaic. Inspired by his experiences abroad, Mosaic is based on interviews held with men of color in North America and South Africa. He is based in Los Angeles where he serves as the President and Founder of Global Eye Entertainment.
Caroline Starner is Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Oakley, Inc., a $1.2 billion company with more than 5,000 employees worldwide. As a valued member of Oakley’s executive team, Caroline provides strategic HR leadership to attract, retain, and develop the best team of people on the planet for a company that has earned global renown. Oakley creates innovations that serve sport performance, active and lifestyle customers in more than 100 countries. Caroline joined the Oakley management team in 2009 to strengthen partnerships between the company’s global HR team and its business units, and maximize operational and organizational effectiveness. Her previous experience includes serving as Vice President of Human Resources for Pacific Sunwear of Ca. Inc., where she provided HR solutions for close to 19,000 employees. Her experience and expertise in process reengineering, strategic staffing and management transition goes back decades, including service as Vice President of Human Resources for a $4.5 billion division of Gap, Inc., an organization with more than 45,000 employees. Caroline has held senior human resources positions with global accountability within leading companies that include DuPont, Pepsi Co. and Johnson & Johnson, utilizing skills that range from team leadership to executive coaching and beyond. A native of New Jersey, Caroline has a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University.