Event Program December 11 2012

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Presents:

Women Transforming Our Financial

Markets Symposium

The has never been a more favorable climate for Americas women

to launch new businesses and maximize investment returns

New York, NY

December 11, 2012

Chadbourne & Parke Conference Suite30 Rockefeller PlazaNew York, NY 10112

8am to 730pm


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ABOUT THE HOST

Symbolizing the Wall Street of tomorrow and the hope for a more prosperous economic future, NowStreet is known invarious financial circles for its commitment to repairing market structure in order to restore economic prosperity.Through its media, event production and consulting divisions, NowStreet continues to pioneer a number of cutting-edgeproducts, services and event platforms designed to help issuers and investors capitalize in a changing market structure.

NowStreet offers securities through Emerson Equity LLC, member FINRA/SIPC

NowStreet has been on the forefront of many recent market transformations. We were one of the earliest voicescovering the JOBS Act and advocating for a respectable new marketplace to support smaller cap private growthcompanies. The legislators who introduced and supported key components of the JOBS Act continue to speak at ourevents. We hosted the first major crowdfunding conference where many of todays principal industry leaders initiallycame together. In addition to helping establish the industrys leadership organizations, CFIRA and CfPA, our events have

helped numerous investors and entrepreneurs uncover fresh ideas for raising capital and maximizing returns during thisperiod of unprecedented innovation and regulatory reform.

We are proud to boast that we now reach multiple thousands of investors; investment bankers; wealth managers;

crowdfunding professionals and enthusiasts; VCs; family offices; incubators; private equity firms; pre-IPO fundmanagers; brokers; secondary stock specialists; equity analysts; entrepreneurs and small business owners; journalists;legislators as well as tax, legal and regulatory experts through our acclaimed industry events and leading-edge industrynewsletter. Our events attract some of the most prominent speakers in the financial industry as well as the legislature.As a result of numerous successful events and well-regarded industry articles, NowStreet has rapidly emerged as arespected opinion leader in the industry and is continuously sought after for advice, guidance and referrals.

OUR VISION

The Private Company Marketplace (PCM), particularly the Crowdfunding movement, has brought forth new investingideologies that create a foundation for a modernized capitalistic system which marries wealth creation with societalimpact. NowStreet believes that financial gain and benefiting society are not mutually exclusive and should both beencouraged. NowStreet will soon be demonstrating this concept of doing well by doing good with the launch of itsground-breaking event model specifically designed to ensure that participants access capital, uncover growthopportunities and secure new business. Our vision is to create an atmosphere that simultaneously fosters economicgrowth and social consciousness.

Please visit us atwww.nowstreetjournal.comto learn more.
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ABOUT WOMEN TRANSFORMING OUR FINANCIAL MARKETS SYMPOSIUM

For far too long our capital markets have been monopolized by high frequency traders and mega-cap IPOs being underwritten by a

handful of supersized banking conglomerates all at the expense ofAmericas smaller businesses and investors. As a result, the U.S.

financial markets, once the envy of the world, have regrettably become an impediment to job creation and economic growth.

Without a thriving and functional small cap growth marketplace accessible to investors and issuers of all sizes, most portfolios will

fail to outpace inflation and more small businesses will fold. Unless something is done immediately to bring growth opportunities to

our nations smaller investors and expansion capital to our emerging businesses, America will find itself facing a retirement crisis of

unthinkable magnitude as well as an extinct middle class.

NowStreet is part of a movement to repair a dysfunctional capital markets system with the inclusion of a marketplace that

encourages longer-term small cap growth investing. During the past two years, we have been observing the rapid evolution of such a

market, the Private Company Marketplace (PCM), where some of todays fastest growing private companies are being exchanged.

Coinciding has been the mass materialization of Crowdfunding platforms aimed at helping small businesses obtain necessary growth

capital from benefactors possessing similar passions.

In this remarkable moment in history, the U.S. regulatory landscape, its capital markets and the innovation that drives those markets

are simultaneously on the threshold of extraordinary change. Unlike previous waves of innovation that have rejuvenated public

stock exchanges, this one is aimed directly at galvanizing private marketplaces because this is where our most innovative reside.NowStreet believes that we are currently witnessing the rise of the next great stock market and the precursor to the next period of

economic prosperity - all being fueled by a revolution in mass communications and historic regulatory reform.

The passage of the Jumpstart our Business Start-ups Act (JOBS Act) amends improvident securities laws that have stymied

economic growth by cultivating a financial system that benefits a privileged few while discounting the vast majority. With new

legislation democratizing the financial markets and allowing capital to flow back to entrepreneurs and retail investors, there has

never been a more favorable climate for Americas women to start businesses and maximize investment returns.

This event is about supplying women with the knowledge, encouragement and relationships needed to succeed in a transforming

marketplace and new socially-driven economy. Specific discussions points will include:

Raising capital & maximizing returns as U.S. market structure evolves

The demise of the small cap IPO and its consequences on job creation & economic growth

Redefining Capital Formation

How equity-based crowdfunding and peer-to peer-lending will revolutionize the marketplace

How to legally and successfully crowdfund in the current environment

The differences between securities-based Crowdfunding, reward-based Crowdfunding & typical micro-cap investing

Using social media and other advances in communications to reach investors & provide greater transparency

Finding the ideal financing structure for your business/client

The developing Crowdfunding organizations and introductions to its leaders

Private share transacting

The settling & clearing of private shares

Impact of the removal of the solicitation ban

Constructive liquidity strategies for private company stock

Funding your venture with Self-Directed IRAs

Using retirement accounts to gain diversified exposure to some of the fastest growing private companies

Tax issues related to JOBS Act changes

How capitalism & humanitarianism can converge to form new investing philosophies

How women can help transform Wall Street, create jobs and rejuvenate the economy

We are so grateful to the women, many speaking here today, who continue to raise glass ceilings and inspire new generations. It is

NowStreets sincere hope that events like this empower more women to launch businesses and embark on careers in finance. With

women playing a more integral role in the nations economy, America will undoubtedly prosper once more.


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DEDICATION

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single

moment before starting to improve the world.

ANNE FRANK, WRITER

Todays event is dedicated to a true inspiration whose impact on the world was not measured by the dollars

she earned or by the career milestones she passed. Rather, her success was defined by her steadfast resolve,

her courage to question and her will to seek answers. She possessed an extraordinary ability to find hope

through adversity and seize strength in times of uncertainty. During an age when women were subservient, sheexuded independence. She proved that you didnt need an abundance of wealth, testosterone or even a

youthful mind and body to put your dreams into action, as many of hers were fulfilled in her later years. After

being hampered in her youth, she went on to put herself through college in her sixties and travel the world in

her seventies.

This remarkable woman was my Grandma Annie (19172011). Although she never invented or funded a

world-changing product, she motivated me to work hard, value knowledge and persevere. Most importantly,

she inspired me to follow my dreams no matter how far out of grasp they were. Had it not been for her

admirable example of fortitude, we wouldntbe gathered here today and potentially forming that one magical

connection culminating in the next earth-altering invention. So perhaps in some grand universal plan, through

the visionaries assembled in this room, Ann Rosenberg leaves her true mark on the world.

Dara Albright


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AGENDA

Tomorrows Wall Street A New Frontier For Women

8 to 9am Registration, buffet breakfast, networking

9am - Opening Remarks and Introduction

The Future of Americas Capital Markets - Creating New Opportunities For Women by Dara Albright, Founder of NowStree

930 to 950am - Crowdfunding: Changing the Path of Capital Formation by Judy Rob inett, Prominent Venture Investor

950 to 1020am - Panel: The JOBS Act: Tossing 80 year old securities rules out the window - Panelists include:

Lori Hoberman, Partner of Chadbourne & Parke (Moderator);

Sara Hanks, Co-founder and CEO of CrowdCheck;

Doug Ellenoff, Member of Ellenoff Grossman & Schole

Richard Salute, Capital Markets and SEC Practice Director with J.H. Cohn;

Mitchell Littman, Founding Partner of Littman Krooks

1020 to 1030am Rebuilding American Prosperity with Crowdfunding Scott Purcell, Founder of Arctic Island

1030 to 11am - Panel: Capitalizing with Securities Crowdfunding - Panelists include: Candace Klein, CEO of Bad Girl Ventures & SomoLend (Moderator);

Brian Meece, CEO of RocketHub;

Stacy Robin, Director of Marketing at EisnerAmper;

Scott Purcell, Founder of Arctic Island;

Freeman White, CEO of Launcht;

Luan Cox, Founder & CEO of Crowdnetic

11 1115am Lending Platform Success Story - Candace Klein, CEO of Bad Girl Ventures & SomoLend and McKenzie M. Slaughter,Founder & CEO of Prohaus Group and Beauty & The Bull Magazine

1115 to 1125am - Introduction to the key Crowdfunding organizations: CfPA & CFIRA by Kim Wales, Founder of Wales Capital

1125 to 1140am Networking Break

1140 to 1210pm Panel: How social media and the removal of the solicitation ban will impact the capital raising for small businesses- Panelists include:

Gene Massey, CEO of Mediashares;

April Rudin, CEO of The Rudin Group;

Robin Smith, M.D., MBA, Chairman & CEO of Neostem, Inc;

Matthew Henninger, Founder of CEDI Society

1210 to 1225pm Historic Look at the Women who Shaped Wall Street by Gene Massey, CEO of MediaShares

1225 to 125pm Buffet Lunch1255 to 125pm Keynote lunch speaker will be bestselling author, speaker, and professor, Gloria Feldt who will be discussingWomen, Power and Leadership

125 to 155pm Building A Profitable Business by Greg Slamowitz, Co-CEO of Ambrose Employer Group, LLC.

