Compass Speaker
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Beth Van Schaack
Beth Van Schaack was sworn in as the State Department’s sixth ambassador-at-large for global criminal justice (GCJ) on March 17, 2022. In this role, she advises the secretary of state and other department leadership on issues related to the prevention of and response to atrocity crimes, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. Van…
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Jason Lamin
Jason Lamin is founder and CEO of Lenox Park Solutions, Inc.. He started the company as a consulting and advisory company in 2009, and has overseen its transition into a leading financial technology firm that provides collaborative software, data aggregation tools and analytics geared toward fair and democratized access to opportunities. The firm’s clients include…
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Yup Kim
Yup S. Kim is the head of investments at CalPERS, California’s $450 billion pension fund. He serves on the private equity investment review committee and helps lead CalPERS’ private equity program across all functions, including strategy, team management, and investment activities across primary, secondary, and co-investment opportunities globally. Previously, he served as the senior portfolio…
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Stefan Kaluzny
Stefan Kaluzny has been the firm’s founder and principal managing director since 2011. Prior to Sycamore Partners, Kaluzny was a managing director at Golden Gate Capital. Kaluzny was with Golden Gate Capital from its inception in 2000 until January 2011. While at Golden Gate Capital, he was involved in investments across a variety of transaction…
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Damien Dwin
Damien Dwin is the chief executive officer of Lafayette Square. He founded Lafayette in November 2020 as a model investment platform that deploys services-backed capital to local communities, independent businesses, and diverse investors. Lafayette Square is built for inclusion—here to change the financing paradigm and investing in an American economy worth believing in. Lafayette Square…
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Jonathan Popielarski
Jon Popielarski is the director of private assets at the Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island (ERSRI), a $10.4 billion defined benefit plan. The private asset portfolios include private equity, private credit, and private real assets. Prior to joining ERSRI in 2013, he worked as a business development associate at Hastings Equity Partners, a lower-middle…
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Susanne Forsingdal
Susanne Forsingdal is head of the New York investment team at Allianz Capital Partners, a position she has held since January 2015. Prior to joining ACP, Forsingdal was a partner of ATP Private Equity Partners, which she joined in 2003. Previously, she worked in equity research, strategy, and investor relations with Copenhagen-based banks and insurance…
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Neha Champaneria Markle
Neha Champaneria Markle is a managing director and the head of AIP Private Markets Solutions at Morgan Stanley, the firm’s private markets fund of funds team that has collectively committed over $20 billion since inception to and alongside external private equity funds. Markle has over 20 years of relevant industry experience and, in 2020, was…
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