Board of Advisors

Erik Gershwind serves as President and Chief Executive Officer for MSC Industrial Supply Co., a leading North American distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair, and operations products and services based in Melville, New York. For over 20 years, Erik has managed key aspects of MSC's business. Erik served as President and Chief Operating Officer from 2011-2012, was named Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in 2009, and was elected to MSC's Board of Directors in October 2010. Erik graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and magna cum laude from Harvard Law School. Erik serves on the Board of Directors for the Gershwind and Jacobson charitable foundations and as Chair of the Board of Advisors for the University of Pennsylvania Libraries. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Sid Jacobson JCC of East Hills, New York, and is a member of the UJA Federation of New York’s New Leadership Committee. Erik lives in Old Westbury, New York, with his wife, Jackie, and three children, Jake, Sophie, and Max.

Stacey Bennett graduated from the University of Pennsylvania summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics in 1995. She holds a Juris Doctor and Master of Taxation from New York University School of Law. She was a Trusts and Estates Associate at Cravath, Swaine and Moore before becoming a full-time mother and dedicating herself to several charitable endeavors. Presently, Stacey is the Chair of the Netter Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania. She also serves on the Manhattan Women’s Division of AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Stacey lives in Manhattan with her husband, Michael, and her three children.

Judith L. Bollinger is the CEO of Judico Capital Pte. Limited, a Singapore-based fund that invests in Pan Asian listed equities. She is also the non-executive Chairman of ABG Sundal Collier, an investment bank listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Judith has more than 30 years of experience in the securities business in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Her early career focused on equity research, and she was a top-ranked analyst for Goldman Sachs in New York. In 1993, she relocated to the Goldman Sachs London office to become Head of UK and European Research. Judith has served as the Chairman of the Development Committee for the British Library, and she is currently the Chairman of the Finance and Audit Committee of the Foundling Museum, which houses archives of the 18th Century Foundling Hospital. She is a trustee of Independent Opera, a platform to support and develop young talent. Judith is the past Chair of the University of Pennsylvania Libraries Board of Advisors and a past member of Penn’s Board of Trustees, Penn’s Investment Board, and the Wharton Executive Board for Asia.

Sandra Choi Brigode began her career in financial securities. In New York, she was a Vice President in the Securitized Products Group of Morgan Stanley and specialized in the auto finance, student loan, and utility industries. Sandy also worked in the Debt Capital Markets group of Goldman Sachs, primarily with the firm's energy and power clients. Sandy, a mother of two young children, has recently relocated from Honolulu back to New York. In Honolulu, she held leadership roles with a number of prominent local nonprofit organizations. She was the Vice Chair of the St. Clement’s School Board, where she led the investment committee and financial aid committees. She worked to inaugurate an annual benefit dinner and chaired the event twice. She has served on the board of the Honolulu Zoo Society and has been active in fundraising there. Sandy also served on the benefit committees for prominent Honolulu organizations including the Kapiolani Center for Women and Children and the Honolulu Museum of Art. Sandy received an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and her BA in Economics from Northwestern University.

Eduardo Costa is the Founder of Calixto Global Investors and Portfolio Manager of the Fund. Prior to founding Calixto Global Investors in 2013, Eduardo spent five years as the Director of Research at JAT Capital Management. Before JAT, Eduardo was a Managing Director and Analyst in the TMT group at Carlyle Blue Wave Partners. He spent the four previous years as an Analyst at Shumway Capital Partners and a member of the SCP Omni Fund team, covering the TMT and Travel, Leisure, and Gaming sectors. Eduardo began his career as an Analyst at Lazard Asset Management in the Emerging Market Equities group. Eduardo earned a BA in Economics and International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania before going on to earn an MBA from Columbia Business School. Eduardo is first-generation Cuban-American and grew up in South Florida. He is fluent in Spanish.

James Crowley is a Senior Managing Director and Global Life Sciences lead in Accenture Strategy. His role focuses on helping C-suite executives in the Life Sciences industry drive better strategic outcomes. He also has accountability for global Accenture Life Sciences clients. James has more than 20 years of consulting experience working with biopharmaceutical companies across a number of business areas including sales and marketing, supply chain and operations, information technology, and medical affairs. He specializes in strategy development, organizational reshaping, and capability building to support the evolving needs of businesses. James is a member of the Accenture Global Leadership Council. He is an Executive Sponsor for Accenture’s undergraduate recruiting at Penn since 2007. James has volunteered for the Penn Alumni Interview Program since 2011. Additionally, he is a Steering Committee member of the Jay Sigel Invitational, a charity dedicated to raising money for prostate and breast cancer research for the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute at the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center. James lives in Wayne, Pennsylvania, with his wife Kelly (NU’97) and their two children, Jack and Liam.