155 to 225pm - Panel: Crowdfunding: The Next Evolution of Angel Investing - Panelists include:

John Frankel, Partner at ff Venture Capital;

Dr. Charles Sidman, Managing Partner of ECS Capital Partners and Angels;

Connie Koch, President, Southern California Region of Keiretsu Forum;

Judy Robinett, Prominent Venture Investor;

Kathleen A Murray, Angel Investor and CEO of BoardmyBiz.com LLC


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AGENDA

Tomorrows Wall Street A New Frontier For Women

225 to 245pmSurprising Areas of Potential Growth by Constance Hunter, Global Economist & Senior Advisor at ISN CC, a financialservices consultancy

245 to 305pm Structuring Retirement Accounts to Gain Diversified Exposure to Todays Fastest Growing Private Companies byJames A. Jones, Director of Business Development at Accuplan

305to 325pm How to Invest in Viral Growth Companies by Jason Jones, Portfolio Manager of HighStep Capital

325 to 355pm - Panel: Investing in Private Company Secondary Shares - Panelists include:

Judith Feder, Managing Director at du Pasquier & Co., Inc.;

Vince Molinari, CEO of Gate Technologies;

Barbara Russell, Co-Founder of The Social Internet Fund;

Phil Reicherz, Managing Partner at Magnolia Ventures

355 to 415pm How to leverage the appreciation in Illiquid Assets for Tax-Efficient Charitable Giving byKarla DAlleva Valas,

Managing Director, Fidelity Charitable

415 to 430pm Networking Break

Doing Well by Doing Good

430 to 450pm The Love Economy by Hazel Henderson, Founder of Ethical Markets Media, LLC

450 to 510pm - Business for a Better World by Monika Mitchell, CEO of Good Business International

510 to 530pm Abundant Living, Mindful Giving!by Diana Ayton-Shenker, Founder of social impact consulting firm, Global

Momenta

530 to 550pm Grassroots Local Investing Movement by Amy Cortese, Accomplished Journalist, Speaker & Author ofLocavesting

550 to 620pm Founding a Movement: Women's World Banking 1975-1990 - A story of true collaboration that built the first global

financial network for women by Michaela Walsh, Honorary Trustee of Women's World Banking & accomplished author

Closing Remarks, Sponsor Acknowledgment

630 to 730pm Cocktail Reception Wine Tasting Sponsored by Mike Cagle andAcker Merrall & Condit, Americas Oldest & Finest

Wine Shop

WORKSHOPS, BREAKOUTS & DEMO SCHEDULE

WORKSHOP:

Bestselling author, speaker, and professor, Gloria Feldts Women, Power, and Leadership workshop

SHOWCASE DEMOS & BREAKOUTS:

Interviews throughout the day - Crowd of Angels Interviews forThe Crowdfunding Documentary

11am - LastclickUniting the Crowd to democratize auctions and support worthy charities

1130am - Prohaus Group Suite of technologies Creating financial services startups for the new economy

2pm - MediaShares The Crowdfunded IPO

4pm - SoMoLendLeading Crowd-Lending Platform

430pm - GATE ImpactCutting-edge technology to centralize impact investments


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WINE TASTING EVENT

630 to 730pm

SPONSORED BY MIKE CAGLE AND SUPPLIED BY ACKER MERRALL &

CONDIT, AMERICAS OLDEST & FINEST WINE SHOP

House pours

White

KaliHart, Talbott Chardonnay, Monterey, California

Kali Hart is named for Robb Talbott's youngest daughter, Kalin Hart. First introduced in 1999 (1997 vintage),

the style of this wine is meant to showcase regional characteristics of the cool growing area of the Santa LuciaHighlands.

Red

The Pinot Project, California, USA

The Pinot Project drinks as an absolutely delicious, yet serious, Pinot Noir that any wine lover would be proud

to pour liberally at their dinner table! Hand-crafted from the finest California PINOT Noir grapes. Pure PINOT

aromas and flavors -- black cherries kissed by oak and complimented by just the right amount of Asian spice.

Extremely versatile with a host of your favorite dishes.

Raffle wine (1 bottle)

Billecart-Salmon Rose, Champagne, France

The NV Brut Rose is beautifully balanced in its layers of perfumed red

fruit, berries and flowers. Clean mineral notes frame a silky, sensual

finish. Billecart-Salmons NV Brut Rose is one of the most consistently

delicious roses readers are likely to find.


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SPEAKERS

Dara Albright

Diana Ayton-Shenker

Dara Albright, founder of NowStreet, is a thought provoker and frequent speaker on topics relating to market structure

and crowdfunding. She is the author of the NowStreet Journal, a primary provider of analysis and insight into the

private company marketplace as well as the legislation and innovation currently fueling it. Based on her original

hypothesis that directly correlates advancements in mass communications with stock market growth, NowStreet

highlights the dynamic economic impact of an untarnished small-cap growth marketplace rising during the most

ground-breaking period of mass media and regulatory reform. Through NowStreet, Dara continues to pioneer a

number of cutting-edge products, services and event platforms designed to help entrepreneurs, wealth managers and

investors uncover fresh ideas for raising capital and maximizing returns in this new era of unprecedented innovation

and regulatory reform. Prior to founding NowStreet, Dara has held a distinguished 20 year career in investment

banking, investor relations and institutional equity sales. She has organized and managed hundreds of road shows and

conferences for Wall Streets elite. She has worked closely with a number of institutional and accredited investors

providing investment and trading strategies as well as restricted transaction services. Dara has helped raise financing

for companies across the globe in a variety of industries at various phases and rollouts. Her work has included

extensive IPO road show execution and counseling newly public companies in the after-market. Prior firms she worked

for include: Unterberg Towbin, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Divine Capital and Citigate Dewe Rogerson. Dara is a co-

founder of the Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Advocates (CFIRA) and the Crowdfunding Professional Association

(CfPA). She is also a proud board member of iPeopleFINANCE, the only peer-to-peer lending platform aimed at helping

veterans. She is a graduate of the George Washington University and holds securities industry Series 7, 24, 31 and 63

licenses.

DIANA AYTON-SHENKER founded social impact consulting firm, Global Momenta, building on her distinguished career

in philanthropy, impact investor relations, and international human rights law. As founder of the Fast Forward Fund,

she was honored by President Clinton and selected as a finalist for the Social Venture Networks prestigious Social

Innovation Award. Named one of 25 Women Leaders Changing the World 2012 by Good Business International,

Diana hosts fast forward+, a curated HangoutOnAir series featuring high impact leaders and social ventures. Diana is

also an adjunct Professor of Social Entrepreneurship at The New School, and is Sr. Fellow in Venture Philanthropy at

Bard College, where she teaches Leadership through their MBA in Sustainability Program. She has also taught at The

American Univ. of Paris, and Hunter College where she directed the 1st undergraduate Human Rights Program in theU.S. Author of three books, including: A Global Agenda: Current Issues before the U.N., and Tumbalalaika: a Collection

of Poems, she has held senior positions with: Mercy Corps, PEN, Human Rights Watch, and holds an LLM

(International Public Law, Univ. of Essex Law School), and Honors BA (International Relations, Univ. of Pennsylvania).

As a public speaker, facilitator, and guest lecturer, Diana Ayton-Shenker has appeared numerous national and intl

conferences, & universities. Speaking venues include: Clinton Global Initiative University, Goldman Sachs, Google,

Wall Street Green Summit, Global Health & Innovation Conference, The Slingshot Fund, Pipeline Fund for Women,

Ashoka U Changemaker Campus Exchange, American Express Emerging Changemakers Boot Camp, The Global

Engagement Summit, Social Capital Market Conference, Social Venture Capital/SE, The Whitney Museum, Columbia

University, Lewis & Clark Law School, Yale University, NY Young Women Social Entrepreneurs, All Day Buffets The

Kitchen, & The Unreasonable Institute. Diana is also a certified yoga instructor; speaks Spanish, French, & Hebrew;

and lives in upstate New York with her husband, British artist William T. Ayton, and their three children.


