Brooks Entwistle

Brooks Entwistle, Managing Director and CEO, Goldman Sachs India, Mumbai, India.  Brooks is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs (India) Securities Private Limited, based in Mumbai. In this role he has responsibility for all the firm's businesses in India. Over the course of his fifteen years at Goldman Sachs, Brooks has been based in New York and Hong Kong before assuming his current position in January 2006. His previous responsibilities at the Firm include co-founding the Asia High Technology Group, serving as Chief Operating Officer for Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC, and as a Managing Director in the Financial Sponsors Group. After working as an analyst at Goldman Sachs, Brooks served as a District Electoral Supervisor with the United Nations Transitional Authority for Cambodia from 1992 to 1993 where he managed a district for the United Nations in northern Cambodia, coordinating humanitarian assistance, refugee repatriation and electoral operations. Brooks worked as a summer associate at McKinsey & Co. during the summer of 1994. He also served as an election monitor with The Carter Center in Liberia in 1997 and Mozambique in 1999. Brooks is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Pacific Council On International Policy and The Explorers Club. He serves on the board of The Aspen Institute India and Young Life. Brooks is a 2007 Henry Crown Fellow at The Aspen Institute and a member of the Bombay Chapter of The Young Presidents Organization (YPO). Brooks earned an A.B. in History from Dartmouth College in 1989 and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1995. He lives in Mumbai with his wife Laura and their three daughters.

Fernando Espuelas

Fernando Espuelas, Host and Managing Editor of Café Espuelas, UnivisionRadio Network, Los Angeles, CA. Fernando is currently the host and managing editor of Café Espuelas,a radio talkshow on the Univision Radio Network and a regular political analyst on Univision's newscasts. He is also CEO of VoxGente, LLC a media company based in Los Angeles. Previously Fernando founded and was CEO of Voy LLC, a digital media company, which has established a unique content-creation, discovery, and distribution platform to find, share and enjoy Latin entertainment and culture. Fernando alsofounded and was Chairman and CEO of StarMedia Network, a pioneering multi-platform media company for Spanish and Portuguese speaking audiences worldwide. At StarMedia, he built the first online network to transcend national barriers, becoming the first and most recognized pan-Latin new media brand in Latin America and the United States, eventually serving 25 million people worldwide and reaching a market capitalization of $3.8 billion dollars. Fernando was recognized by Time magazine as one of the “Leaders of the Millennium,” and he was honored as a “2000 All-Star” business leader by Crain’s New York Business magazine. Prior to founding StarMedia Network, Fernando was the Managing Director of Marketing Communications for AT&T Latin America and the Caribbean. He held various senior positions at Ogilvy & Mather in both the United States and Latin America, and at advertising agencies Lowe & Partners and Young & Rubicams’ Wunderman Worldwide. He is also the author of the book Life in Action. Fernando received a B.A. in History with distinction from Connecticut College.  He is a member of the 2007 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Alphonse Fletcher, Jr.

Alphonse Fletcher, Jr., Founder and CEO, Fletcher Asset Management, Inc., New York, NY. Alphonse pursues an uncommon investment strategy combining traditional investment management, corporate finance, quantitative methods, and social responsibility. Since 1991, Fletcher Asset Management has invested more than $1 billion in dozens of promising companies. In 1996, the company had about 25 employees, and there were days when Fletcher, this tiny company (by Wall Street standards), accounted for more than five percent of the New York Stock Exchange's trading volume. Alphonse started working in the investment arena after graduating from Harvard in 1987. He first joined the Wall Street investment firm of Bear, Stearns & Co. and in 1989 was lured away by GE's Kidder, Peabody & Co., a giant in the Wall Street-based investment industry. Alphonse soon became an active philanthropist. The recipients of his generosity have been the NAACP, Harvard University, Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, New School for Social Research, and the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival. In collaboration with other groups, Alphonse has launched a $50 million multi-year initiative in education which includes a fellowship program providing $50,000 fellowships to educators, lawyers, scientists, artists, economists, and others who work toward equality. Alphonse was named “Entrepreneur of the Year 1999” by Ernst & Young. He has an A.B. from Harvard University and a Masters degree from the Yale Environment School.  Alphonse is a member of the 2007 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Jonathan Greenblatt