Ali Cudby is the founder and CEO of Alignmint Growth Strategies, a consultancy dedicated to helping clients reduce customer churn and improve customer experience. She is also the author of the #1 bestselling book, Keep Your Customers: How to Stop Customer Turnover, Improve Retention and Get Lucrative, Long-Term Loyalty, (Morgan James Publishers, 2020) and an adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Purdue University. Ali first cut her teeth in the world of customer experience after graduating from Wharton Business School and joining The New York Times Company’s corporate planning group. She also had stints in strategic marketing at the Golf Digest Magazine Group and Animal Planet TV Network before opening her own shop. Ali has been an active Penn alumna, serving on the University of Pennsylvania Libraries Board of Advisors and Trustees' Council for Penn Women as co-chair of the Leadership, Development and DEI Committees. Upon moving to Indianapolis in 2017, Ali restored the Penn Club of Indiana and served as President. Ali is a Tri-Chair of Momentum 2021: The Power of Penn Women Conference.

Paula Douer is Vice President of the Crescent Garden Company, a premier home and garden provider of plant containers, accessories, and related products dedicated to "help you grow" successful, inspired gardens. Paula co-founded the business in 1999 with her husband, Harry Tchira, and she takes the lead on the commercial side of the business — sales, marketing, brand management, e-commerce, and digital and social media — as well as driving the company direction on sustainability and gardening community engagement. 

Paula graduated in 1995 from the College of Arts & Sciences with a dual major in history and economics, where through extensive research she first fell in love with the Penn Libraries. She currently serves as one of the Vice Presidents of NGB (the National Garden Bureau).

Paula lives in Miami Beach, Florida, with her husband and two children.  

Laurie G. Gliklich graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and received her Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School. After working at the firm Goodwin Procter practicing corporate law, Laurie moved to in-house counsel roles, initially with CareMatrix Corporation. In 1997, she helped to found Outcome Sciences, a real-world and late-phase outcomes research company in the pharmaceutical and provider spaces which was acquired by Quintiles Transnational Corporation in 2011. After Outcome, she became active in multiple philanthropic organizations including the Women’s Philanthropy Executive Board at Combined Jewish Philanthropies, as well as the Board of Trustees of Temple Emanuel. In addition, she serves on the Board of Achieve, a tuition-free educational program serving low-income, middle school-age children. Laurie has served in many volunteer capacities at The Fessenden School, The Winsor School, and The Rashi School. She lives in Weston, Massachusetts, with her husband and three children, two of whom are Penn alumni.

Joe Glossberg is a principal in the Chicago-based investment counseling firm Gofen and Glossberg. He is both a chartered financial analyst and chartered investment counselor and holds memberships in numerous professional bodies in the world of finance. Glossberg’s civic involvements include serving as president of the board of the Jazz Institute of Chicago, and as a trustee of the Merit School of Music, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Knox College. Glossberg is Vice Chair of the board of the Chicago Jazz Orchestra and a corporate board member of Changing Worlds, a cross-cultural program for Chicago Public School kids. Glossberg’s long record of service to Penn includes membership on the board of trustees; the investment board and the steering committee of the Campaign for Penn; chair emeritus of the Penn Libraries Board of Advisors; vice chairman for the Midwest President’s Council; and as a founding member of the alumni council on admissions. Glossberg is a recipient of the Penn Alumni Award of Merit.

Wendy Commins Holman is a Partner of Ridgeback Capital, a health care focused investment fund which is dedicated to investing in life-saving and life-changing technologies. Prior to joining Ridgeback, Holman worked at U.S.-based ZBI Equities, a multi-billion-dollar public equity investment fund and its parent company, Ziff Brothers Investments. Between 1999 and 2014 Holman held various positions including health care sector head and director of research at ZBI Equities, and Principal at Ziff Brothers Investments. Holman has four children and lives with her husband and their Rhodesian Ridgeback (the mascot of Ridgeback Capital) in Miami, Florida.