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SPEAKERS

Amy Cortese

Luan Cox

Amy Cortese is an award-winning journalist who writes about topics spanning business, finance, food, wine and travel.

Her work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, New York, Business Week, the New York Times, the Daily

News, Portfolio, Mother Jones, Afar, The American, the Daily Beast, Talk, Business 2.0, and Wired, among other

publications. Her recently published book, Locavesting: The Revolution in Local Investing and How to Profit From it

(John Wiley & Sons, 2011), draws upon her experience covering these diverse realms to explore how a small shift in

investment away from multinationals towards locally-owned enterprises can reap enormous economic and socialbenefits for individuals, their communities and the country. Amy also selectively consults and crafts white papers,

annual reports and strategic literature for corporations and other organizations. She has been a contributing author at

New Paradigm, a Toronto-based think tank with a research focus on technology, innovation and society, and has

contributed to The Business of Wine (Greenwood Press, 2009). Amy began her career covering high-tech from posts in

Boston, New York and San Francisco, where she chronicled the fast-paced industry and its key players, including

Microsoft, a colorful cast of dot-coms and the venture capitalists that funded them. As the Department Editor for

Software at Business Week in the mid- to late-1990s, Amy wrote and edited many pivotal cover stories, features and

commentaries illuminating the Microsoft antitrust saga, the rise of the Web, and the explosive innovation and

entrepreneurial culture of Silicon Valley. Her 1995 cover story for the magazine, The Software Revolution, about the

new world order ushered in by the Web, earned her a Computer Press Award for Expository Writing, and was one of

three submitted cover stories that helped Business Week win the National Magazine Award for its category that year.

Another 1995 article helped launch the moniker Silicon Alley for Manhattans fledgling multimedia corridor. She

joined Wit Capital, a pioneering online investment bank, in late 1998 as Senior Vice President and Director of Content.Wit Capitals mission was to democratize the IPO process by allowing individual investors to get in on the eras hot IPOs

at the pre-offering pricesomething that was previously available only to institutional and well-connected individual

investors. (Wit Capital acquired the bricks & mortar investment bank Soundview Technology Group in 2000, and the

combined company was later acquired by Charles Schwab). Amy left Wit in 2000 to begin a freelance career that

allowed her to explore a broader range of journalistic interests. Her stories about sustainable business for the New

York Times beginning in 2001 were among the papers first serious business coverage of the budding sustainability

movement. As a freelance journalist, she has demonstrated a knack for spotting trends and producing buzz-generating

stories, such as recent articles for the Times on barefoot running and Italian prosecco makers battling for turf, that

zoomed to the top of the most-emailed list. She also penned a real estate column for the Times Sunday Business

section for two years. She has brought that same keen eye to her food and lifestyle writing, where she has introduced

readers to the pleasures of domestic caviar, little known wines and off-the-beaten track travel destinations. These

eclectic interests informed the writing of her book, Locavesting, which takes readers inside the local investment

movement and introduces them to the pioneers creating new models for funding locally-owned businesseswhetherfarmers, mom & pop shops or manufacturers. In the process, these citizens are building healthy, resilient communities

and restoring a more inclusive and just form of capitalism.

Luan Cox is the Founder and CEO of Crowdnetic. Ms. Cox has deep financial data and applications experience and has

previously served as the General Manager and Vice President of Interactive Data Managed Solutions - Americas

(acquired by Silver Lake and Warburg Pincus), Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing for Stockpoint

(acquired by ScreamingMedia and later MarketWatch, now part of IDC), Executive Director of Partner Solutions f or

Quote.com (acquired by IDC). She is also a proud Board member of the Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Advocates

(CfIRA), the Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA) and is a founding Council Member of the Crowdfunding

Accreditation for Platform Standards (CAPS).


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SPEAKERS

Douglas Ellenoff

SPEAKERS

Judith Feder

Douglas S. Ellenoff, a member of Ellenoff, Grossman & Schole LLP since its founding in 1992, is a corporate and

securities attorney with a specialty in business transactions and corporate financings. Mr. Ellenoff has represented

public companies in connection with their initial public offerings, secondary public offerings, regulatory compliance as

well as general corporate governance matters. During his career, he has represented numerous broker-dealers,

venture capital investor groups and many corporations involved in the capital formation process. Mr. Ellenoff and the

rest of the corporate department distinguish themselves fr om many other transactional lawyers on the basis of their

ability to be part of the establishment of new securities programs, like PIPEs, SPACs, Registered Directs, Reverse

Mergers and CrowdFunding, where the Firm's professionals have played leadership roles within each of those

industries, assisting in the creation, formation and strategies relating to those financings, as well as working closely

with the regulatory agencies; including the SEC and FINRA; and the listing exchanges - AMEX and NASDAQ. Ellenoff

Grossman & Schole has been heavily involved in CrowdFunding since its inception. The Firm has sponsored

conferences, webinars and has been invited to speak at different events on the topic. Mr. Ellenoff has met with the SEC

several times to discuss many aspects of the new law, how the industry currently operates and how both the SEC and

FINRA will register and regulate the portals. In the last several years, he has been involved at various stages in

numerous registered public offerings, including 100 financings and, with other members of his firm, over 400 private

placements into public companies (see PIPEs and Venture Capital), representing either the issuers of those securities or

the registered broker-dealers acting as placement agent. Along with other members of his Firm, Mr. Ellenoff has been

involved at various stages with over 70 registered blind pool offerings (commonly referred to as "SPACs"; 27 of which

have consummated their IPO's raising over $1.5 billion). In addition to our IPO experience with SPACs, he has been

involved with 20 SPAC M&A assignments. He also provides counsel with regard to their respective ongoing (SEC, AMEX

and NASD) regulatory compliance.

Judith Feder is a Managing Director at du Pasquier & Co., Inc., a New York and Paris based multi-disciplined, cross

border financial services boutique. Over the past several years she has facilitated the purchase and sale of privately

held second market securities such as Facebook and Twitter to institutional funds. . In addition to advising private

companies on capital raising and growth strategies she also facilitates the acquisition of these companies to private

equity firms. Judith also advises and assists Hedge Funds and Private Asset Management firms increase their assets

under management. She was the founder and President of Harvest Capital Corporation, a fully licensed securities firm

which she sold in 1991. Prior to joining du Pasquier, Judith was a Vice-President at Spencer Trask Ventures, a venture

capital firm which specialized in funding early stage companies. Judith also served as a Director at Carl Marks Capital

Advisors which provided investment banking services for middle market companies. In addition, she was legal counselto Merrill Lynch Hubbard and was directly responsible for the Asset Management of over a billion dollar real estate

portfolio. Judith practiced law in New York for over 10 years and is a member of both the New York and New Jersey

Bars. She attended Tufts University where she received a B.S. She is also an SEC and FINRA registered securities

principal and has her Series 7,63, and 24 l icenses. She was the former president of the New York Chapter of the

Strategic Forum and currently serves on the board. She also served on the Board of The National Foundation for

Teaching Entrepreneurship, an organization that teaches inner city youth skills to start and run their own businesses.

Judith was featured in the book The Comeback which profiles the difficult journey of women who re-enter the

workforce after taking time off to stay home and raise their children. She currently resides in New York City with her

husband, Warren and their three children- Katie and Robbie (twins), who attend Williams College and Julianne who

works for the Internet startup Docurated.com.


