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Yeshiva University Professional Networking Group

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YU WALL STREET GROUP (YUWSG)

The YU Wall Street Group provides opportunities for professionals in finance to learn about current issues in the industry from experts in the field, network with each other, and assist students and young alumni interested in pursuing careers in finance. The YUWSG consists of over 2,000 experienced business professionals who are Yeshiva University alumni and friends.  Members of the YUWSG currently work in top-tier financial service companies; investment and commercial banking, global wealth management, hedge funds, private equity and venture capital, as well as research and sales & trading.

The YU Wall Street Group, now in its fourteenth year, in partnership with the YU Department of Institutional Advancement, hosts programs and lectures covering the most pressing issues in finance today, and has led to mentoring, internship, and job opportunities for current YU students and alumni. 

Past speakers include:

Bill Ackman, Pershing Square Capital Management
Tom Apple, ITOCHU International Inc.
Daniel Arbess, Perella Weinberg Partners
Jeff Aronson, Centerbridge Partners
Lawrence Askowitz, Bank Street Group
Ariel Beery, MobileODT
Harvey Beker, Millburn Ridgefield Corporation
Stephanie Breslow, Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
Lawrence Burian, Madison Square Garden
Saul Burian, Houlihan Lokey
Dan Ciporin, Canaan Partners
Andrew Conway, Credit Suisse
Leon Cooperman, Omega Advisors, Inc.
Isaac Corre, Eton Park
David Cowan, Bessemer Venture Partners
Michael Eisenberg, Aleph
Kathleen Fisher, AllianceBernstein
Gedaliah Friedenberg, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Gilles Gade, Cross River Bank
Michael Gamson, Freepoint Commodities
Mike Granoff, Maniv Mobility
Alan "Ace" Greenberg, JP Morgan
Matt Greenwood, Two Sigma Investments
Seth Haberman, Visible World
Andrew Herenstein, Monarch Alternative Capital
Ahron Herring, Yeshiva University
Roger Hertog, Hertog Foundation
Lance Hirt, Stonecourt Capital
Sarah Hofstetter, 360i
Sheri Kaiserman, Wedbush
Jason Kanefsky, Havas Media
Henry Kaufman, Henry Kaufman & Company
Lou Kerner, Flight VC
Alan Kestenbaum, Globe Specialty Metals
Henry Kressel, Warburg Pincus
Marc Lasry, Avenue Capital
Thomas H. Lee, Thomas H. Lee Partners
Stuart Levi, Skadden
David Margulies, Finagra
Tracey Massey, Mars Chocolate NA
Seth Masters, AllianceBernstein
Peter May, Trian Partners
Jon Medved, OurCrowd
Michael Mendelson, AQR
Edward Mule, Silver Point Capital
Andrew Neff, Gartner
Tom Nides, Morgan Stanley
Jake Novak, CNBC.com
Leslie Payson, First Data Corporation
Daniel Posner, Golub Capital
Michael Reitblat, Forter
David Sable, Y&R
David Samson, Miami Marlins
Eran Shir, Nexar
Paul Singer, Elliot Management Corporation
Neal Soss, Credit Suisse
Michael Steinhardt, Steinhardt, Fine, Berkowitz & Co.
Steven Tananbaum, Goldentree Asset Management
Bruce Taragin, Blumberg Capital
David Teten, ff Venture Capital
James S. Tisch, Loews Corporation
C. Howard Wietschner, private investor
Mark Wilf, Minnesota Vikings
Aaron Wright, Cardozo School of Law
Ahmed Zayat, Zayat Stables | American Pharoah
Leon Zemel, Sharecare, Inc.
Gregory Zuckerman, Wall Street Journal