Marilyn Kramer Weitzman Kahn is president of The Weitzman Group Inc., a nationwide real estate consulting firm headquartered in New York City. Since 1981, Kahn has been a principal in her own firm, which evaluated major trophy properties such as Rockefeller Center, One World Financial Center, and 7 World Trade Center. She was formerly an assistant vice president of the Investment Services Division at Landauer Associates Inc., in New York City. Kahn received her bachelor and master degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Business Administration in finance from New York University. Kahn’s active professional affiliations include: National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries, Counselors of Real Estate, Association of Real Estate Women, Appraisal Institute, Urban Land Institute, and New York Women Executives in Real Estate. Kahn has served as a Board Member of the New York City Industrial Development Agency and is a past faculty member of The Real Estate Institute of New York University and the Appraisal Institute.

Jordan is a co-founder and Managing Partner at Angeles Equity Partners, where he is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the firm's investment activities. 

Prior to co-founding Angeles Equity Partners in 2014, Jordan co-led the Industrials vertical at The Gores Group. During his over 11 year tenure at Gores, Jordan served as a member of the board of directors for numerous portfolio companies. Prior to joining Gores in 2002, Jordan was a member of UBS Warburg’s Los Angeles office, where he focused on providing coverage to private equity firms and originating new transaction ideas. In 2000, Jordan was a founding member of eVolution Global Partners, a venture capital firm established by Texas Pacific Group, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Bain & Company. Jordan began his career in 1996 at Colony Capital, an international private equity firm focused on real estate-related investments.

Jordan received a BS in Economics with a concentration in finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. A native of Los Angeles, Jordan resides there with his wife and three children.

Ms. Kislak joined Rialto in 2024 and serves as a Managing Director in the Investment Management group.

Prior to joining Rialto, Ms. Kislak was a Managing Director at Blackstone in the Real Estate Debt Strategies group where she led the Capital Markets team, responsible for capital markets activity across vehicles in the US, Europe, and Australia. Prior to Blackstone, Ms. Kislak was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs focusing primarily on the pricing, structuring, and distribution of commercial real estate loans and securities.

Ms. Kislak graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Huntsman Program with a BS in Economics from the Wharton School and a BA in International Studies from the College of Arts and Sciences. Ms. Kislak sits on the CREFC Board of Governors as well as City Harvest’s Generation Harvest Board.

Jeffrey Lin is the Global Head of Equities for Sculptor Capital. He is also an Executive Managing Director and a member of the Portfolio Committee. Lin oversees public equity investments globally within Sculptor Capital's Fundamental Equities and Merger Arbitrage strategies. He works closely with investment professionals across geographies and asset classes to maximize the Firm’s research capabilities in the investment process. Lin has over 24 years of investment experience, specializing in arbitrage and event-driven investing. Prior to joining Sculptor Capital in 2005, Lin was a Senior Analyst at Sandell Asset Management. He was also a Portfolio Manager at Avery Capital Management and an Analyst at Jefferies & Company. Lin holds a BS in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a former trustee of Western Reserve Academy.

Stephan Loewentheil graduated with honors from Washington and Jefferson College, and obtained his Juris Doctor from Cornell University Law School. He has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Washington and Jefferson College and has served on its Investment Committee. Stephan founded and is the president of The 19th Century Rare Book and Photograph Shop and its subsidiary Luxury Catalogs. For over three decades the firm has been one of the world's leading dealers in important rare books, manuscripts, and photographs. His clients include the White House, under five presidents from Bush through Obama, great universities and national libraries, as well as many of the world’s leading private collectors. His books and photographs are in the collections of and have been exhibited in libraries and museums worldwide including University of Pennsylvania, the Getty Museum, Tsinghua University Art Museum, Cornell University, Beijing University, the National Gallery of Art, the Library of Congress, Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Portrait Gallery in London, and the Israel Museum. Over three decades, he has created world-renowned personal photographic collections including early Western American landscape photography, Mathew Brady and the Civil War and China. Stephan's personal collection of early China photographs is the most important holding in the world. It has been exhibited at a number of university museums and libraries in the United States and in China. Stephan also owns and operates an organic farm in Delaware County, New York, growing organic produce and breeding and raising specialty cattle, sheep, turkeys, and chickens.