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SPEAKERS

Gloria Feldt

John FrankelJohn Frankel has been an early-stage venture investor since 1999. Mr. Frankel was one of the earliest investors in

Quigo Technologies, which was purchased by AOL in December 2007, and in Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD on

NASDAQ), which had a successful IPO in March 2011. He has also served and/or now serves on the boards of 500px,

Adcade, Apparel Media Group, AppyCouple, Alerts.com, Centzy, ClearPath Immigration, Infochimps, InteraXon,

Gobbler, Klout, Patents.com, Parse.ly, Phone.com, Quigo Technologies, StrongTech, The Goldman Sachs Trust

Company, Track.com, VolunteerSpot and Voxy. He is also a Mentor with the Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator

program. He worked at Goldman, Sachs & Co. for 21 years in a variety of roles that involved technology development,

reengineering, and capital markets. In particular, he established Goldmans Cayman offshore administration business,

their London global custody business, and reengineered their global prime brokerage business. In capital markets, he

worked closely with some of the worlds leading hedge funds, and developed a keen understanding of portfolio

risk/return management. He started his business career with Arthur Anderson & Co. in the audit and insolvency

divisions. Mr. Frankel earned a Master of Arts from New College, Oxford where he studied Mathematics, Philosophy

and Logic, and is a Fellow Chartered Accountant of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

GLORIA FELDT is the bestselling author of No Excuses: 9 Ways Women Can Change How We Think About Power; a teen

mom and high school dropout from rural Texas who became a successful CEO and movement leader; an acclaimed

expert on women, power, and authentic leadership; and an inspiring keynote speaker who motivates with heart and

humor and provides practical Power Tools for life and leadership. People magazine calls her the voice of

experience. Glorias expertise in women, power and leadership comes from a deep well of personal knowledge gained

on the frontlines. Her journey from teen mom to president and CEO of the worlds largest reproductive health and

advocacy organization, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, to best-selling author inspires both men and

women. Named by Vanity Fair as one of Americas Top 200 Women Leaders, Legends, and Trailblazers and

Glamours Woman of the Year, shes helped pave the way for women today. She believes this is womens moment to

achieve parity. Her passion is to remove the last remaining obstacle: womens learned resistance to embracing their

own power. Its why women are stuck at 18% of top leadership positions and why the loss of high-performing female

employees keeps organizations from optimal success. Once women stand in their power and walk with intention,

they can lead unlimited lives and reach parity from the boardroom to the bedroom for good their own, and societys

as well. Author of four books, she teaches Women, Power, and Leadership at Arizona State University. Her keynotes

and Power Tool workshops offer fresh insight, inspiration, and practical takeaways participants can instantly use as

leadership skills, concrete solutions and goal achievement plans. Gloria has been widely quoted and published in

media, including the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, The Daily Beast, and magazines including More,

Elle and Ms. She has appeared extensively on television, including CNN, MSNBC, the Today Show, Good Morning

America and The Daily Show. On her website www.GloriaFeldt.com, she writes two popular blogs, Heartfeldt and 9

Ways. She blogs on Heartfeldt Leadership for ForbesWoman.com, appears a Regular Broad on the Sirius XM radio

program Broadside, and hangs out on social media far too much. Follow her on twitter @GloriaFeldt; connect on

Facebook and LinkedIn. She currently serves on the boards of the Womens Media Center and the Jewish Womens

Archive, and co-chairs US Women Connect. She and her husband Alex Barbanell share a combined family of six

children and 14 grandchildren; they live in New York City and Scottsdale, AZ.


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SPEAKERS

Sara Hanks

Connie Koch Harrell

Sara Hanks, co-founder and CEO of CrowdCheck, is an attorney with 30 years of experience working in the corporate

and securities field. She recently stepped down as the General Counsel of the Congressional Oversight Panel, the

overseer of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), which was chaired by Professor Elizabeth Warren. Sara brings a

wealth of legal expertise in securities and start-ups to the emerging crowdfunding marketplace. Her new company,

CrowdCheck, is designed to protect against fraud by performing due diligence checks on entrepreneurs. At the TARP

oversight panel, Sara spent 18 months on Capitol Hill investigating the implementation and consequences of the TARP

in depth. She examined the governments intervention in the automotive companies, the execution of the banking

stress tests, the rescue of AIG, and the international aspects of the financial crisis. Sara has worked with the London

law firm Norton Rose, as well as the D.C. office of Rogers & Wells. She later joined the Division of Corporation Finance

of the Securities and Exchange Commission and as Chief of the Office of International Corporate Finance led the team

drafting the regulations that put into place a new generation of rules governing the capital-raising process and the way

in which non-U.S. companies accessed the U.S. capital markets. In 1990, Sara rejoined Rogers and Wells, which later

became part of Clifford Chance, and in 2002, was elected to the first of three terms on the firms Partnership Council.

During two of those terms, she served on the firms Audit Committee. While at Clifford Chance, she advised on capital

markets transactions and corporate matters for companies in Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America. Sara received her

law degree from Oxford University and is a member of the New York and DC bars and a Solicitor of the Supreme Court

of England and Wales. When not working on corporate and securities matters, Sara is an aunt, Army wife, skier, cyclist,

gardener and animal lover.

Connie Koch Harrell is the President/Founder of Keiretsu Forum Southern California, a company representing a

region within the worlds largest angel investor network. Keiretsu Forum has more than 1000 accredited investor

members throughout our twenty one chapters on three continents Barcelona, Boise, Beijing, Bellevue/Eastside,

East Bay (Founding Chapter) Istanbul, Turkey, London, Madrid, Mid-Atlantic (Philadelphia, DC Metro, and

Pittsburgh), Southern California (Orange County, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Westlake Village), Paris, Portland,

New York/Tri State, North Bay, San Francisco, Seattle/Northwest, Silicon Valley. Connies unique business sense

and creative vision is the blueprint for her proven successes in various industries as both a serial entrepreneur

with retail, telecommunications, printing, graphics and forms design, technology, Internet communitydevelopment and CEO/COO over companies in publications, telecommunications, technology with enterprise

management systems, public relations, and fundraising.


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Hazel Henderson

Matthew Henninger

Hazel Henderson is the founder of Ethical Markets Media, LLC and the creator and co-executive Producer of its TV

series. She is a world renowned futurist, evolutionary economist, a worldwide syndicated columnist, consultant on

sustainable development, and author of The Axiom and Nautilus award-winning book Ethical Markets: Growing the

Green Economy (2006) and eight other books. She co-edited, with Harlan Cleveland and Inge Kaul, The UN: Policy and

Financing Alternatives, Elsevier Scientific, UK 1995 (US edition, 1996), and co-authored with Japanese Buddhist leader

Daisaku Ikeda, Planetary Citizenship (2004). Her editorials appear in 27 languages and in 200 newspapers syndicated byInterPress Service, Rome, New York, and Washington DC, and her book reviews appear on SeekingAlpha, a London

based market e-letter. Her articles have appeared in over 250 journals, including (in USA) Harvard Business Review,

New York Times, Christian Science Monitor; and Challenge, Mainichi (Japan), El Diario (Venezuela), World Economic

Herald (China), LeMonde Diplomatique (France) and Australian Financial Review. Her books are translated into

German, Spanish, Japanese, Dutch, Swedish, Korean, Portuguese and Chinese. She sits on several editorial boards,

including The State of the Future Report, and E/The Environmental Magazine (USA),Resurgence and Foresight and

Futures (UK). Since becoming a full-time media executive in 2004, Hazel has stepped down from her many board

memberships, including Worldwatch Institute (1975-2001), Calvert Social Investment Fund (1982-2005), and other

associations, including the Social Investment Forum and the Social Venture Network. She remains on the International

Council of the Instituto Ethos de Empresas e Responsabilidade Social, Sao Paulo, Brasil; the Program Council of FORUM

2000, Prague, Czechoslovakia, founded by their late President Vaclav Havel; and a Fellow of the World Business

Academy. The first version of her Country Futures Indicators (CFI), an alternative to the Gross National Product

(GNP), was co-created with Calvert Group, Inc.: now renamed the Ethical Markets Quality-of-Life Indicators (DeskReference Manual, 2000), updated regularly at www.calvert-henderson.com. She created the Green Transition

Scoreboard , the Ethical Markets initiative on Transforming F inance, and the EthicMark Award for Advertising the

Uplifts the Human Spirit and Society. In addition, she has been Regent's Lecturer at the University of California-Santa

Barbara, held the Horace Albright Chair in Conservation at the University of California-Berkeley, and advised the U.S.

Office of Technology Assessment, the National Academy of Engineering and the National Science Foundation from

1974 to 1980. She holds Honorary Doctor of Science degrees from the University of San Francisco; Soka University

(Tokyo); Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Massachusetts (USA); and Wilson College, Pennsylvania (USA). She is an

active member of the National Press Club (Washington DC), the World Future Society (USA), a Fellow of the World

Futures Studies Federation and a member of the Association for Evolutionary Economics. She serves as an Honorary

Judge of the Youth Citizen Entrepreneur award and the KATERVA Global Awards for Sustainability. Henderson has

many awards and is listed in Whos Who USA, Whos Who in the World, Whos Who in Business and Finance and Whos

Who in Science and Technology. She is an Honorary Member of the Club of Rome. She shared the 1996 Global Citizen

Award with Nobelist A. Perez Esquivel of Argentina. In 2007, she was elected a Fellow to Britains Royal Society of Arts,

founded in 1754. In 2010 and 2012 she was honored as one of the "Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business

Behavior " by Trust Across America; named to the Post Growth Institute (En)Rich List as one of the top 100 luminaries

exploring and inspiring global prosperity beyond economic wealth; the Good Business New York Leading Women of

2012 ; and for her lifetime achievement, the Award for Natural Law and Order from the Maharishi University School of

Management. In November 2012, Henderson was honored with the Award for Outstanding Contribution to

Development of ESG & Investing at TBLI Europe.

