PE Program Guest Speakers 2020 - 2021
The Private Equity Program had its largest group of guest speakers in the 2020-2021 school year.
The Private Equity Program had its largest group of guest speakers in the 2020-2021 school year. Between our live-online Deal Camp, our MBA and EMBA PE and M&A Classes and our webinar series, we hosted an incredible line up of industry experts.
The PE class sessions included case studies with Henry Cornell and Justine Cheng from Cornell Capital (Instantpot), Jeff Lipsitz `03 from Cortec Group (Community Veterinary Partners), Professor Michael Gatto `93 from Silver Point (Hostess), Tao Tan `11 from Health Care SPAC (Cases available at Columbia Caseworks), Jeff Mizrahi `09 and Jon Schilowitz `12 from MFG Partners (Dynacast case available at Columbia Caseworks), David Shiffman `94 (Soulcycle).
The Program has welcomed new adjunct professors this year: Jeff Mizrahi `09, Dr. Aamir A. Rehman and Osei Van Horne.
The weekly Private Equity Program Breakfasts speakers introduced our students to all aspects of the PE eco-system. Two of the breakfasts partnered with Executives in Residence featuring Gary Appel `77, Alfred H. Drewes `82 and Douglas L. Maine.
Thank you to all of our guests....
| Gary Appel `77, Investcorp and Columbia Business School Executives in Residence | |
| Ablorde Ashigbi, CEO, 4Degrees | |
| Manpreet Bagga, Wells Fargo Growth Equity | |
| Arti Batta `17, Intersect Power | |
| James Chambers, Hill Path Capital | |
| Justine Cheng and Henry Cornell, Cornell Capital | |
| Shrinivas Chellappa `14, UBS | |
| Kevin Collins `17, GHK (now at Graycliff) | |
| James Collins, Partner, Eastwood Capital Partners | |
| Shaheen Contractor, Bloomberg | |
| Joseph D'Agostino `15, Willis Towers Watson | |
| Greg Dalvito `96, PJT Partners | |
| Adam Demuyakor, Wilshire Lane Partners | |
| Adam Deutsch `14, New Hold | |
| Alfred H. Drewes `82, Columbia Business School Executives in Residence | |
| Michael Echemendia `16, Carlyle Group | |
| Scott Estill `09, Lancor | |
| Michael Gatto `93, Silverpoint | |
| Sofia Gerard, Partners Group | |
| Gerardo Gonzalez, EY Parthenon | |
| William Gonzalez, Audax Private Equity | |
| Julie Hamilton, Joele Frank | |
| Joe Healy, Korn Ferry | |
| Robert Henry, Joshua Capital / DLJ Merchant Bank | |
| Jaime Hildreth `13, WestCap | |
| Doug Hirsch `16, Stonecourt Capital | |
| Frances Huang `17, Campbell Lutyens | |
| Martine In't Veld, EY | |
| Jonathan Keehner, Joele Frank | |
| Eric Kuo `13, Rubenstein | |
| Tara Kurian `13, Bank of America Securities | |
| Brett Lacher `17, Latticework Capital Management | |
| Jeff Lipsitz `89, Cortec Group | |
| Michael Livanos `08, Stellex | |
| Matt Lucas `21, Porfolio Advisors | |
| Paul Luce `12, Partners Group | |
| Douglas L. Maine, Columbia Business School Executives in Residence | |
| Joe Messina `97, Bank of America Securities | |
| Tatiana Mishin `15, Gainline Capital Partners | |
| Jeff Mizrahi `09, MFG Partners | |
| Dan Nash, Wells Fargo Securities | |
| Anatoliy Otchkovsky `14, The SCP Group | |
| Kim Patel, Bubble | |
| Charles Pippen `17, GCM Grosvenor | |
| Kiran Rao `06, Vista Equity Partners | |
| Aamir Rehman, Princeton Stone House Capital | |
| Katherine Relle `18, JP Morgan Asset Management | |
| Jeff Rojek `96, KPMG | |
| Esther Rombaut `99, CVC | |
| Jonathan Schilowitz `12, MFG Partners | |
| Alex Shahidi `92, EY | |
| Matt Sherman `03, Joele Frank | |
| David Shiffman `94, PJ Solomon | |
| Michael Shmulevich `20, Behrman Capital | |
| Kevin Siedenberg `20, Staple Street Capital | |
| Andres Small `12, Partners Group | |
| Jennifer Snape, Bain Double Impact | |
| Rendel Solomon `05, M2M (now at Goalsetter) | |
| Tao Tan `11, Healthcare Services Acquisition Corp. | |
| Pablo Thompson `15, Devon Investments | |
| Jonathan Schilowitz `12, MFG Partners | |
| Eirini Veliou, EY Parthenon | |
| Carly Weil `15, American Express | |
| Gerry Williams, DLA Piper | |
| Steve Winograd `82, PennantPark | |
| Pete Witte, EY | |
| Alisa Wood `08, KKR | |
| Michael Zambito `01, EY | |
| Charles Zehren, Rubenstein | |
