I hope you’ll join me September 3 in Manhattan for the first-ever conference on “Investors for a Better America”.
We believe generating strong investment returns is far easier in a healthy constitutional democracy. Investors for a Better America is a nonpartisan conference that aims to activate investors and family offices from across the political spectrum to strengthen the civic foundations of American prosperity.
Our confirmed speakers include:
Family Offices/Wealth Management
- Peter Lupoff, Partner, Beatrice Advisors and Founder/Principal, Lupoff/Stevens Family Office. Ex-Managing Director, Millennium Management ($87b AUM)
- Michael Woods, President, Woods Capital. Ex-CEO & COO, Rothschild & Co. Asset Management U.S., Inc. ($8b AUM)
- Jesse Friedlander, Founder, Des Voeux Partners family office. Formerly at JPMorgan, Merrill Lynch, and Susquehanna International Group.
Institutional investors
- Mark Spindel, CIO, Potomac River Capital. Ex-CIO, District of Columbia Retirement Board ($10.8b AUM); Deputy Treasurer and CIO of the International Finance Corporation ($15bn reserves)
- Mike Ryan, Co-Founder, Bullet Point Network. Ex-Head of Public Equity and Absolute Return, Harvard Management Company ($57b); Head of Global Securities, Credit Suisse; and Partner and Head of Global Equity Products, Goldman Sachs
- Justin Kamine, Cofounder, KDC Earth. Has engineered, built, owned, and operated over $3.5 billion in infrastructure in energy, telecom and renewables
- Reginald Browne, Principal, GTS Securities, formerly Senior Managing Director, Cantor Fitzgerald
Venture Capital
- Howard Morgan, Chair, B Capital Group ($11b AUM). Previously, Co-Founder, First Round Capital ($3b AUM); Founding President, Renaissance Technologies ($96b AUM)
- Jason Freedman, General Partner, Orange Collective. Ex-Partner, Peak State Ventures.
- David Teten, Partner, Orange Collective; ex-Managing Partner, HOF Capital (now >$10b AUM)
Credit
- Ted Goldthorpe, Head of Credit, BC Partners ($40b AUM). Ex-CIO, Apollo Investment Management ($840b AUM)
Corporates
- Ben Bilbrough, Cofounder and CEO, Action Tank
Civic Society
- Jacob Bornstein: President, Mediators Foundation. Co-Founder, Civic Consulting Collaborative. Executive Director, Better Together America.
We believe free enterprise and democracy depend on many of the same conditions, and are fundamental to job creation and personal wealth for all Americans:
- Rule of law: Secure property rights, nonpartisan design and enforcement of policy, and enforcement of anti-corruption law
- A responsive democracy: free speech without fear of retribution and fair elections leading to peaceful transfers of power
- An effective government: an independent Federal Reserve, fiscal responsibility, and evidence-based policymaking
- Recruiting the best talent globally: Competency-based hiring and welcoming legal immigrants
- Alliances: Trade and tourism with other capitalist democracies
We’d greatly value introductions to any of the following:
– A-list speakers, primarily prominent investors who can talk publicly about the importance of traditional investor-friendly norms
– Organizational allies, i.e., groups who share our goal. We’d ask them to be marketing partners, and potentially to present.
– Sponsors, who can help finance this. Sponsors will primarily be philanthropists, service providers (e.g., private banks), and nonprofits (who get a chance to present to our audience.) All sponsorships are donations to Mediators Foundation, a 501(c)3, and are tax-deductible.
More details to come. Contact me to get involved.
My organizing partner and co-founder is Mediators Foundation, a 40-year-old nonpartisan nonprofit that brings people together across divides. Mediators has facilitated bipartisan congressional retreats; hosted institutional funders on the right and left; and is now working with 40 communities and states serving 45 million Americans across the country to increase their problem-solving capacity.
The Gabelli Center for Global Security Analysis at Fordham is generously hosting the event. We are very grateful to our sponsors:
Corporations
Individuals
- Jesse Friedlander, Founder, Des Voeux Partners family office
- Jason Freedman, General Partner, Orange Collective
- David Teten, Partner, Orange Collective
- Prominent mutual fund executive (TBA)
Communities