Matthew Henninger is the Founder of The CEDI Society; a national non-partisan membership organization where

citizens, entrepreneurs and businesses are provided with the abi lity to collaborate in CEDI sponsored economic

development initiatives, public service programs and political advocacy platforms that are designed to help create

economic growth opportunities in the United States. The CEDI acronym stands for Citizens Economic DevelopmentInitiative. Mr. Henninger has a 25-year background in Corporate Finance, Mergers, Acquisitions and Operational

Management. He has advised, invested in and acted as a C level manager in both publicly traded and privately held

companies. Mr. Henninger specializes in guiding companies through a process that evaluates the companys

operational, sales and capital needs and then implements strategic initiatives. Mr. Henninger has either operated,

advised or completed financial transactions with companys in a wide rage of industries that include; Financial Services,

LTL Transportation, Bio-Remediation, Short Line Rail Transportation, Medical Products, Medical Chemicals, Medical

Software, Custom Candle Manufacturing, Environmental Engineering, Management Services, Specialty Equipment

Manufacturing, Real Estate Development, Health Care Services, Bulk Materials Transportation, Lumber Distribution,

Telecommunications, Natural Gas Exploration, Pet Food Manufacturing & Marketing, Nutritional Supplements, and

Business Services. In addition to his avid advocacy for important economic issues that are affecting our nations

performance, Mr. Henninger is a supporter of The Stem for Life Foundation, The STOQ Inter national program of the

Vaticans Pontifical Council for Culture and Music Doing Good.


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Lori Hoberman

Constance Hunter

Lori S. Hoberman is the chair of the Emerging Companies / Venture Capital practice at Chadbourne & Parke. Herpractice emphasizes venture capital, private equity, and general corporate counseling for emerging as well as laterstage and publicly traded companies. She focuses on a range of industries, including telecommunications, software,biotechnology and life sciences, social networking, consumer products, Internet search and advertising, gaming andother media. Ms. Hoberman has significant experience in the structuring of, and tax planning for, domestic andoffshore private equity funds.Representative Matters:

Start-up, Private Equity Funding and Buy-out Dealso Mojiva Inc. (mobile advertising platform and facilitator): Series A, B and C funding rounds and

related corporate and technology matters.o Perceptive Pixel (large-screen, multi-touch technology): Strategic funding related corporate and

technology matters.o SenDEC Corp. (consumer electronics manufacturer): Sale to API Technologies Corp. (OTC

BB:ATNY.OB)o F. Hoffman La-Roche and Genentech Inc:. Advice on the combination of licensing, joint venture

portfolios as a result of the completed acquisition by Roche of Genentech.o SunClean LLC (solar-powered trash compactor): Angel funding and all related corporate,

technology and employment.o Gwynnie Bee LLC (online clothing rental and retail): Angel funding and all related corporate,

technology and employment.o

Right Media Inc. (auction-based exchange for the sale of internet advertising): All financing andother legal and business advice from start-up to recent sale to Yahoo! Inc. for a total transactionvalue of $850 million.

o Ouidad Inc. (upscale hair salon and product retail business): Restructuring and sale to JH Partners.

Fund Formationo Silicon Badia Ventures. Venture fund and incubator for U.S. companies seeking access to the

MENA Region markets and for MENA Region companies seeking to set up businesses in the U.S.Activities and Affiliations

Member, Board of Directors of the MIT Enterprise Forum, New York ChapterMember, Board of Directors of CrossPath CulturesMember, New York State Bar AssociationPublications

"Crowdfunding and the JOBS Act: Making Capital More Accessible to Technology Start-Ups (and others)," CorporatePractice NewsWire, September 2012Education

Queens College, B.A., cum laude, 1986 New York University School of Law, J.D., 1989, and LL.M. , 1991

Throughout her nearly twentyyear career, Ms. Hunter has honed her ability to pick a needle from the economic

haystack of data, synthesizing information to identify turning points for economies or markets. Ms. Hunter was most

recently the Deputy Chief Investment Officer for Fixed Income at Axa Investment Managers. Prior to Axa, Ms. Hunter

was a Managing Director and the Chief Economist at Aladdin Capital. Prior to joining Aladdin, she was the Managing

Member and Chief Investment Officer of Coronat Asset Management a global macro fund. Prior to founding Coronat,

Ms. Hunter was a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Quantrarian Capital Management, a hedge fund that invests in

Asian markets. In addition, she has worked as a Portfolio Manager at Salomon Smith Barney, Inc., and Firebird

Management, LLC after starting her career as an economist at Chase Manhattan Bank in Foreign Exchange. Ms. Hunter

received a Bachelor of Arts from New York University, as well as a Masters of International Affairs from Columbia

University. Ms. Hunter is a regular guest on CNBC and Bloomberg TV, as well as being quoted in the Financial Times,Wall Street Journal, Barrons and New York Times to name a few. Ms. Hunter is on the board of the National Association

for Business Economics (NABE), a member of New York Association of Business Economics, a member of Money

Marketeers, Network 20/20 and 100 Women in Hedge Funds. She is a patron of the World Policy Institute.


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James A. Jones

Jason Jones

Candace Klein

James A. Jones is the Director of Business Development at Accuplan and Founder of AlternativeAssetsIRA. He is a

nationally recognized Self-Directed IRA speaker, author and educator and Certified IRA Services Professional. Mr. Jones

regularly presents seminars and industry record attending webinars on truly diversifying retirement plans though

alternative assets in IRAs and Solo 401Ks. James A. Jones works directly with IRA holders, as well as Hedge Fund

Managers, Tax Attorneys, CPAs, Registered Investment Advisers, Family Offices and Real Estate firms and associations.He is the author of the "Self-Directed IRA Workbook", the Industrys first practical step-by-step guide in the process of

investing in self-directed IRAs. He has a prior 20 years spent in financial services working for firms such as Merrill

Lynch and Wells Fargo, managing both the asset and debt side of high net worth clients. Mr. Jones has Series 65, 7, 63,

insurance and mortgage licenses as well as a Finance degree from Harvard University.

Jason Jones is the founder of HighStep Capital, an investment firm the finds and invests in innovation, with a particular

focus on the impact of the Internet on business & society. HighStep Capital has two divisions, a public markets team

the runs a global Internet focused long/short equity fund and a private markets team, which helps established private

companies solve their cap table and liquidity needs by investing in secondary shares offered by employees, ex-

employees, angel investors, and VC investors. Prior to founding HighStep, Jason worked as an Internet focused

portfolio manager at J. Goldman & Co, a NYC long/short equity hedge fund. Previously, he was an Internet analyst at

Goldman Sachs & Co and he was a venture capital analyst at Cambridge Associates. He has also co-founded four

venture backed, web-based startups and he has consulted with Connotate Technologies and MasterCard on

investment related data mining. Jason received his BS from Babson College and his MBA from the Johnson School at

Cornell University.

Candace Klein is the founder and CEO of two successful startup companies: Bad Girl Ventures and SoMoLend. Bad Girl

Ventures is a non-profit organization that focuses on educating and investing in woman-owned startup companies.

SoMoLend (somolend.com) is new technology platform that connects business borrowers seeking loans with lenders

looking to make a return on investment. Candace has six years of lobbying experience, with the Northern Kentucky

Chamber and United Way and four years of legal experience. Candace continues to practice as an attorney with Ulmer

& Berne LLP with a focus on corporate matters, business advocacy and government relations for startup companies

and small business clients. Candace led the Communities Practice at Property Advisors, with the title of "Maven" and

the job description, "run and think." She is actively committed to her neighborhood, Over the Rhine, where she lives

and has based both of her businesses. Candace is a 2008 graduate of Salmon P. Chase College of Law where she earned

her J.D. She also received her bachelor degrees from Northern Kentucky University. Candace is the co-chair of CFIRA.

She works diligently with other CFIRA members to be the voice of the crowdfunding industry. CFIRA works closely with

the SEC and FINRA to establish industry standards and best practices.