Jonathan Greenblatt, Former CEO, GOOD Magazine, Los Angeles, CA. Jonathan is the former CEO of GOOD Worldwide, Inc. Prior to this he co-founded Ethos Water and served as Vice-President of Global Consumer Products for Starbucks Coffee Company. Jonathan and his business partner, Peter Thum, founded Ethos Water in 2002 with a simple mission: to create a brand of bottled water that would help children around the world get clean water. In 2005, Starbucks acquired Ethos Water and expanded its distribution to Starbucks stores and premium retail locations across North America. Starbucks also scaled Ethos’ social mission, and the brand is now projected to invest more than $10 million by 2010 to bring clean water to communities in need in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Before founding Ethos Water, Jonathan served as an executive at REALTOR.com where he worked as Vice President and General Manager of the company's primary consumer products group. Prior to REALTOR.com, Jonathan spent more than five years in the Clinton Administration, serving in the White House and the U.S. Department of Commerce and developing international economic policy with a focus on emerging markets and post-conflict economies. He currently teaches social entrepreneurship at the Anderson School of Management at UCLA and blogs at Worldchanging.com. Jonathan also serves as a senior advisor to the X-PRIZE Foundation, leading the design of its landmark prize competition on global entrepreneurship. He is a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy, participates on the advisory boards of numerous social ventures, and serves as a Director of the African Leadership Foundation and RESTORE Products. He holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and earned a Bachelor of Arts with honors from Tufts University.  Jonathan is a member of the 2007 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Crystal Hayling

Crystal Hayling, President and CEO, Blue Shield of California Foundation, San Francisco, CA. Crystal joined Blue Shield of California Foundation (BSCF) in October 2004, continuing her long-time commitment to helping underserved communities as a leader of philanthropic organizations. BSCF works to make health care effective, safe and accessible for all Californians, and to end domestic violence. Prior to joining BSCF, Crystal was Senior Advisor for the Marguerite Casey Foundation, a Seattle-based independent grant-making foundation. In the San Francisco Bay Area, Crystal launched and served as Director of the Medi-Cal Policy Institute, a public policy think-tank founded by the California HealthCare Foundation to ensure that all low-income Californians have access to health care. Under her leadership, Crystal partnered with the Foundation’s technology team to develop Health-e App, the nation’s first web-based Medicaid application. From 1992 to 1995, Crystal created a $35 million grant initiative targeting gang violence while at the California Wellness Foundation in Woodland Hills. Her work was instrumental in redefining violence as a public health threat to youth—not just a criminal justice problem. Crystal has lived and worked in Mexico and China and also served as a member of the first annual Aspen Institute Health Policy Roundtable. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Grantmakers in Health and The Center for Effective Philanthropy. Crystal holds a B.A. from Yale University and a Masters in Management Science from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.  She is a member of the 2007 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Tonya Hinch

Tonya Hinch, Chief Executive Officer, Don Hinch & Associates, Crossville, TN. Tonya is CEO of Don Hinch & Associates and also Founder of LifePlanning Unlimited, a coaching and seminar business that supports people, especially women, in areas such as “Raising Their Cash IQ” and “Retiring Backwards”. Prior to this, she rose from VP of Start-Up Schools to Executive VP of School Operations for Edison Schools. As EVP of Operations, Tonya was responsible for $500 million in business and over 7,000 employees. Edison Schools is the largest for-profit manager of public schools and operated over 120 schools in 23 states during her leadership moving from the 1000th largest to the 43rd largest district out of 15,000 school districts in the United States. Tonya also worked at Ultrafem, Inc., a start-up company in the women’s reproductive health care sector. She served as SVP of Marketing & Sales and launched “INSTEAD”, the most innovative new product in the feminine protection category in over 60 years. Prior to this, she served as a General Manager for Neutrogena. She started her career in marketing for Proctor & Gamble and Clairol. Tonya graduated from the University of Tennessee with a B.S. in Business Administration.  She is a member of the 2007 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Joyce Johnson-Miller

