Winter 2024 Semester Schedule :
(All sessions take place at 1pm; In-person sessions take place in Askwith Auditorium in Lorch Hall.)
- Friday, February 2, 2024
- Ilana Ash (She/Her); BA 1992; Managing Director CIO Team, BNY Mellon.
- In-Person – Request a link to stream the session online*: https://forms.gle/8c68G1icnHbR2p2M7
- In-Person – Request a link to stream the session online*: https://forms.gle/8c68G1icnHbR2p2M7
- Ilana Ash (She/Her); BA 1992; Managing Director CIO Team, BNY Mellon.
- Friday, February 9, 2024
- Joshua Friedman, CFA (He/Him); BA 2011; Vice President, Private Debt Product Strategy – US Direct Lending, BlackRock.
- Online – Request a link to participate on the call: https://forms.gle/opZzNpSk2sYFQ4Zw6
- Joshua Friedman, CFA (He/Him); BA 2011; Vice President, Private Debt Product Strategy – US Direct Lending, BlackRock.
- Friday, February 16, 2024
- Kreg Keesee (He/Him); BA 1987, MBA 1992; Chief Operating Officer, Cold Jet LLC; Chair, Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority.
- In-Person – Request a link to stream the session online*: https://forms.gle/kTqsJjpCmaBkPtTr8
- In-Person – Request a link to stream the session online*: https://forms.gle/kTqsJjpCmaBkPtTr8
- Kreg Keesee (He/Him); BA 1987, MBA 1992; Chief Operating Officer, Cold Jet LLC; Chair, Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority.
- Friday, March 8, 2024
- Austen Hufford (He/Him); BA 2015; National Economics Reporter, The Wall Street Journal.
- In-Person – Request a link to stream the session online*: https://forms.gle/6GSmnDwtfsbnLBSp6
- In-Person – Request a link to stream the session online*: https://forms.gle/6GSmnDwtfsbnLBSp6
- Austen Hufford (He/Him); BA 2015; National Economics Reporter, The Wall Street Journal.
- Friday, March 22, 2024
- Chris Sonderby (He/Him); BA 1990; VP & Deputy General Counsel, Meta.
- In-Person – Request a link to stream the session online*: https://forms.gle/kt5qqa3dsKdCVDVQ7
- Chris Sonderby (He/Him); BA 1990; VP & Deputy General Counsel, Meta.
- Friday, March 29, 2024
- Eva A. Temkin (She/Her); BA 1996; Partner, Paul Hastings LLP.
- In-Person – Request a link to stream the session online*: https://forms.gle/ZvS4BDWB2tYXrwKr8
- Eva A. Temkin (She/Her); BA 1996; Partner, Paul Hastings LLP.
- Friday, April 5, 2024
- April Bridgeman (She/Her); BA (Economics and German) 1992, MAE 1994, MHSA 1994; Senior Vice President, BCD Travel.
- In-Person – Request a link to stream the session online*: https://forms.gle/TUF7xj3RjNEQZD6z6
- April Bridgeman (She/Her); BA (Economics and German) 1992, MAE 1994, MHSA 1994; Senior Vice President, BCD Travel.
- Friday, April 12, 2024
- Joe Holberg (He/Him); BS 2010; Managing Director, Financial Wellness, Mariner Wealth Advisors; Author of “Rogue Finances” and “A Brief Discourse on the Definition and Tenets of Financial Justice”.
- In-Person – Request a link to stream the session online*: https://forms.gle/rgpQV2exZRxMZSpG9
- Joe Holberg (He/Him); BS 2010; Managing Director, Financial Wellness, Mariner Wealth Advisors; Author of “Rogue Finances” and “A Brief Discourse on the Definition and Tenets of Financial Justice”.
- Friday, April 19, 2024
- Robert Patton (he/him), BA (Economics and History) 1994, Managing Director and Partner, NERA Economic Consulting
- In-Person – Request a link to stream the session online*: https://forms.gle/qu5nSqpq4VffvQ7X7
- Robert Patton (he/him), BA (Economics and History) 1994, Managing Director and Partner, NERA Economic Consulting
*Zoom calls for in-person sessions will not allow for interaction with the speaker. Please consider attending in-person when feasible.
NOTE: Students enrolled in Econ 208 may only attend 1 in-person session virtually during the semester (this does not include February 9th). Please see our Canvas site for more details.
Recent Speakers from Past Semesters:
- Sara Silverman (she/her), BS 2012, Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications, Azenta Life Sciences
- Stella Binkevich (she/her), BA (Economics and Psychology) 2008, Head of Operations, Brooklyn Investment Group
- Rocque Lipford (he/him), BA 1991, Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Securities, LLC
- Colin Scantlebury (he/him), BA (Economics and English) 1993, Captain and Chief Pilot, Southwest Airlines
- Robbie Fang (she/her), BA 1992, formerly Senior Director of Operations, Checkr, Inc.
- Eric Andrew Finkelstein (he/him), BA (Economics and Mathematics) 1991, Professor of Health Services and Systems Research Program and Executive Director of Lien Centre for Palliative Care, Duke-NUS Medical School (Singapore)
- Lea-Rachel D. Kosnik (she/her), BA with Honors 1994, (PhD – UCLA), Professor of Economics, University of Missouri – St. Louis
- Steven Miller (he/him), BA 1990, (MBA – UW), Sourcing Execution Manager for Global Supply Chain Operations, Intel Corporation
- Alton Davis III (he/him), BA 2004, (MBA – Georgetown), Vice President Human Resources Finance and Legal, L’Oréal
- Kyle Eggerding (he/him), BA 2012 (Economics and Political Science), (MBA – USC), Director, Customer & Market Intelligence, Shopper Insights and Analytics, Albertsons Companies
- Kim Yapchai (she/her), BA 1989, (JD – Wayne State), Former – Senior Vice President, Chief Environmental, Social and Governance Officer, Tenneco Inc.
- Robin Foley (she/her), BA 1986, (MBA – BU), Chief Investment Officer – Bonds, Fidelity Investments
- Laura Ingle (she/her), BA 2008 (Economics and English), (JD – Columbia Law), Director, Legal, GOAT Group
- Rebecca Sheinberg (she/her), BGS 2000, (JD – Brooklyn Law School), Deputy Chief Compliance Officer, Pacific Investment Management Company LLC (PIMCO)