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Mitchell Littman

Gene Massey

Mitchell Littman is a founding partner of Littman Krooks LLP and leads the firms corporate and securitiesdepartment. His practice includes public and private offerings, broker-dealer and investment banking matters,secondary market transactions, venture and private equity capital investments and mergers and acquisitions. Mr.Littmans clients consist of public and private companies, broker-dealers, investment banking firms and individualentrepreneurs. In his 29 year career, he has represented issuers, underwriters and placement agents in hundredsof private and public securities offerings, including reverse mergers, PIPEs, IPOs, SPACs, private placements and

mergers and acquisitions. Under his leadership, the firms corporate and securities department has consistentlyheld a national ranking in The Pipes Report of top U.S. PIPE Market Placement Agent Counsel. The firm has asignificant presence in the private secondary market, representing numerous broker-dealer sponsors and privatepartnerships in fund formation, private placement of fund interests and purchases of over $250 million of sharesof such well-known companies as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and various other emerging growth technologycompanies. Recent transactions by the firm, including public and private offerings, mergers and acquisitions,secondary market purchases and corporate transactions in the hospitality/advertising/marketing/sports areasmay be found at the following link: http://www.littmankrooks.com/corporate-representative-transactions/Mitchell Littman graduated, cum laude, with distinction, from the University of Rochester in 1980 and received hisJ.D. degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1983, where he served as Comments Editor of the Brooklyn Journal ofInternational Law. He is a member of the New York County Lawyers Association Committees on Corporations andSecurities and Exchange Commission, and is admitted to the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and EasternDistricts of New York.Recent Speaking Engagements:

Capital Creation and Crowdfunding Conference - March 2012 - Los Angeles, CA

Capital Creation Conference - January 2012 - New York, NY Private Placements, Reg D and the Growth of the Secondary Market - June 2011 - New York, NY

Broker/Dealer Conference The Securities Industry in 2011 and Beyond - May 2011 - New York, NY

The Secondary Market for Private Shares - April 2011 - Webinar

The Private Company Stock Conference - Sept 2010 - Palo Alto, CAPro Bono Activities:

Sunflower Children, a humanitarian aid organization providing survival and development care forimpoverished children.

Camp Sussex, a charity devoted to providing the opportunity for children of limited financial means toexperience a traditional summer camp environment.

Baby Buggy Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to collecting and redistributing infant gear andclothing to families in need (General Counsel 2002 to 2006).

New York Academy of Art, a graduate school offering advanced degrees in art (General Counsel 1991 to1994).

Gene Massey is the Chairman/CEO of MediaShares.com, a company holding an issued U.S. Patent for a new and

innovative business method for Crowdfunding, enabling any company to sell their stock on their own Website or

Facebook page. Known as the "Social Media IPO," MediaShares' methodology can be used in any company's IPO and

is fully-compliant with SEC rules that now make it possible to advertise and market a company's stock online through

social media. MediaShares uses a well-known process called Direct Registration, enabling companies that already

have online fans, customers, or affinity groups to use Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and others to sell their IPO shares

to their massive online communities. In addition to his expertise in securities, Gene Massey is also known as an

Internet Marketing Consultant, with extensive experience in Social Media Marketing and the Branding of Retail

products online. In the past Gene has owned and operated a Los Angeles-based advertising and marketing company.

From 1990 to 1997 Gene worked personally with Ely Callaway, Chairman/CEO of Callaway Golf, creating over four

hundred television commercials that introduced and promoted the "Big Bertha" line of golf clubs. During the periodof time that Gene worked with Callaway, their total sales increased from $21 million in 1990 to $843 million in 1997.

Gene is active in community service and donates his time to the Sri Sathya Sai Service Organization, filming volunteer

doctors in rural villages in Africa and India. He also teaches a weekly class for teenage boys who are incarcerated at

Camp Kilpatrick, a Los Angeles County Youth Correctional Facility.
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Brian Meece

Monika Mitchell

Vince Molinari

Brian Meece plays a mean ukulele and is CEO of RocketHub, one of the worlds top crowdfunding platforms for

artistic, scientific, and business projects featured in The New York Times, Scientific American, NPR, and The

Economist. Brian has lectured on crowdsourced funding at SXSW, TEDx, Columbia University, NXNEi (Canadas

largest interactive conference), among other colleges, conferences and institutions.

Monika Mitchell is the Founder/ CEO of Good Business New York, also known as Good-b, New Yorks award-winning

sustainable business online news and a regular contributor to the Huffington Post. Under Monikas innovative

direction, Good-b was named Standout Company of the Year by the Washington Post Leadership Playlist alongside

of General Motors, Honest Tea, and Starbucks. Monika is a social entrepreneur and an expert on socially and

environmentally sustainable business leadership. She consults business leaders and companies on incorporating

social good into the bottom line. An award-winning thought leader and writer, she was selected as one of the Top

Thought Leaders for Trustworthy Business for 2012 by Trust Across America. Her critically acclaimed book,

Conversations with Wall Street on the financial crisis won the prestigious 2012 Axiom Book Award for Business

Ethics following her tenure as a senior partner at a Wall Street investment banking search firm. Her work appears in

multiple publications nationally and internationally in the U.S., Europe, and India, including WSJ.com, Seeking Alpha,

Bloomberg, Environmental Leader, 3BLMedia, Salon.com, and The Street.com. Her articles and books have earned

numerous awards including the INDIE Award, Foreword Book Award, IPPY Award for New Voices, and the Eric Hoffer

Business Book Award for Social Change. She is an active member of the Values & Business NGO Working Group, the

Global Leaders Forum at the United Nations Global Compact, and a frequent media host and keynote speaker on

business as a social force for good.

As founder and chief executive officer of GATE Technologies, Vincent Molinari has been the driving force behind

GATEs mission to create new market infrastructure that brings transparency, efficiency, and liquidity to the

unstructured global alternative asset markets. He is responsible for GATEs strategic planning and business initiatives,

including corporate alliances and strategic partnerships. His vision is based on a core belief that actionable

knowledge drives investments, and that technology can close the gap between traditional and emerging alternativemarkets. Vince believes opening the private market for investment can spearhead economic growth and job creation.

The companys initiatives in Impact Investing reflect Vinces commitment to bringing positive change through

financial innovation.Mr. Molinari is also the founder of Global Access Holdings LLC, a financial media and analytics

company, which identified a global trend line of illiquid securities and the potential market need for alternative asset

trading platforms. Prior to Global Access Holdings, he was chairman & CEO of Burlington Capital Markets LLC, a

financial services company specializing in institutional execution services and investment banking activities. In

addition, he cofounded Inculab, a technology business incubator. Mr. Molinari began his career at Lehman Brothers

Inc., and has also held senior positions at Janney Montgomery Scott Inc., and Ridgewood Capital Funding, LLC. Mr.

Molinari is a Founding Board Member and Co Chairman of the Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Advocates (CFIRA)

which was established by the crowdfunding industrys leading platforms and experts to work with the Securities &

Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and other affected governmental

and quasi-governmental entities on establishing industry standards and best practices. He is also a Co-Founder and

Executive Committee Board Member of the Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA), a leading tradeorganization for the Crowdfund industry. Mr. Molinari was named as one of the Top 10 Most Influential People in

Business Crowdfunding in Forbes Magazine. (http://www.forbes.com/sites/chancebarnett/2012/08/16/top-10-most-

influential-people-in-business-crowdfunding/) Mr. Molinari is an active speaker on issues related to capital markets

and early stage companies and has been invited to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on

Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises. In addition, Mr.

Molinari consults Members of Congress and Senate on these issues. Mr. Molinari has been featured on CBC Lang and

OLeary Exchange and been quoted and published in a wide range of business media including the Wall Street

Journal, Forbes, Bloomberg News, Advance Trading and Securities Technology Monitor.


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Kathleen Murray

Scott PurcellScott Purcell is the founder of Arctic Island. Mr. Purcell has considerable experience in both the securities and

internet industries. In 1988 he founded a trust company that managed fixed income instruments for institutional

investors and quickly grew it to $300 million in assets. After selling the company to a regional bank, as SVP of the

bank trust department, his unit added over $1 bi llion in assets in the first 6 months post acquisition. During this time

Mr. Purcell also started a bond trading desk, a clearing firm for institutional investors, and published a book "The

Guide to Fixed Income Investing". In 1994 he founded Epoch Networks, one of the industry's first ISP's, and raised

over $60 million in venture capital. One of the early Board members of the Commercial Internet eXchange (CIX), heoften represented the nascent industry before Congress and the FCC. In 1999 Mr. Purcell founded OnAir Networks,

raised over $40 million in venture capital and built the first music storage, streaming and downloading services for

Sony and Universal. During this time he was retained by the Recording Industry Association of America to advise

them on internet technology issues and copyright matters, and to represent the industry before Congress. Since

selling OnAir in 2001, Mr. Purcell has started several ventures, including a search engine wholesale business, a family

tree and journaling website, and an adult social network. In 2011 he founded the equity based crowdfunding

platform, Arctic Island. University of Southern California BS, Business MIT Sloan School of Management Birthing

of Giants Executive Entrepreneurship Program

Kathy Murray is CEO of BoardmyBiz.com LLC, the online community for small businesses to match up with potential

advisory board members and professional service providers in order to enable strategy, execution and growth for

their firms. She also leads McMorrran Strategists, LLC, a portfolio of angel investments and is VP of Global Market

Development for FARO, the leading 3D laser technology measurement firm. Current affiliations include being a Board

Member of Verity Wines LLC (the mid-tier $30M+ wine distributor in NY and NJ for 300 wineries and producers from

14 global wine-producing regions), a Trustee on the University of Rochester Board, a Fellow at the Foreign PolicyAssociation, Membership Co-Chair for Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of NY, a Board Member of Harvard

Business School Women's NYC Association, Member of the Executive Forum, Chair of Executive Forum Angels and has

leadership roles at other organizations. She is quickly becoming an expert on social media, start ups and

entrepreneurship. Previously, Kathy created and led functions at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (PwC) as Managing

Director of Operations. Prior to 2000, she was at Aetna Inc as Senior Vice President of Aetna Retirement Services and

as COO of Aetna Business Resources. She began her career in sales and marketing leadership roles at Aetna and at

INA (now Cigna). Staff reporting to her has been over 3000 people with related budgets of $550 million, as well as the

accountability for the firms spends of over $3 billion. Kathy was able to apply her sales skills to market the

operational functions within these firms in order to achieve significant cooperation, operational efficiencies and

savings. Kathy received a BA in Math and General Science from the University of Rochester and the Advanced

Management Program degree from Harvard Business School. She also holds these professional designations:

Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and Chartered Financial

Consultant (ChFC). Kathy is a learning individual and is sought out by others for her thought leadership. She lives with

her husband in Croton on Hudson, NY and New York City, NY.


