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Demetrius Sidberry
Demetrius Sidberry is a managing director and Investment Committee member of New Catalyst, where his primary responsibilities include the sourcing and execution of structured partnerships in addition to general partner value creation services. Prior to New Catalyst, Sidberry was a managing director and Investment Committee Member of Hamilton Lane’s Direct Equity team. In this role,…
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Elizabeth Browne
Elizabeth Browne is co-head of the Elevate Strategy team under the Sponsor Solutions Group. In addition, she works on various strategic investing initiatives across the firm. Prior to joining GCM Grosvenor, Browne worked at RedBird Capital Partners, where she focused on investing in family and founder-led businesses, including transaction sourcing, company-building, capital raising, and co-investments.…
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Erick Russell
Erick Russell was sworn in as Connecticut’s 84th State Treasurer on January 4, 2023. He is currently serving his first term. Born and raised in New Haven, Russell adopted the worth ethic and financial responsibility of his parents by working in the family’s small convenience store. He would become the first in his family to…
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Ashley Baum
Ashley Baum leads Special Opportunities for the investment division of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), a $200+ billion pension plan serving the educators of Texas. Special Opportunities is a 7-person cross-asset team Baum founded in 2013 to opportunistically deploy capital in areas the Trust might otherwise miss. She began her TRS career in…
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Gregory Galligan
Greg Galligan is the head of Vista Credit Partners’ Direct Lending business and serves as the chairman and chief executive officer of Vista Credit Strategic Lending as well as the co-chief investment officer of Vista Credit BDC Management. Galligan is also a member of the investment committee at Vista Credit Partners. Before joining Vista, Galligan…
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Sean Ward
Sean Ward is a senior managing director of Blue Owl Capital Inc., a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and a member of the firm’s board of directors. Ward also serves as a member of the GP Strategic Capital Investment Team. Prior to joining Dyal Capital, the predecessor firm to Blue Owl’s GP Strategic Capital…
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Daniel Gottlieb
Daniel Gottlieb is the chief investment officer for the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, whose staff he joined in 2016. Gottlieb oversaw the creation of the organization’s Investment Committee and the build-out of internal staff to manage endowment assets; he and his team rebuilt existing allocations and created the portfolio’s strategy in private funds across asset…
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Hafez Abu Sayed Seada
Biography Established in 1985, under Hafez Abu Sayed Seada’s leadership, the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights investigates, monitors, and reports on violations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Seada defends victims; strives to create understanding of, and popular support for, the defense of human rights; and works to change laws and government practices that…
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Koigi wa Wamwere
Biography Koigi wa Wamwere is one of Kenya’s best-known political prisoners. Author of several books, plays, and poetry, wa Wamwere was born to a poor family in a forest community, did well in school, and was awarded a scholarship to study at Cornell University, where he graduated in 1973. He returned to Kenya to work…
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Senal Sarihan
Biography Mother, lawyer, feminist, wife, playwright, director, teacher, union organizer, editor, advocate, leader, Senal Sarihan has challenged the status quo her entire life. As a member of the teachers union’s cultural unit, she wrote and directed plays. She joined the Executive Committee of the newly founded Turkish Teachers Association in 1967, where she wrote pro-union…
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