Joyce Johnson-Miller, Partner, The Relativity Fund, New York, NY. Joyce is a Partner and Co-Head of the Relativity Fund L.P., a private equity fund that invests in both distressed and healthy middle market companies. She was previously Managing Director of Cerberus Capital Management, LLC, where she was responsible for investing and trading in distressed investments, and has been an active investor in the distressed investment market for more than 16 years. In 1995, while at Cerberus, she founded JJM, LLC, a certified minority owned private equity fund focused solely on distressed middle market investments in the manufacturing, automotive and related industries. Joyce also worked as a Vice President with ING Bank’s Corporate Restructuring Group where she specialized in investing and recapitalizing distressed middle market companies and she began her career at Citicorp’s Leveraged Capital group financing leveraged buyouts and acquisitions. Joyce has served on the Board of Directors of twelve companies and currently serves on the Board of Directors of two privately held companies. She received her B.A. from the University of Denver in 1987.  Joyce is a member of the 2007 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Bryant Keil

Bryant Keil, Chairman Potbelly Sandwich Works, Chicago, IL. In 1996, fueled by a powerful combination of intense taste buds and the desire to spread the love of growing Potbelly fans, Bryant Keil, acquired Potbelly Sandwich Works—a unique and wonderful neighborhood sandwich joint located on Chicago's Lincoln Avenue. Since 1996, Bryant has grown Potbelly from the one store on Lincoln Avenue, to include 152 stores in the Chicagoland area, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Dallas and Washington, D.C. While Potbelly's are popping up everywhere, Bryant is dedicated to preserving the individuality of each store in an attempt to keep Potbelly from becoming another fast food chain. Although Bryant takes a low-key approach to building the business, the outside world has taken notice of the success of Potbelly. Bryant was named the “2003 Illinois Restaurateur of the Year” by the Illinois Restaurant Association, Crain's Chicago Business tapped him as one of its "40 under 40" young business leaders, and Inc. magazine listed Potbelly as one of our nation's 500 fastest growing companies. Among his accomplishments are his involvement in investment and entrepreneurial ventures, primarily focused in the hospitality industry. Bryant is an active member of many community and volunteer organizations including the Economic Club of Chicago, The Young Presidents’ Organization, Kohl’s Children’s Museum, the 2016 Olympic Committee, and is a Board member of the Field Museum.  He is a member of the 2007 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Moushumi Marufi Khan

Moushumi Marufi Khan, Attorney, Law Offices of Moushumi M. Khan, New York, NY. Moushumi Khan specializes in serving the needs of NYC’s Muslim community, which means advising clients on corporate, civil, diversity, and real estate matters. She handles incorporation issues for business and non-profit clients, negotiates settlements, litigates cases, represents clients in court proceedings as well as residential and commercial property transactions, works with civic and government groups, and initiated pro bono work to serve local immigrant and 9/11 victims’ legal needs. In 2005, she founded Jisir Consulting which provides American companies with preventive, management and crisis mediation strategies between the company and their Muslim employees and clients. Prior to having her own offices, Moushumi was the Manager, Strategic Alliances and Legal Affairs at Onenest.com, Inc. where she initiated and coordinated partnerships with non-profits, international export, trade agencies, client development and customer relations. Moushumi has worked for numerous other companies as a legal consultant including Viacom, Strategic Legal Services, Interaction, Shaw Pittman Potts & Trowbridge, and Black Entertainment Television. She is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and Co-Founder of the Muslim Bar Association of New York. She was a Freeman Fellow of the Asia Foundation and an Aspen Institute Socrates Scholar in 2006. Moushumi received her Juris Doctor in May 1996 from University of Michigan Law School. While there, she was awarded the Bates Student Travel Fellowship to travel to the NGO Forum of the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College cum laude with a B.A. in Critical Social Thought and a minor in Politics. In 2007, Moushumi was selected as a Zuckerman Fellow at Harvard University’s Center for Public Leadership whichenabled her to pursue her Master’s Degree in Public Administration at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Moushumi is a member of the 2007 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Shan Li