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Phil Reicherz

Stacy Robin

Judy Robinett

Philip founded Magnolia Ventures in November 2009 and became its Managing Partner in January 2011. Magnolia

Ventures is an opportunistic venture capital fund that looks to invest in top entrepreneurial teams with great

concepts and a need for advisory services and capital. With their partners assistance, entrepreneurs ideas are

turned into great companies with plans to revolutionize their industries. From January 2005 through January 2011, he

was a Partner at SecondMarket, Inc. SecondMarket has streamlined the historically inefficient process for buying and

selling alternative investments by connecting buyers directly with sellers and providing world-class market and

operations expertise. Philip helped build out their network of more than 100,000 accredited individuals andinstitutions and assisted the firm complete billions of dollars in privately negotiated transactions. From May 2002

through January 2005, he was the East Coast Sales Manager for the CEFS division of UBS Financial Services, LLC. From

September 1997 through May 2001, Mr. Reicherz was the Head of the Online Executive Services Group at Credit

Suisse. From September 1995 through September 1997, he was a Single Stock Risk Management Analyst at Smith

Barney. He received his B.S. from the University of Rhode Island. He holds his Series 7, 24, 63 and 79 licenses. Philip is

the Chairman of CrowdHut, a global distribution platform for successfully crowd funded products and services and a

Fundable LLC Advisor. He was the Chairman of the SecondMarkets Risk Management Committee and member of

the UBS Financial Services Inc. / NFLPA Investment Advisor Committee.

Early in her career, Stacy spent time in various consulting roles developing electronic performance support systems

and training programs supporting corporate goals and initiatives at Fortune 500 companies. Later, at Xerox

Corporation, Stacy managed multinational development teams and workgroups for Global Knowledge and Language

Services. After serving as a Director of Information Technology at Pepperdine University, Stacy founded The Degania

Group in 2003. Working with clients from a multitude of industries, Stacy positions companies for growth, investment

and sale. A frequent speaker for a variety of organizations, she has conducted workshops for both public and private

events across North America. In 2010, she was recognized by NJBiz as one of New Jersey's Top Forty under 40 for her

commitment to business growth, professional excellence and the community. After co-founding a second business,

Cleversation, a firm which invigorates marketing strategies and campaigns with new media tactics, Stacy decided to

spend the majority of her time with a long-term client - and moved her skills in-house to EisnerAmper. An adjunct

instructor for NYU since 2005, Stacys courses educate entrepreneurs and business leaders on starting, growing and

financing their businesses. Stacy has taught in the MBA program at Pepperdine University and for the

Entrepreneurship Pioneers Initiative (EPI, a program of the Center for Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic

Development) at Rutgers Business School. As an EPI partner, she participated in the redesign of program

components, re-wrote curriculum and coached instructors. Stacy has served on ACG NY chapter's CommunicationsCommittee and the global Social Media Advisory Committee. She is currently a member of the FEGS Business

Advisory Council. Stacy actively supports the Young Survival Coalition, is a member of the UJA's Women's Executive

Circle and an EMT for her town's ambulance squad. In her pre-corporate life, Stacy produced non-violent conflict

resolution programs in Michigan correctional facilities. Stacy holds a BA in Language and Communication from the

University of Michigan, where she served as a tutor for the English Composition Board and was involved in piloting its

first on-line writing lab. While earning her MA in Communication Management from the Annenberg School at the

University of Southern California, Stacy spent time in Europe meeting with executives at multinational corporations,

discussing organizational and corporate issues across cultures and nations. During the completion of her MBA in

Business Management from Pepperdine University, Stacy also gained certification in Dispute Resolution from the

School of Law. While in the program, she mediated litigated disputes in the Santa Monica, California courts.

Judy Robinett served as the CEO and president of a publicly-traded biotech company for eight years. She now works

with early stage companies developing their company and funding strategies. Her experience ranges frommanagement positions in large organizations, to serving Board of Directors, to authoring state legislation, and

participating on the team defining performance criteria for the Malcolm Baldrige Award for Medical Excellence, for

which she received an award from President Bill Clinton. With her powerful network of senior executives, funding

sources, and content experts she helps companies identify the things that are often causing them to stal l and brings

together the various resources needed to put them on the right track for success. Whether their needs are a

workable funding strategy, a focused company strategy, or technology resources, Ms. Robinett either fills the needs

herself or calls on her team of internationally renowned experts to get the job done. Ms. Robinett has given 300+

speeches worldwide on funding strategies, licensing, business ethics, transparency, board responsibilities, leadership

(MIT, BIO-EU, Cal-Poly, AT&T, Westinghouse, and the Department of Energy).


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April Rudin

Barbara Russell

Richard Salute

April J. Rudin is the founder of The Rudin Group, a business development firm specializing in wealth marketing

solutions. This is her first entrepreneurial effort and combines her corporate experience, strategic relationships in

financial services/UHNW, and marketing know-how into executing results-driven programs across both traditional

and digital media channels. April is a seasoned professional, who, for more than 20 years, has focused on providing

strategic marketing counsel to financial service firms and other professional firms. The Rudin Groups practice

intersects ultra/high net-worth market, social media strategies and deep knowledge of client acquisition techniques.

One of Aprils unique core strengths is her ability to counsel financial services brands and individuals on creating andexecuting savvy and effective social media marketing programs resulting in thought-leadership and visibility leading

to client acquisition and retention. In a fledgling space, April has quickly risen to the top of the field and has even

been called the single most knowledgeable person in the entire finance-social nexus these days in a November

2011 piece in the Wall Street Journal. Furthermore, @TheRudinGroup was named in March 2012 by Investment

News as one of 20 Must Follow Twitter Feeds for Financial Advisors. She is a frequent blogger/contributor/columnist

on financial services marketing, high net-worth topics, and social media strategies for Huffington Post, New York

Times, Forbes, RegisteredRep, Fundfire, Private Asset Magazine, Ignites and many other trade publications. April is

also a frequent speaker to a variety of audiences which are well-known and respected in the UHNW/HNW financial

services field including Family Office Exchange (FOX), Institute for Private investors (IPI), and Tiger 21. She has also

spoken and presented before audiences in Toronto, Hong Kong and Kuala Lumpur on strategic financial services

marketing and UHNW/HNW topics.

With over 25 years of experience in investment-banking and capital markets, Ms. Russell has raised significant

amounts of capital for technology, media/new media, entertainment and business services companies as well as

provided M&A and other advisory services for a myriad of companies. Ms. Russell is a co-founder with Lou Kerner of

the Social Internet Fund (SIF), a VC fund focused on social media and internet company private shares. She also

served as Managing Director of Institutional Private Equity for National Securities which specializes in raising capital

and providing strategic advice for mid-stage and pre-IPO companies in the technology/internet sector. Prior to

National and SIF, Ms. Russell was Group Head of Media/Entertainment and New Technologies Investment Banking at

CIBC Oppenheimer. She has provided strategic advice to companies such as TCI, Liberty Media, Comcast,

Bertelsmann, Time Warner, and Reuters. Prior to her investment banking career, Barbara was an Institutional

Investor-ranked senior media and entertainment securities analyst with Prudential Securities (Senior Vice President,

Group Head of Media and New Technologies Research) and prior to that, Kidder Peabody (Assistant Vice President,Cable TV/Filmed Entertainment Analyst). Ms. Russell is a member of the Board of Directors of Think Sheets, Inc., Zero

Odor, Inc. and Bold Cap Ventures (a women-led equity fund that she helped form in 1999 with Kay Koplovitz, Founder

of USA Networks). In academia she is a regular guest lecturer at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

Department of Financial Engineering at The Sloan School of Management. Ms. Russell has been a frequent guest on:

CNN; CNBC; and NPR/Wall Street Journal Report. Ms. Russell holds an M.B.A. in finance from the Sloan School of the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a B.A. in Economics from Boston University.