Haniel J. Lynn is the Chief Executive Officer of Kastle Systems International (KSI), the industry leader in managed security solutions and services consisting of a family of five security brands including Kastle Systems, Mutual Security Services, Stat Land Security Services, CheckVideo and Urban Alarm. Prior to joining Kastle in 2018, Haniel spent 16 years at CEB, now Gartner, and most recently served as Group President of its Best Practices & Decision Support business and member of the company’s executive leadership team. Prior to this role, Haniel led the Sales & Marketing, Communications, and Financial Services practices, where he was instrumental in bringing business-critical insights to market. Under his direction, CEB published the Wall Street Journal best-selling book The Challenger Sale and, more recently, The Effortless Experience — both lauded for challenging conventional wisdom and shifting management paradigms. Prior to joining CEB, Haniel was Vice President of Business Development and Strategy at LYTE, Inc., where he developed the business and operating model, led partnership development activities, and raised capital to support the early growth of the company. Before LYTE, he spent a number of years as a consultant with McKinsey & Company. Early in his career, he worked with GE Information Services. Haniel graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and holds an MBA from the Wharton School. In addition to serving on the Board of Advisors of the Penn Libraries, he also is a member of the board of directors of Rise Companies Corporation, an online real estate investment platform.

Chuck MacDonald retired as Senior Portfolio Manager at Elliott Associates, a $21 billion hedge fund located in New York City. At Elliott, MacDonald oversaw the firm's domestic private equity, high yield, and distressed portfolio encompassing a wide array of industries and corporate structures. MacDonald has served on numerous public and private corporate boards of directors as well as numerous creditors' committees. MacDonald earned his Bachelor of Science in economics with a concentration in finance from the Wharton School in 1981, and completed his Master of Business Administration at Columbia University in 1985.

Marc Magliacano is a Managing Partner for L Catterton, the largest dedicated consumer private equity firm in the world with 17 offices and over $15 billion under management. As a Managing Partner in L Catterton’s Flagship Buyout Fund, Magliacano has lead investments in the health, wellness, and related sectors since 2006. Magliacano sits on the firm’s Senior Leadership Council as well as a permanent member of the firm’s Investment Committee. Prior to joining L Catterton, Magliacano was a senior investment professional at North Castle Partners, a private equity firm focused on consumer investments that benefit from healthy living and aging trends. During his eight years at North Castle, he led investments in the consumer health care, nutrition and wellness, and fitness sectors. Prior to joining North Castle, Magliacano worked at NMS Capital, the merchant bank of NationsBanc Montgomery Securities, making growth investments in early stage consumer and retail businesses. Magliacano is an active member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO). Magliacano has been a volunteer for Penn’s Alumni Interview Program for over 15 years and has been a frequent semi-finalist judge for the Penn Wharton Startup Challenge. Magliacano received a BS in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business with dual degrees in Finance and Operations and Information Management and received an MBA from Columbia Business School. Magliacano resides with his wife, Maria (NU’98), and their four daughters in New Canaan, Connecticut.

Cindy Mark graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a dual degree that included a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. From 1995-2003, Cindy was the Director of Marketing at Saks Fifth Avenue where her main focus was directing all aspects of Saks’ customer loyalty program — SaksFirst — including strategic planning, program analyses, direct mail communications, and external partnerships. In 2000, this program accounted for 35% of Saks’ overall sales volume. Prior to her career at Saks, Cindy was a marketing manager for TCJC, a company that manufactured and marketed celebrity-endorsed jewelry and accessories on QVC. At Penn, Cindy has been involved since graduation as a member of her class gift and reunion committees and serving on the Penn Fund Executive Board from 2015-2018. Cindy lives in New York City with her 3 children where she is a member of the Auxiliary Board of Mount Sinai Hospital.

William is the CEO of DeepDyve, a privately held enterprise technology company in Silicon Valley that offers a digital library platform for scientists and researchers in small to medium-sized businesses. Previously, he served as an executive officer at Acxiom Corporation (NSDQ: ACXM) where he led the company’s Data, Digital and Direct Marketing Services Organization. Mr. Park joined Acxiom in 2005 through its acquisition of Digital Impact (NSDQ: DIGI) where he served as founder, chairman, and CEO since 1997. He is also Board President of Spirit Rock, an Insight meditation retreat center in Marin County, and serves on the Advisory Council for the Asian Pacific Fund, a philanthropic organization supporting the Asian and Pacific Islander community in the Bay Area. Mr. Park graduated Penn with a BA in Anthropology and received an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. 