Shan Li, Partner, San Shan Capital Partners, Hong Kong, China. Shan is currently the founding Partner of San Shan Capital Partners and Vice Chairman of China Overseas-Educated Scholars Development Foundation.  Prior to joining San Shan, he served as the Chief Executive Officer of Bank of China International Holdings Limited; Managing Director for Head of China Investment Banking of Lehman Brothers (Asia); Deputy Head of Investment Bank Preparation Committee of China Development Bank; Executive Director of the Advisory Group at Goldman Sachs International (London); Executive Director of Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs (Asia); Executive Director of Economic Research Department at Goldman Sachs (Asia); International Economist at Goldman Sachs & Co. (New York); and Associate of Global Foreign Exchange Trading at CS First Boston. Shan is a regular commentator and author of various influential local and international mass media and publications on areas concerning China's economic development and policy. He has lectured in universities around the world on related topics. Shan has a Ph. D. in Economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; a M.A. in Economics, from the University of California, Davis; and a B.S. in Management Information Systems from Tsinghua University in Beijing.  Shan is a member of the 2007 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Tareq Sameeh Maayah

Tareq Sameeh Maayah, General Manager, Exalt Technologies, Ramallah, Palestine.  Tareq Sameeh Maayah is the CEO of Exalt Technologies, a leading Palestinian software house. Prior to this position, Tareq was the COO for the Web 2.0 company, G.ho.st, and CEO for Siemens Information and Communication Technologies Ltd., a Siemens AG research and development center for data communication equipment. Tareq has been the Chairman of numerous boards: Palestine Information Technology Association of Companies, and Palestine Information and Communication Technologies Incubator from 2004-2006. Tareq also participated in the Advisory Board to The Palestinian Ministry of Post & Telecommunications, and was part of the steering committee responsible for the telecommunication sector restructuring effort and the Oslo B negotiations with Israel for the Telecommunication and Postal spheres. Tareq is a member of the Palestine International Business Council, - a joint effort between Israeli, Palestinian and Swedish business people with the objective of creating a working business environment between the two sides and enhancing the joint investment opportunities, and a member of the EUROPAL Business Council - a joint Palestinian and European initiative to enhance the ability of the Palestinian private sector to engage in business transactions and investments with European companies. Tareq hold a Masters of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from San Jose State University, and Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology, (IIT).  He is a member of the 2007 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Meena Mansharamani

Meena Mansharamani, Former SVP Innovation and Insights, Pepsi-Cola North America, Purchase, NY. Meena Mansharamani is currently transitioning from a corporate career to one focused on social impact. She was formerly the Senior Vice President, Innovation and Insights for Pepsi-Cola North America (PCNA), a position she assumed in November 2005. Meena was responsible for both short and long-term product and package innovation. She also oversaw foundational consumer insights that drive portfolio management, innovation, brand marketing and channel and customer strategies. Prior to joining PCNA, Meena was Vice President of Corporate Strategy at Pepsi for four years. In that capacity, she worked with PepsiCo’s CEO andCFO on top-line growth initiatives across PepsiCo’s portfolio of businesses. She focused on two key areas including developing a new approach and focus to PepsiCo’s innovation and strengthening the company’s emphasis on health and wellness. Prior to joining the PepsiCo team, Meena was Vice President in the Consumer Goods and Retail Practice of A.T. Kearney, a management consulting firm. During her 10 year tenure at A.T. Kearney, she served a variety of industries, including apparel, automotive, transportation and financial services. Meena received her MBA from Wharton and her M.A. and B.A. from Harvard University.  She is a member of the 2007 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Audrey Marshall

