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CorpGov is pleased to announce the agenda of the second Princeton CorpGov Forum taking place on Thursday, May 21, 2026 at The Nassau Inn in Princeton, New Jersey. Our speaker lineup includes industry leaders and alumni spanning five decades at Princeton, with topics spanning university endowment, shareholder activism, private equity, venture capital, public and private capital markets, entertainment, and college sports finance. The forum, held at the Prince William Ballroom, includes an afternoon of panels, firesides and networking, followed by a reception with cocktails and abundant hors d’oeuvres.
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Agenda – Thursday, May 21
2:00 pm – Registration and networking – The Prince William Ballroom
3:00 pm – Forum begins – The Prince William Ballroom
3:00 p.m.: AI and cybersecurity in the boardroom
3:30 pm: Sports Finance: Collegiate Approach
15:55: The entertainment business
16:15: Assessment of public and private capital markets
16:45: Private capital governance: from investment to exit
17:15: Activism: Governance from the perspective of investors and the board of directors
5:45 p.m.: Endowments: Governance and alternative investments
6:15 pm – Cocktail Reception – Prince William Ballroom
The event will be digitized in a report published on CorpGov and content partners Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg Terminals, Reuters via LSEG Workspace and AlphaSense, filmed in 4K with professional editing.
We invite all members of the Princeton community along with institutional investors and operating company executives. For more information, please send an email Editor@CorpGov.com.
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The first Princeton CorpGov The forum was organized together with the New York Stock Exchange and Goldman Sachs, held on May 22, 2025 at The Nassau Inn in Princeton, New Jersey.
Featured speakers and attendees
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Pablo Haaga ‘70, former PresidentCapital Management and Research Society; Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation; Board Director, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
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Ned Nalle ’76, President, Copper Beeches, Inc.; Previously, ION Media Networks, ABC Studios, Universal President World Television, Universal Studios
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Thomas Courtney, Jr. ’86, President and CEO, The Courtney Group
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Curtis Glovier ’86, S’87, P’19, P’25, Chief Investment Officer, Star Mountain Capital
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Robert Maciejko ’88, founder of the Board AI Institute; Managing Partner, Oaks Prime Family Office
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John Evans ’91, Co-Founder and CEO, Tractus Asia
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Philip beetle ’97, CEO, gift sets
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Kevin McLaughlin ’97, Vice President of Corporate and Brand Marketing, Dataiku
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David Burkett ’98, Managing Partner and Founder, Integrity Growth Partners
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Brian O’Kelley ’99, Co-founder and CEO of Scope3
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Ari I. Weinberg ’99, Employee, Pensions and Investments; Board member of the HBS Club of Connecticut; Class Agent, Princeton University Annual Gift
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Brian Kirschbaum ’02, Partner, Astra Capital Management
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James Shin ‘05, President, Film and Television, HYBE America
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Judson Wallace 2005, CEO of White Rabbit Capital; Former Princeton men’s basketball captain
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with clayPartner, New York Director, Longacre Square Partners
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Lawrence S. Elbaum, Shareholder Activism Practice Co-Head and Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
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Jon FeldmanPartner, Head of Commercial Law Group, Goodmans LLP
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Juan GrauPresident, InvestorCom
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Rafique JiwaniVice President of Private Equity at Goldman Sachs
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Lisa KaplanFounder and CEO, Alethea
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Andy Katzgeneral partner, BrknPar Ventures (Sports Technology Growth Capital Fund)
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Ryan KeatingIndustry Leader, Risk Services, Eisner Advisory Group
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Juan priceFounder and Executive Director, high ground Market
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Michael Robinson, President and CEO, The Montgomery Strategies Group
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David SchulhofFounder and CEO of MUSQ Global Music Industry ETF (NYSE: MUSQ)
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karen snowCEO of Rose & Co. Capital Advisors; Former Global Head of Listings, Nasdaq
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Zach SwartzPartner, Real Estate Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions, Vinson & Elkins LLP
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Ken Traub, PresidentPresident and CEO, Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq: CMTL)
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Patrick A. WesterhausPartner, Cyber Risk Services, EisnerAmper
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young christopherinvestment banker, former head of mergers and acquisitions and proxy fight research, ISS
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John Jannarone ’03, CEO, CorpGov (Moderator)
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Jarrett Banksdirector of operations, CorpGov (Moderator)
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John Quigley, Co-founder and former managing partner of Nassau Capital (Moderator)