Eric Reiter joined Brentwood in 1999. Presently, he serves as a Director of Boston Proper, ClassWallet, Excelligence Learning Corp., Jefferson Dental Care, SAXX Underwear, Soft Surroundings, Sundance Holding Company, and The Teaching Company. Previously, he served as a Director of Spectrum Clubs and was active in the sale of Bell Automotive in late 2004, Oriental Trading Company in 2006, and Array Marketing Group in 2012. Prior to joining Brentwood, Eric worked in the merchant banking division of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, where his primary responsibilities included analyzing and structuring investments for the $3 billion DLJMB II L.P. private equity fund. He graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a dual bachelor's degree in finance and operation and information management from the Wharton School of Business. He currently serves as a member of the Penn Libraries Board of Advisors. Previously, he was a member of both the Undergraduate Financial Aid Leadership Council and the Penn Fund Executive Board, the University of Pennsylvania’s undergraduate annual giving program. In addition, Eric joined the Board of Trustees of The John Thomas Dye School in 2013, an independent, nonsectarian elementary day school located in Los Angeles, California, serving students in kindergarten through sixth grade. His son Andrew is a student at Penn.

Mark Rosenbaum is a Managing Partner of Aurora Capital Partners, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm focused on making control investments in US-based industrial and business service companies. Mark has been with Aurora since 2001. Throughout his career, he has served on multiple corporate Boards of Directors. Prior to joining Aurora, he was with Summit Partners, a private equity firm in Boston and with Montgomery Securities, an investment bank in San Francisco. Mark earned a BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA, where he was a Carter Fellow. He is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Village School, an independent day school in Pacific Palisades, California. Mark lives in Santa Monica with his wife and three children.

Jane Kislak Sands is a Senior Manager at Royal Caribbean where she focuses on corporate strategy and continuous improvement. Jane joined Royal Caribbean after receiving her MBA from the Wharton School. Prior to Wharton, Jane was a management consultant with Oliver Wyman and a Senior Analyst at JPMorgan Chase. Jane received her MBA from the Wharton School in 2019 with a concentration in Strategy and her BA in Government from Harvard University in 2013. She lives in Miami with her husband and newborn son.

Andrew N. Schwartzberg is the Managing Member of Preservation Services, LLC and Pennant Housing Group, LLC. Andrew is also a principal in The Affordable Housing Management Group, LLC, and Subsidized Rental Housing Investments, LLC and a principal and managing member of Housing Inc., a real estate acquisition, management, and advisory firm. Previously, Andrew was a principal at Capital Management Strategies Financial Services, Inc. Prior to joining CMSFS, Andrew worked for SAC Capital Management, Inc. (Point 72), a leading New York hedge fund. At SAC, his duties included developing proprietary pricing models and heading his group's trading efforts. While Andrew was at SAC, he helped launch a second fund, JL Advisors, that was focused on event-driven trading strategies and the purchase of high-yielding fixed-income securities. Previously, Andrew worked at Schroder Wertheim Inc., an international investment bank with over $50 billion in assets, as an equity and fixed-income analyst. Andrew graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. He serves as senior advisor to The National Foundation for Affordable Housing Solutions and is a founding board member of the Community Services Foundation. Andrew is a member of MARAB (Mid-Atlantic Regional Advisory Board) for the University of Pennsylvania and both the DC chapter and Los Angeles Wilshire chapter of Young Presidents Organization. Andrew was formerly a trustee at The Holton Arms School located in Bethesda, Maryland and is currently a trustee at the Windward School in Los Angeles, California. Andrew was formerly on the board and an executive committee of the Joyful Heart Foundation. Andrew recently moved from Bethesda, Maryland, to Pacific Palisades, California, with his wife Jaime and their three daughters, Sophie, Ava, and Kate.

Andy Snyder is currently CEO of Cambridge Information Group, a family-owned investment firm and Vice Chairman of Clarivate (CVLT), a global leader in providing solutions to accelerate the lifecycle of innovation. From 2003 to 2021, Andy was responsible for building ProQuest from a legacy company of 190 employees to one of the leading providers of information and software solutions to the global academic and research community with nearly 3,000 professionals. CIG sold ProQuest to Clarivate (CLVT) in May 2021 for a combination of cash and stock and continues to be a meaningful shareholder in CLVT today. Andy is responsible for the management and investment decisions for CIG and its businesses. Prior to joining CIG, Andy spent seven years at the Goldman Sachs Group where he focused on traditional media, technology, and services investing for the firm’s private equity fund. Andy also spent one year as the Assistant to the Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs. Andy graduated cum laude from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and earned a JD from Georgetown University Law Center, where he graduated magna cum laude. In addition to Clarivate, Andy currently serves on the Board of Advisors of the Penn Libraries. He formerly served on the Board of Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO), Blucora, Inc. (BCOR), The Association of American Publishers, and The Browning School. He and his wife Molly live in New York City with their two children.