Lawrence Askowitz* ’87YC, Co-Chair    
Evelyn Havasi* ’82S, ’85C, Co-Chair
Ovadya Aryeh '02SB
Sender Cohen* ’90YUHS, ’94YC
Marc Gelbtuch ’91YUHS, ’96SB
Andrew Herenstein* ’84YC
Lance Hirt* ’87YC
Joel Mael* ’79YC
Steven Major* ’90YC
Jonathan Neiss '94YUHS, '97YC
Moshe Orenbuch ’84YC
Daniel Posner* ’91YC
Bennett Schachter '97SB
Daniel Schwartz* ’88YC
Jeffrey Silber ’84YC
Howard Wietschner* ’84YUHS, ’88YC

*Member of Yeshiva University Board of Trustees or a Board of Overseers

Principals Committee (in formation)

Shai Barnea '03YC
Jared Bernheim
Simon Brookim '11SB
Daniel Chesner
Adam Chill '89YC
Daniel Danesh '13YC, '16C
Eric Distenfeld '97YUHS, '01SB
Andrew Gelbtuch '10SB
Neli Gertner '16C
Nikki Kurland '15S
Simeon Siegel '02YUHS
Michael Strongin '02YUHS
Bruce Taragin '89YC
David Tawil '96SB
Burton Weinstein '84YC
Audrey Weitz
Alex Zarzhevsky '97SB
Tsvi (Greg) Zilberstein '00YC

Advisory Committee (in formation)

Ami Aharon ’87YUHS, ’91SB
Saul Burian* ’85YC
Lance Carr
Aryeh Colton ’86YC
Debra Jacobs '94SB
Robert Kantowitz* ’73YUHS, ’76YC, ’76SB
Steven Levy
Meir Lewis* ’94YUHS, ’98YC
Allen Pfeiffer* ’92YC
Jonathan Silber ’98YC
Wesley Thomas '15YC
Jake Weichholz*

Federation Committee (in formation)

Manny Adler* '72YUHS, '76YC
Nicole Bock '16S
Allie Brookim
Basyah Klyman '11S, '14C
Gilad Kopelman '10SB
Arieh Levi '16SB
Steven Linder
Jamie Minkove '96SB
Amanda Nussbaum* '95S
Leslie Payson '91C
Cindy Remin
Sammy Schwartz '16SB
Joel Strauss '82YUHS, '86YC, '92C
Tova Weingarten '15SB

Stay tuned!

Privacy and Data Protection

  

Moderator:
Jules Polonetsky, Chief Executive Officer, The Future of Privacy Forum

Featuring:
Gal Ringel, Co-Founder & CEO, Mine
Anne Toth, Director, Alexa Trust, Amazon
Frances Zelazny, Chief Marketing Officer, Signals Analytics

This event is presented by the YU Technology and YU Legal Groups

Hosted online


The Evolution of Marketing Financial Institutions


  

Moderator:
Joshua Landes, Managing Member, Co-founder, Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC

Featuring:
Susie Charendoff, Investor Relations, Antheus Capital
Aryella Frommer, Partner, Head of Investor Relations, Trian Partners
Sari Mayer, Director of Marketing and Investor Relations, Global Credit Advisers

This event is presented by the YU Wall Street and YU Marketing Groups

Hosted online


Trends in Agriculture Technology

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Moderator:

Kenneth Scott Zuckerberg, Lead Industry Analyst - Grain, Farm Supply & Ethanol, CoBank

Featuring:

Patrick Morand, President, Management Company; Partner, Open Prairie

Chris Paterson, xarvio Project Lead for North America, BASF

Orlando Saez, Chief Executive Officer, Aker Technologies Inc.

This event was presented by the YU Technology Groups

Was hosted online

Click here for the webinar recording


A Global Perspective of the Capital Markets

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Moderator:

Zoya Raynes, Managing Director, Senior Relationship Management, Bank of America

Featuring:

Rick Bensignor, CEO, The Bensignor Group

Julian Emanuel, Managing Director, Chief Equity and Derivatives Strategist, BTIG

Jonathan Golub, Managing Director, Chief U.S. Equity Strategist, Credit Suisse
This event was presented by the YU Wall Street Group

Was hosted online


The Future of HealthCare: Behavioral, Medical and Financial

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Moderator:

Dr. Avi Fischer, Divisional Vice President, Medical Affairs, and Chief Medical Officer for Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM), Abbott

Featuring:

Dr. Anurag Gupta, Founder and CEO, Tembo Health

Alon Joffe, Founder and CEO, Eleos

Mehrdad Shafaie, Co-Founder and CEO, CoreCare

This event was presented by the YU Wall Street and YU Technology Groups

Was hosted online

Click here for the webinar recording


Corporate Venture Capital in Israel

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Moderator:

Moshe Friedman, Head of Amdocs Ventures, Amdocs

Featuring:

Amir Fridman, Senior Director, Corporate Development and Capital Investments, Western Digital

Tomer Goldberg, Corporate Development and Cisco Investments, Cisco

Merav Weinryb, Managing Director, Qualcomm Ventures

This event was presented by the YU Wall Street and YU Technology Groups

Was hosted online

Click here for the webinar recording


Opportunities in Technology Sales

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Moderator:

Michael Katz, Security Sales Specialist, Infoblox

Featuring:

Jillian Greenberg, Account Manager, Infoblox

Doron Greenspan, '12YC, Account Executive - NY Metro Enterprise Accounts, MongoDB

Ezra Kapetansky, ‘16SB, Account Executive, OwnBackup

 

This event was presented by the YU Technology Group

Was hosted online

Click here for the webinar recording


How to Pivot if your Business is Upended

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Featuring:

K.C. Kanaan, CEO and Founder, Envoy America

David Siegel, CEO, MeetUP

This event was presented by the YU Wall Street Group

Was hosted online

Click here for the webinar recording


The Business Potential of Digital Transformation

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Featuring:

Daniel Cohen-Dumani, Partner and Leader, Digital and Technology Transformation, Withum

Charles Popper, CEO, TechPar Group

This event was presented by the YU Technology Group

Was hosted online


The Current Market for Distressed Debt

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Moderator:

Josh Joseph, ‘12SB, Director, Black Diamond Capital Management

Featuring:

Josh Brody, Partner, Jones Day

Simon Brookim, ‘11SB, Principal, Centerbridge

Ian Glastein, Managing Principal, Monarch Alternative Capital

Matt Rahmani, ‘09SB, Director, Perella Weinberg Partners

This event was presented by the YU Wall Street Group

Was hosted online

Click here for the webinar recording


Special Purpose Acquisition Corporations

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Moderator:

Gil Ottensoser, Head of SPAC Banking and Capital Markets, BTIG

Featuring:

Eric Gomberg, Head of SPAC Banking, Odeon Capital Group

Gary Julien, Managing Director, Acquisitions, Schultze Asset Management, LP

David Sultan, Chief Investment Officer, Fir Tree

 

This event was presented by the YU Wall Street Group

Was hosted online

Click here for the webinar recording

Click here to see the program’s Power Point


5G: From Infrastructure to Applications

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Moderator:

Blanka Dalezman,’84SCW, Director, Digital Business Systems, Ericsson

Featuring:

Yossi Cohen, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy, Technology, Marketing and Head of Business Development, Ericsson

John Ghiradelli, Senior Vice President, Digital Infrastructure, Macquarie Group

Jason Young, Senior Vice President of Partnerships and T-Mobile Ventures, T-Mobile

This event was presented by the YU Wall Street Group and YU Technology Group

Was hosted online

Click here for the webinar recording
 


Investment and Trade Opportunities Stemming from the Abraham Accords

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Moderator:

Jason Greenblatt, ‘89YC, Former White House Envoy to the Middle East

Featuring:

Sabah al-Binali, Head of the Gulf Region, OurCrowd

Gilad Carni, CEO and Founder, UAE Israel Joint Innovation Office

Jonathan Medved, CEO, OurCrowd

Philip Rosen, ‘83YC, Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

 

This event was presented by the YU Wall Street Group

Was hosted online

Click here for the webinar recording


Cloud Computing Trends in the Financial Services Industry

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Featuring:

Joshua Feldman, SB ‘97, Head of Cloud Client Enablement, Engagement, & Engineering, JPMorgan Chase 