Richard Salute serves as a consultant for CohnReznicks Capital Markets Practice. Based in the Jericho, New York

office, he has more than 37 years of audit, accounting, and tax experience. As an authority on SEC matters, Rich has

been the key accounting and finance professional in numerous initial public offerings and has represented clients that

trade securities on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, NASDAQ and other over-the-counter

markets. Prior to joining CohnReznick, Rich spent 29 years at a global accounting firm managing complex audits for

public and private companies. During his tenure, he was responsible for providing clients with strategic planning

services as well as consulting on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and process evaluation. Richs clients

included large multinational companies and entrepreneurial start ups. In addition to his client responsibilities, he

started three businesses for that firm: the Enterprise Group (New York Metropolitan area), the Technology Practice

(New York office) and the Bankruptcy and Corporate Recovery Practice (nationwide). Rich is a member of the

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Rich graduated from Adelphi University, cum laude, and later taught in Adelphis University Master of Business

Administration program.


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SPEAKERS

Dr. Charles Sidman

Greg Slamowitz

McKenzie Slaughter

Dr. Charles Sidman founded and is Managing Partner of ECS Capital Partners, an early-stage venture fund and Angel

group built on evolutionary principles, based in Bar Harbor, Maine, and operating nationally and internationally.

He is also the founding manager of Crowdfunding Investment (CFI) Angels, an organization "of, by and for

crowdfunding investors.". He is an active participant in the Angel Capital Association (ACA)(being a founding member

and an active participant in its Public Policy Committee), served on the Boards of the Crowdfunding Intermediary

Regulatory Associates (CFIRA) and Crowdfunding Professional Organization (CFPA), and is Past Chair of the Advocacy

Committee of the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds (NASVF). Previously, he held positions in publicand private universities, as well as not-for-profit and for-profit enterprises, in the U.S. and abroad. He has published

over ninety research papers and patents, consulted or lectured at over two hundred companies and organizations,

and is active in economic development, entrepreneurial advising and training, and policy formulation worldwide. He

retired as Professor of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology from the College of Medicine at the

University of Cincinnati, where he also served for many years as Adjunct Professor of Management in the College of

Business and Professor in the university-wide Honors Scholars Program. His education includes Bachelors and

Masters degrees in Biochemistry and a PhD in Immunology from Harvard University, an MBA specializing in

Management from the University of Cincinnati, and sabbatical study in Complex Systems at the Santa Fe Institute. His

primary interest in the crowdfunding arena is to make available to often less experienced investors the resources and

strengths of (VC-like) professional management and (Angel- like) peer interactions in order to maximize productive

returns and minimize losses from crowdfunding investing.

Greg Slamowitz is a Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Ambrose Employer Group, LLC. Prior to co-founding Ambrose, Greg

practiced tax law with Brown & Wood (now Sidley Austin Brown & Wood) in New York City. Greg holds two law

degrees a Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University School of Law, and a Juris Doctorate, with

distinction, from Emory University School of Law in Atlanta. He received his undergraduate degree, cum laude, from

New York University. Greg was the recipient of the 2001 Ernst & Young New York Entrepreneur of the Year award in

the employment services category. Greg is a past president and a former member of the board of directors of the

National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO), his industry's trade association. He is also the

founder and current treasurer of the NAPEO Political Action Committee, and recently received NAPEO's Government

Affairs Leadership Award for his proactive leadership in government affairs. Greg also serves on the Dean's Advisory

Board for Emory University's School of Law. He has previously served as Co-Chair of the Heart & Soul Charitable Fund,

a New York City based charity which financially supports and facilitates projects that provide for the needs of

marginalized individuals in New York City. Greg presents a seminar on techniques for leading a growing company. He

speaks about aligning your people, developing a strong culture, embracing change, among other managerial and

leadership techniques ideal for startups and small businesses.

McKenzie M. Slaughter is Founder & CEO of Prohaus Group, a private company creating financial media and

technology startups for the new economy. Founded in 2009, the companys vision is to bridge the knowledge gap

among investors with a niche focus on building new applications suitable for financial services and investment

management companies. Prior launching her entrepreneurial pursuits, Ms. Slaughter was a management consultant

for private equity firms and corporations specializing in retail, information technology, financial services and

investment management. During this time, Ms. Slaughter played an integral part in projects for Thomson Reuters,Bain Capital, and OMERS Private Equity. During this time, Ms. Slaughter also served as the strategic operations lead

and investment consultant for several startups with a focus in education, information technology and consumer

finance. Prohaus Group currently owns and operates three financial startups: Beyond Capital Markets, Brandups and

Beauty & The Bull Magazine. Ms. Slaughter is also a Mentor/Advisor to entrepreneurs in the MD Idea Lab accelerator.

Ms. Slaughter holds an M.B.A. in Finance & Marketing from Hofstra University and B.S. in Mathematics from

Hampton University.


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SPEAKERS

Robin Smith

Karla Valas

Kim Wales

Robin L. Smith, M.D., MBA is the Chairman & CEO of NeoStem, Inc. Dr. Robin L. Smith expertise in business

development and medicine includes her extensive and diversified experience serving in executive and board level

capacities for various medical enterprises and healthcare-based entities. Since 2006 Dr. Smith has served as

Chairman and CEO of NeoStem, a rapidly growing company in the stem cell sector. In 2010 NeoStem earned the New

Economy Best Stem Cell Company award. Dr. Smith has successfully led the business in completing f ive acquisitions

as well as raising over 100 million dollars toward building one of the leading companies in the emerging cell therapy

industry. From 2000 to 2003, Dr. Smith served as President & Chief Executive Officer of IP2M, a multi-platform mediacompany specializing in healthcare. During her term, the company was selected as being one of the 10 fastest

growing technology companies in Houston, Texas. IP2M was sold to a publicly traded company in February 2003.

Previously, from 1998 to 2000, Dr. Smith was Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for Health Help, Inc.,

a National Radiology Management company that managed 14 percent of all healthcare dollars spent by large

insurance companies. Dr. Smith has acted as a senior advisor to, and investor in, both publicly traded and privately

held companies where she has played a significant role in restructuring and or growing such businesses. She currently

serves on the Board of Trustees of the NYU Langone Medical Center and is past Chairman of the Board of Directors

for the New York University Hospital for Joint Diseases where she headed up new development efforts and board

member recruitment. Dr. Smith has also served on the Board of Choose Living as well as other public and private

companies. Currently, Dr. Smith is the President and serves on the Board of Directors of The Stem for Life

Foundation, a non-profit entity with a goal of educating the public about the growing benefits of stem cell therapies

and applications. Dr. Smith received a medical degree from Yale University in 1992 and a master's degree in business

administration from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1997.

Karla DAlleva Valas is managing director of the Complex Asset Group for Fidelity CharitableSM, an independent

public charity with a donor-advised fund program. In her current role, Ms. Valas manages a team of attorneys that

bring deep knowledge and technical expertise to donors who wish to contribute sophisticated assets, such as

privately held C-corp or S-corp shares, to charity. Ms. Valas and her team work directly with donors, their advisors,

and corporate and business lawyers to facilitate charitable transfers of these assets to achieve the most favorable tax

treatment with the greatest charitable impact. Prior to overseeing the Complex Asset Group for Fidelity CharitableSM

and its unique service offering, beginning in 2001, Ms. Valas was Fidelity Charitables chief compliance officer

responsible for providing integrated tax, legal and compliance support for the donor advised fund program. Ms. Valas

joined Fidelity Investments in 1998, serving in various roles before supporting Fidelity Charitable. Previously, Ms.

Valas was an appellate court attorney for the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division Third Judicial Department.Ms. Valas earned her bachelor of arts degree in chemistry and sociology from Mount Holyoke College and a juris

doctorate from the New England School of Law. She also earned a master of laws degree in taxation from Boston

University School of Law. She is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of

New York. Ms. Valas is an active member of the Junior League of Worcester, Inc., where she is a past president and

also served as vice president of finance and treasurer.

Kim Wales writes for several publications and is the founder of Wales Capital, a business consulting firm specializing

in strategic business and technical Banking initiatives, the JOBS Act Title II and III and Sustainable Development.

She is in the process of developing a third party application for the crowd funding industry. Kim served as the CEO of

a Fund Administrator with $6.5 Billion AUA until March 2012. Prior, Kim spent 17 years as an international bankingconsultant, leading strategic development, tactical decision making and planning by acting as the hands, eyes and

ears for Executive Management. She has led initiatives for Butterfie

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