Jenna Stapleton has served as the Executive Director of the Denver-based Harmes C. Fishback Foundation since 2009, a charitable trust that provides financial support to nonprofits in Colorado. Jenna also serves on the Board of Advisors of ACE Scholarships Colorado, whose mission is to provide children of low-income families with scholarships to private schools in grades K-12. She is also a board member of Young People in Recovery, a national nonprofit that provides peer support services for youth and young adults in recovery — or who are seeking recovery — from substance use disorder. In 2024, she became a member of the Board of Advisors for the University of Pennsylvania Libraries after being a part of the Penn Libraries Orrery Society since 2018. Jenna, her husband Walker, son Craig, and daughters Colette and Olivia live in Greenwood Village, Colorado. Jenna graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and was co-captain of the women’s Penn squash team. She also holds a graduate degree in social work from the University of Denver as well as a certificate in marriage and family therapy from Denver Family Institute. Jenna is currently working toward her license in clinical social work. Jenna’s passions include watching live music, playing tennis, doing yoga, acquiring pets, meditating, playing mahjong, reading and being a mom.

Mina Wattenberg graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania. Wattenberg has an extensive professional background in global luxury brand management that encompassed international sales and merchandising, product management, global business planning and development, and management of licensing partnerships, with companies that included Godiva, Coach, and Reebok. At Penn, Wattenberg and her husband endowed both The Mina C'94 and Gregg Wattenberg Family Fund which supports acquisitions for Penn's Music Library and The Wattenberg Family Fund for Community Outreach which provides financial support to the Penn Libraries First Generation Low Income Program to assist Penn FGLI students and the Penn Libraries Public School Partnership to help children in Philadelphia access important library and learning resources. Wattenberg is also a member of the Penn Libraries' Orrery Society Council. Wattenberg lives in New York City and Connecticut with her husband, Gregg, and their two children. She is an active PA Board member at the Trinity School in NYC.

Candice Wang Willoughby rejoined BeaconLight Capital, a New York-based investment management firm, as a partner responsible for Marketing & Business Development in 2022. Previously, she served as Head of Client Strategy and on the executive management team for BHS Advisors, which managed a multi-strategy hedge fund within Brookfield Asset Management. Ms. Willoughby was solely responsible for the development and implementation of BHS Advisors’ client strategy relating to capital partnerships from pre-launch to the external capital raise. Prior to that, she was BeaconLight’s Head of Business Development for over six years. Ms. Willoughby brings over 20 years of institutional sales experience from UBS, ABN Amro, and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ). She started her career in equity research at DLJ.

Ms. Willoughby graduated with honors from the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and a minor in East Asian Studies. She is an active alum, currently serving on the Board of Advisors for the Penn Libraries and the Trustees’ Council for Penn Women. She is also a board member of Colombier Acquisition II, a publicly traded SPAC, and serves as an advisor for Science & Technology Partners, an investment firm focusing on health care and AI.

Ms. Willoughby and her husband Robert relocated with their family to Knoxville from New York in 2021. Their three daughters Penny, Kirby, and Quinn attend the Webb School of Knoxville where Ms. Willoughby is a member of the Investment Committee for the school’s endowment. She serves as a Trustee for the Knoxville Museum of Art as a member of the Finance Committee. In her limited free time, she hosts children on behalf of Safe Families of Knoxville and enjoys all things Vol nation and playing pickleball and mahjong.

Anna Yaeger is a Partner and Head of Public Equities at 5AM Ventures, a leading investment firm focused on building next-generation life science companies. Prior to 5AM, she was President and Portfolio Manager for the public equity strategy of Ally Bridge Group. Prior to Ally Bridge Group, Anna worked at Point 72 Asset Management as a Portfolio Manager overseeing a public equity health care portfolio. She began her career in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Goldman Sachs. She holds a BS in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where she graduated magna cum laude. Anna and her family live in New York City.

Stephanie Zilberman graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Harvard College and received her MBA from Wharton. She began her career in finance, first in the Investment Banking division at Bear Stearns, specializing in health care. She also worked at Mount Sinai Hospital in the Department of Health Policy. After receiving her MBA, she worked at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, eventually becoming a member of the Senior Management team of the Investment Management division. Most recently, she was appointed as a member of her town’s Metro District Board. She is currently a member of the Society of Fellows of the Aspen Institute. Zilberman has served in many volunteer capacities at her children’s schools, including running the committee that served as a liaison between school administration and parents. Zilberman lives in Aspen, Colorado, with her husband Dan, WG'01, and their three children.