Naomi Klamen, Head of Customer Engineering, New York Financial Services, Google

 

This event was presented by the YU Wall Street Group and YU Technology Group

Was hosted online

*This Event was Sponsored by ACE IT Solutions


Drones in the New Autonomous World: Deliveries, Security and Beyond

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Featuring:

Jonathan Richton, Investment Banker, Imperial Capital Israel
Yariv Bash, CEO and Co-Founder, Flytrex & Founder, SpaceIL
Ivan Stamatovski, CTO, Easy Aerial
Noah Bell, CMO, FlyTech

This event was presented by the YU Wall Street and YU Technology Groups.

Hosted online.

Click here for webinar recording.


Investing in Israel

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Featuring:

Natti Ginor, Head of Israel Investment Banking, Jefferies
Adam Eisenberg, Managing Director / Partner, Ibex Investors, LLC

This event was Presented by the Wall Street Group.

Hosted online.

Click here for webinar recording.


Insights Into the HealthTech Industry in the COVID-19 Era

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Featuring:

Gur Roshwalb, MD, Managing Director, aMoon Fund
Roy Weisner, Managing Director, aMoon Fund
Tal Wenderow, President & CEO, Vocalis Health

This event was co-presented by the YU Technology Group.

Hosted online.

Click here for webinar recording.


What You Need To Know About Our Public Pension System (....seriously)

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Featuring:

Clive Lipshitz, Managing Partner, Tradewind Interstate Advisors

Hosted online.

Click here for webinar recording.


Exploring the Latest in EdTech

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Featuring:

Harris Goodman, SVP, Corporate Development, Achieve3000
Seth Haberman, CEO, Sense.Education
Judah Karkowsky, SVP, Corporate and Business Development; Global Head, M&A, Cengage
Joshua N. Schwartz, Founder & Managing Partner, East Wind Advisors
Jeff Silber, Managing Director, BMO Capital Markets

This event is co-presented by the YU Technology Group.

Hosted online.

Click here for webinar recording.


An Important Discussion About China

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Featuring:

David Goldman, Economist and Columnist, Asia Times
David Woo, Head of Global Rates, FX and EM FI Strategy and Economic Research, Bank of America

Hosted online.


Technology Platforms at Financial Institutions

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Featuring:

Motti Finkelstein, Former CTO, Citi
Tsvi Gal, Former CTO, Morgan Stanley
CJ Jaskoll, Head of Investment Technology, Neuberger Berman
Cindy Remin, Global Technology Liaison, Blackstone

This event was co-presented by the YU Technology Group.

Hosted online.


The State of Investment Banking

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Featuring:

Laurence Grafstein, Deputy Chair of Investment Banking, RBC
Jim Millstein, Co-Chairman, Guggenheim Securities, LLC

Moderated by Moshe Orenbuch ‘84YC, Managing Director, Credit Suisse

Hosted by Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
450 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY

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The Markets in 2020

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Featuring:

Rick Bensignor, Founder, The Bensignor Group
Morris DeFeo, Partner & Chair, Corporate Department, Herrick, Feinstein LLP
Jason Horowitz ‘94YC, Head of US Bond Investments, CIFC Asset Management
Tobias Levkovich, Chief US Equity Strategist, Citi

Moderated by Ahron Herring ‘91YUHS, ‘95YC, Chief Investment Officer, Yeshiva University

Hosted by Herrick, Feinstein LLP
2 Park Avenue, New York, NY

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Mobility as a Service

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Featuring:

Sam Jurkowicz, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Buggy TLC
Paul Suhey, Co-Founder & COO, Revel
Zachary Wasserman, Chief Strategy Officer, Via

Moderated by Michael Granoff, Founder & Managing Partner, Maniv Mobility

Hosted by Yosef Levine ‘‘95YUHS, ‘99SB at Deloitte
1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY

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Click here to read about the event.

Co-hosted by the Technology Group.