Audrey Marshall, M.D., Associate in Cardiology, Children’s Hospital of Boston, Boston, MA. Audrey has been a practicing physician for the past 14 years, and completed her training in pediatric cardiology in 2000. Her clinical role is based in the cardiac catheterization lab, where she performs nearly 200 therapeutic interventional procedures each year on children with congenital heart disease. She is also one of the founding members of the Boston Fetal Cardiac Interventional Program. Her current research activity is focused in two areas: the use of implantable devices in structural heart disease, and the development of equipment and techniques for fetal cardiac interventions. Her responsibilities also involve teaching individual trainees at all levels, from medical students to fellows in interventional pediatric catheterization. She regularly presents in hospital and department-based courses in cardiology, and lectures internationally on fetal cardiac catheterization. Audrey is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School, serves on the American College of Cardiology Women in Cardiology Committee, and on the Board of Directors of the Boston Children’s Heart Foundation, the Ali Fund, and ACS Telescada. She has received numerous awards in the past including the CIMIT Johnson & Johnson Young Clinician Research Award, the NIH National Research Scholarship Award, and the American Medical Women’s Association Scholarship Citation. Audrey has an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.A. summa cum laude from Yale University. She is a member of the 2007 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Christy Bieber Orris

Christy Bieber Orris, Chief Executive Officer, ATEK Companies, Boulder, CO.  In her role as Chief Executive Officer of the family-owned ATEK Companies, Christy is responsible for the overall management and growth of the company's four businesses. Over the past nine years of building the organization, she has focused on growth and diversification of the company's business. During this time, The ATEK Companies have more than tripled in size, diversified their customer base and broadened their industry focus. Under Christy's leadership, in 2003, Medtronic Cardiac Surgery named ATEK Supplier Partner of the Year based on the integrated approach ATEK took towards its relationship with the Medtronic division. Prior to ATEK, Christy was President of Regent Aviation, a managed fixed-based operation at St. Paul Downtown Airport. Before that she was in brand management at General Mills working with a variety of brands to maximize sales. Christy is consistently one of the Top Woman Business Owners recognized by DiversityBusiness.com. She chairs the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business board and is involved in the Young Presidents Organization (YPO), The Committee of 200 and the Women's President's Organization (WPO). She also serves as the Director and Secretary of the Bieber Family Foundation. Christy earned a B.S. summa cum laude in Marketing and International Business from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1992 and an MBA from Dartmouth College, Amos Tuck School of Business Administration in 1996.  Christy is married with two young sons and lives in Boulder.  She is a member of the 2007 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.   

Ellen K. Pao

Ellen K. Pao, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Menlo Park, CA. Ellen Pao is a Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a well-known venture capital firm. She joined the firm in 2005, and has been instrumental in driving several key projects, including the Greentech Innovation Network, the $200M Greentech initiative and the $360M China fund. Prior to joining Kleiner Perkins, Ellen held various operating roles at BEA Systems, a leading provider of enterprise infrastructure software. At BEA, she was Head of Business Development for Products, Engineering Site Manager for new mobile products, and lead for a new international engineering effort. She also served in corporate development, leading strategic projects for the CEO and merger & acquisition projects. Prior to working at BEA, Ellen focused on strategic business development and closed technology, service and content acquisition partnerships for Tellme Networks and Microsoft's WebTV division. She also served as a consultant at early-stage startups, including MyCFO and Danger Research. Before entering the tech field, Ellen worked as a corporate attorney for Cravath, Swaine & Moore in both its New York City and Hong Kong offices, working on international high-yield debt offerings, M&A transactions, aircraft financings and asset-backed securities. At Cravath, she also worked on pro-bono projects for Habitat for Humanity and Covenant House. Ellen holds a B.S.E. in Electrical Engineering and a certificate from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs from Princeton University, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.  She is a member of the 2007 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Christopher Sacca

