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