Israeli Companies Changing the Cyber Security Industry

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Featuring:

Galina Antova, Co-Founder & Chief Business Development Officer, Claroty
Itay Malinger, Co-Founder & CEO, Curv
Derek Vadala, Global Head of MIS Cyber Risk Group, Moody’s Investors Service
Oren Wortman, Director, Cyber Security Operations, Sygnia

Introductory remarks by Nadav Zafrir, Co-Founder & CEO, Team8

Hosted by Yosef Levine ‘‘95YUHS, ‘99SB at Deloitte
30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY

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Israeli Technology Companies Driving Media Consumption

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Featuring:

Gil Becker, President & CEO, AnyClip
Avi Cohen, COO & Co-Founder, LiveU
Hilary Kay, Vice President, Marketing & Communications, Wibbitz
Dana Poleg, Vice President of Marketing, Kaltura

Moderated by Joy Marcus, Venture Partner, Jerusalem Venture Partners

Hosted by David Papier ‘85YC at Dentons
1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY

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Click here to read about the event.


The Role of Corporate Boards

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Featuring different perspectives from

Peter Reali, Senior Director, Responsible Investing, Moody’s (Cyber Risk)
Bruce Schanzer ‘91YC, ‘93C, CEO, Cedar Trust Realty (CEO)
Rachel Stern, Executive Vice President, FactSet (Diversity)
David Tawil ‘96SB, President, Maglan Capital (Activist Investor)

Moderated by Bradley Scher ‘82YC, Managing Member, Ocean Ridge Capital Advisors

Hosted by Amanda Nussbaum ‘95S at Proskauer LLP
11 Times Square, New York, NY

This event was co-hosted by the YU Legal Professionals.

Click here to see photos.
Click here to read about the event.


Israeli Technology Companies Impacting the Real Estate Sector

A Conversation with

Sivan Blasenheim, CEO, Rentigo
Doron Cohen, CEO, Covercy
Ely Razin, CEO, CrediFi
Guy Zipori, CEO, Skyline AI

Moderated by Charlie Federman, Partner, Silvertech Ventures

Hosted by Goodwin Procter LLP
620 Eighth Avenue | The New York Times Building, New York, NY

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Click here to read about the event.


Israeli Companies Transforming the Broadband Industry

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A Conversation with:

Dudi Baum, Co-Founder & CEO, Sckipio
Izik Kirshenbaum, Co-Founder, Chairman & President, Siklu
Alfred West, Chairman & COO, Skywire Networks

Moderated by Jay Jubas ‘86YC, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Co.

 

Click here to see photos.

Click here to see Jay Jubas’ slides.


Outlook for Distressed Debt Ten Years After the Great Financial Crisis

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A Conversation with:

Andrew J. Herenstein '84YC, Managing Principal, Monarch Alternative Capital
Edward A. Mule, Chief Executive Officer, Silver Point Capital
Steven A. Tananbaum, Founding Partner & Chief Investment Officer, Goldentree Asset Management

Moderated by Saul E. Burian '85YC, Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey

Hosted by Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
1177 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY

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Developing Transferable Skills for a Non-Linear Career in Finance

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A Conversation with

Lance Hirt ‘87YC, Managing Partner, Stonecourt Capital
Leslie Payson ‘91C, Head of Sales Compensation, First Data Corporation
C. Howard Wietschner ‘84YUHS, ‘88YC, Private Investor; retired Partner, Goldman Sachs

Hosted by Credit Suisse
One Madison Avenue, New York, NY

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A Conversation with Roger Hertog

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A Conversation with Roger Hertog,
Vice Chairman Emeritus, AllianceBernstein
President, Hertog Foundation
Chair, Tikvah Fund
Chairman, Jewish Leadership Conference

Moderated by Lawrence Askowitz '87YC,
Managing Director, Bank Street Group
Chair, YU Wall Street Group

Hosted at Yeshiva University’s Beren Campus

Click here to see photos. 

 

For information about the YU Wall Street Group, please contact:

yuwsg@yu.edu

646-592-4486

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