Christopher Sacca, Partner, Lowercase Capital, Mountain View, CA. Christopher Sacca is currently a partner with Lowercase Capital in San Francisco, CA.  He was Head of Special Initiatives at Google, Inc. Chris is an early stage venture capitalist, private equity/buyout principal, and company advisor focusing on Internet and wireless projects. Most recently, Chris was Head of Special Initiatives at Google Inc. where he was one of the primary strategists for global infrastructure, access, communications, wireless and related product development. His most visible projects included Google's groundbreaking participation in the FCC's 700MHz spectrum auction, Google's technology facility in The Dalles, OR, Google's efforts to encourage alternative forms of Internet access such as municipal WiFi, and many of the company's business development and acquisition deals. Chris is a frequent public speaker on the subjects of disruptive innovation and public access to the Internet and teaches as an Associate Fellow of the Said Business School at Oxford University. Before joining Google, Chris held a number of executive roles at one of the world's largest web infrastructure companies, Speedera Networks (acquired by Akamai Technologies), ultimately responsible for their legal and corporate development efforts. Prior to Speedera, Chris was an attorney with the Silicon Valley law firm of Fenwick & West where he handled venture capital, mergers & acquisitions, and licensing transactions for high-technology clients. Before arriving in Silicon Valley, Chris lived and worked in Europe and Latin America. Chris graduated cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center where he was a member of The Tax Lawyer law review and was honored as the school's Philip A. Ryan and Ralph J. Gilbert Memorial Scholar. He also graduated cum laude from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and was an Edmund Evans Memorial Scholar as well as a Weeks Family Foundation Scholar.  Chris is a member of the 2007 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Tiffany Shlain

Tiffany Shlain, Filmmaker & Founder, The Webby Awards, Mill Valley, CA.  Tiffany was honored as one of Newsweek's "Women Shaping the 21st Century." She is an acclaimed filmmaker, director of The Moxie Institute, and founder of The Webby Awards. Tiffany is interested in unraveling complex ideas - in unorthodox, highly-entertaining ways. Her work ranges from the Internet to politics to religion and science. She has won 28 awards for her work with the Internet, creative direction and filmmaking. Tiffany has directed 10 films including The Tribe (Sundance, Tribeca, Rotterdam Film Festival selections), which explores American Jewish Identity through the history of the Barbie doll; and Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness (Sundance selection.) She is currently working on a feature film about the interconnections between the environment, population, globalization, culture and technology. Tiffany founded The Webby Awards in 1996 and served as the CEO and creative director for nearly a decade. Hailed as the "Oscars of the Internet" by The New York Times, The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. The 12th Annual Webby Awards received 12,000 entries from all 50 states and over 60 countries worldwide. The Webbys are presented by The Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences, a 550-member judging organization co-founded by Tiffany in 1998. Tiffany was the on-air Internet expert for Good Morning America and today appears on television and radio to discuss the Internet and filmmaking and lectures worldwide on these subjects. She is the director of The Moxie Institute, an organization that creates film, books and theater experiences around social issues using emerging technologies. Tiffany is a fellow of The Woodhull Institute, an organization that supports ethical women leaders for the next century. She was invited to serve on San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's transition team, and she served as a student ambassador to the Soviet Union in 1988. Tiffany received a BA in Film from University of California at Berkeley where she was selected as a Valedictorian speaker and won the highest award for art in her filmmaking.  She studied filmmaking at New York University and leadership at The Harvard Business School of Executive Education.  She is a member of the 2007 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Scott Ullem

