Past Keynoters & Panelists

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Each Summit features high-profile keynote speakers and panelists—pioneering women across the spectrum of alternative investments and top limited partners who provide insight into the changing financial market environment

2008 & 2009 Keynoters:

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

Beth Cobert, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Denise L. Nappier, Treasurer, State of Connecticut

Laura Tyson, Economist; Professor, Business Administration and Economics at the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley

2008 & 2009 Speakers:

Ayaan Adam, Portfolio Manager; Head of Private Equity and Investment Funds, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Elizabeth M. Allison, Director of Alternative Investments, The Boeing Company

Sarah E. Alexander, President, Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (EMPEA)

Kapila Anand, Partner, Private Equity Group, KPMG LLP

Joy Anderson, Founding Partner, Good Capital; President, Criterion Ventures

Bodil Arlander, Founding Partner, Moxie Capital LLC; former Senior Managing Director and founding member of Bear Stearns Merchant Banking (now Irving Place Capital)

Jennifer Antolini, Associate, Proskauer Rose LLP

Molly Ashby, Founder and CEO, Solera Capital

Kathleen M. Bacon, Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners (London)

Nicole Belytschko, Portfolio Manager, Private Equity, C.M. Capital Management

Tara A. Blackburn, Managing Director, Hamilton Lane Advisors

Susan E. Boedy, Director, Thunderbird Global Private Equity Center, Thunderbird School of Global Management

Sarah Ashmore Bradley, Managing Director, Investcorp

Solange Brooks, Investment Officer, CalSTRS

Michele Buchignani, Director, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan

Lise Buyer, Founder, Class V Group; Former VP of Strategic Partnerships at Tellme Networks (recently acquired by Microsoft); Former Director of Business Optimization at Google

Annette Campbell White, Senior Managing Member, MedVenture Associates

Rachel Chiang, Managing Director, Pacific Alliance Equity Partners

Maria Cirino, Co-Founder and Managing Director, .406 Ventures

Jeani Delagardelle, Managing Director, New Leaf Venture Partners

Patricia M. Dinneen, PhD, Managing Director, Siguler Guff

Lisa Edgar, Managing Director, Paul Capital Partners

Judith Elsea, Managing Director, Weathergage Capital

Judith Erwin, Founder and EVP, Square 1 Bank

Deborah Farrington, General Partner, StarVest Partners

Julia Feldman, Vice President, Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Wanda Felton, Founder, Map Capital Advisors, LLC

Jennifer Fonstad, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Kathryn Fehrman, Co-Founder and Partner, Communication and Theatre Techniques (CATT) for the Professions

Diana Frazier, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, FLAG Capital Management

Patricia Selcke Grad, Vice President, Oak Hill Capital

Ghia E. Griarte, Managing Director, Saints Capital

Marleen Groen, CEO and Principal Founder, Greenpark Capital

Elise Hebb, Director of Investor Relations and Communications, Madrona Venture Group

Panda Hershey, Director, Alternative Investments, TIAA-CREF

Joelle Kayden, Managing Member, Accolade Partners

Alison W. Killilea, Principal, W Capital Partners

Jill Kitazaki, COO, Denning and Company

Mary B. Kuusisto, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP

Helen Lais, Partner, AlpInvest Partners

Kathleen LaPorte, Managing Director, New Leaf Venture Partners

Lauren B. Leichtman, CEO and Founding Principal, Levine Leichtman Capital Partners

Kim Y. Lew, Director of Investments, Carnegie Corporation of New York

Holly Davidson Little, Partner, Sextant Search Partners

Linda Lynch, Founder and Managing Director, Fisher Lynch

Melissa J. Ma, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Asia Alternatives Management

Susan Mason, General Partner, Onset Ventures; Chairman, The Kauffman Fellows Program, Center for Venture Education

Heidi N. Moore, Lead Writer, WSJ Deal Journal, The Wall Street Journal

Joyce Johnson Miller, Senior Managing Director, Relativity Capital LLC

Hemal Mirani, Managing Director, HarbourVest Partners (Asia) Limited, Hong Kong

Antonia Nicols, Director, GKM Newport

Robin A. Painter, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP

Georganne Perkins, Managing Director, Fisher Lynch Capital

Nancy Pfund, Managing Partner, DBL Investors

JoAnn H. Price, Co-Founder and Partner, Fairview Capital

Helen Pratten, Partner, Transaction Services, KPMG LLP

Jacqueline Reses, Partner, Apax Partners

Christy Richardson, Director, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Nina Saberi, Managing General Partner, Castile Ventures

Laura Sachar, General Partner, StarVest Partners

Lorena Pacheco Scott, Director, Corporate Development, Time Warner - Turner Broadcasting

Monica Shilling, Partner, Proskauer Rose LLP

Carole G. Springer, Managing Director, Relevant Equity Systems

Joanna Strober, Director of Private Equity, Sterling Stamos Capital Management

Beth Strutzel, CFA, Chief Investment Officer, Hillspire LLC

Nandini Tandon, PhD, Managing Director, Lumira Capital

Kathleen Taradash, Principal, Northgate Capital

Jennifer Urdan, Managing Director, Cambridge Associates

Hilary Wiek, CFA, Director of Public & Private Equities, State of South Carolina Retirement System Investment Commission

Kelly M. Williams, Managing Director, Credit Suisse Customized Fund Investment Group

Ann Winblad, Co-founder and Managing Director, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners

Sophia B.C. Wong, Managing Director, GE Asset Management

Joanne Yoo, Senior Investment Officer, New York State Common Retirement Fund