Scott Ullem, Vice President of Finance, Bemis Company, Neenah, WI.  Scott is currently the Vice President of Finance at Bemis Company in Neenah, WI. Previously, he was a Managing Director and co-head of Diversified Industries in Banc of America's Global Corporate and Investment Banking Division.  He joined Bank of America in 2005 and provided strategic advice and financing to public and private corporations and private equity sponsors.  Previously, Scott was an investment banker for 14 years at Goldman Sachs in New York and Chicago.  He advised industrial, healthcare and consumer products companies on mergers and acquisitions, anti-raid, debt and equity financing, capital structure optimization and corporate restructurings.  Scott served as an adjunct professor of finance at Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management from 2000-2005.  He is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago and The Art Institute of Chicago Auxiliary Board.  He served on the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Orchestra as well as Milwaukee's Florentine Opera.  Additionally, Scott served on the DePauw University Board of Visitors.  He was a founding sponsor of the Posse Foundation in Chicago, which identifies and places teams of outstanding public urban high school students in four-year scholarships at selected universities.  Scott graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from DePauw University in 1989.  He earned his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1994. He is a member of the 2007 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

John Wood

John Wood, Founder and Executive Chairman, Room to Read, San Francisco, CA.  John Wood is the founder and Executive Chairman of Room to Read, which he started in 2000 after a fast-paced and distinguished career with Microsoft.  Since its inception, Room to Read has sponsored the construction of 700 schools and 7,000 multi-lingual libraries across eight countries in Africa and Asia.   In addition, over 7,000 long-term scholarships have been endowed for girls.   John has raised over $60 million of commitments from a blue-chip funding base, and built a grass-roots fund-raising network of over 2,000 white-collar professionals in 35 cities.  From 1991 to 1999, John was in charge of marketing and business development teams for Microsoft throughout Asia, serving as Director of Business Development for the Greater China region and as Director of Marketing for the Asia-Pacific region. John has twice been chosen for the Skoll Foundation award for social entrepreneurship, and has led Room to Read to five consecutive selections for the prestigious "Social Capitalist" award by Fast Company magazine and the Monitor Group. In 2004, he was named as one of Time magazine's "Asian Heroes" - the only non-Asian ever selected to receive this award.  He was selected as a "Young Global Leader" by the World Economic Forum, and is the author of Leaving Microsoft to Change the World (Collins, 2006), which has been published in 20 languages.  His work has been profiled by Bloomberg, BBC, CNBC, CNN, Fast Company, Newsweek, The New York Times, Time Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and USA Today. John holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Northwestern University and a Bachelor's of Science in Finance from the University of Colorado. He is a member of the 2007 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.

Jessie Woolley-Wilson

Jessie Woolley-Wilson, President, K-12, Blackboard, Inc., Washington, DC. Throughout her fifteen-year career in a broad array of education and service industries, Jessie has held leadership roles in general management, marketing, and business development. Currently, she is President, K-12 for Blackboard, Inc., a leading provider of e-learning technologies. Prior to this, she was the Executive Vice President of LeapFrog Enterprises and President of the Education and Training Group, the school division of LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc. At LeapFrog, she also served as Vice President of Marketing and was instrumental in establishing LeapFrog SchoolHouse as a leader in education technology. Before that, Jessie was a Vice President of Marketing at Collegeboard.com, the interactive division of The College Board. She previously served as General Manager at MyRoad.com, an innovative company that helped middle school, high school, and college students prepare for college and careers, until its acquisition by The College Board in 2001. Jessie began her career in education at Kaplan, where she held several executive positions including Southern California Regional Director and national Executive Director of Pre-College and Pre-Graduate testing programs. She was also President of Crimson & Brown Associates, a diversity recruiting firm and Kaplan's first acquisition in the career industry. She serves as a board member for numerous education organizations including Junior Achievement, Educational Projects in Education, the National Education Association Foundation and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. Jessie received her MBA from the Graduate School of Business at Harvard Business School and her B.A. in English from the University of Virginia.  She is a member of the 2007 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.