Steering Committee of the New York Hedge Fund Roundtable
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The New York Hedge Fund Roundtable is run by a ten person Steering Committee which was formed in January 2007. This upgraded the management of the organization following four years in which Stanley Goldstein ran this by himself.
Finance Committee
The Finance Committee is responsible for approving Roundtable expenditures and preparing budgets. This Committee is responsible for overseeing the preparation of tax returns.
Legal, Ethics and Best Practices Committee
One mission of the Roundtable is to enhance the professional standards of the hedge fund industry through its leadership in setting forth recommendations for best practices and legislative reform. In this regard, the Committee will be responsible for considering developments emphasizing best practices for the hedge fund industry, such as the President's Working Group Reports, and for identifying opportunities to comment on proposed legislation. The Committee will be responsible for identifying opportunities to communicate the Roundtable's endorsement and expectations of high ethical conduct from the hedge fund industry. The Committee will also consider legal issues relating to the Roundtable such as contacts and legal disclaimers. In addition, the Committee will monitor regulatory and self-regulatory websites to identify legal developments that relate to the hedge fund industry and help communicate such developments to Roundtable members and add relevant content to the website.
Liaison Committee
The Liaison Committee is responsible for identifying other hedge fund organizations and coordinating with them in an effort to cross-market and share relevant information. In addition, the Committee will be responsible for gathering information on other organizations and recommend improvements to the Roundtable's website and benefits.
Media and Special Events Committee
The Media and Special Events Committee will liaise with the press and oversee public relations for the Roundtable. The Committee will also identify opportunities to publicize the Roundtable and its mission and organize special events, including educational seminars and networking events. The Committee will also be responsible for taking pictures at Roundtable events and coordinating with the Technology Committee for publication of photographs on the website.
Speakers' Bureau
The Speakers' Bureau will recruit speakers for each monthly Roundtable and any other special events. Speakers and their presentation topics should support the mission of the Roundtable. This Committee will work with the Membership Committee to design topics of interest that maximize the usefulness of each session for the speaker and the members in attendance. In addition, the Committee will identify topics to be discussed during the open forum of each session, including drafting open-ended questions and leading group dialogue. Questions should relate to the theme of the speaker's presentation, be topical and of interest to the members in attendance. The Committee will also be responsible for securing the appropriate venue for each monthly session and any special events.
Sponsorship Committee
The Sponsorship Committee will be responsible for identifying new sponsors and maintaining relations with existing sponsors. In addition, it is expected this Committee will work with the Liaison Committee to consider sponsor candidates, benefits offered to sponsors, and the price point for each level of sponsorship.
Technology Committee
The Technology Committee is responsible for the oversight, design and maintenance of the Roundtable's website. This includes adding industry relevant content. The Committee will also consider webinars and an industry blog. The Committee will work with the Liaison Committee to determine which links to add to the website and the Media and Special Events Committee to post pertinent public relations information on the website.
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Timothy P. Selby
Tim Selby is a partner at Alston & Bird and serves as the current president of The New York Hedge Fund Roundtable. His legal practice focuses on advising clients with respect to the structuring, formation and management of hedge funds, managed futures funds, and private equity funds. In addition, he provides regulatory and compliance advice to investment advisers, commodity trading advisors, and commodity pool operators. He also serves as Chair of the Committee on Futures and Derivatives Regulation of the New York City Bar Association, a member of the Lawyers Advisory Forum of the Managed Funds Association and is licensed as a CPA. He is listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business where he is recognized for his expertise in the hedge fund and managed futures sectors.
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Stanley Goldstein
In 1964 Stanley Goldstein founded Stanley Goldstein & Company, which eventually became Goldstein, Golub Kessler & Co., CPA's. The firm grew to 125 people under his leadership. After retiring from accounting, Stanley conducted an informal investment banking practice, which now focuses on financial services. Among his dozen activities are consulting to Gerson Lehrman Group, Quadriserv, Inc., The Manhattan Institute, and managing The New York Hedge Fund Roundtable.
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Carol Van Atten
Carol Van Atten has been working in the nonprofit world for over twenty years. Currently she is the Vice President for Programs at the Charles Hayden Foundation in New York. The Foundation focuses on the development of children and youth in the New York and Boston metropolitan areas. Her responsibilities include establishing grant strategies and overseeing grantee progress within an annual portfolio of $17 million. Carol also serves as Chair of the Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Global Impact Funding Trust and is a Member of the Corporation of the New York Botanical Garden. She has served on the Allocations Committee for the New York Women’s Foundation. Carol received her AB in Economics from Vassar College and JD from Brooklyn Law School.
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Timothy G Sledge
Tim Sledge is a research analyst covering the financial services sector in the Large Cap U.S. Equity Fund at Bessemer Trust. Prior to joining Bessemer in June 2005, Tim was a research associate at Sanford C. Bernstein covering life insurance companies. He was also employed at Davis Advisors, Robert R. Meredith & Co. and BlackRock. Tim holds a Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts.
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David Toomey
David Toomey is an attorney with ten of years of experience in the US Congress where he served as a legislative director for a member of the House of Representatives, as well as a legislative aide for two other members of the House of Representatives and a US Senator. He covered a wide range of issues, including energy, financial services, health care and telecommunications. After leaving Captiol Hill, Mr. Toomey was a Director of Government Relations for HIP Health Plans and a consultant for National Democratic Institute in Kosovo, where he worked with the legislature of Kosovo. He has also served on several congressional and presidential campaigns.
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Marc E Schneider
Marc Schneider is a Senior Vice President of the Avenue Europe Funds based in New York. In such capacity, he is responsible for identifying, analyzing and modeling investment opportunities in Europe. Prior to joining Avenue, Marc was a Director at Salomon Smith Barney in the Investment Banking Department. Previously he practiced corporate law at Cravath Swaine & Moore and Stroock & Stroock & Lavan.
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Sheldon I Hirshon
Sheldon Hirshon is a senior member of Proskauer Rose LLP's Corporate Department. With over 30 years of experience as a corporate and transactional attorney, Shelly has developed a broad-based practice encompassing complex domestic and international matters. As a result, his experience covers a diverse array of matters involving corporate governance, general corporate transactional matters, bio-tech start-ups, restructures, and corporate finance. He has advised clients in numerous industries including hedge and private equity funds, insurance, apparel, entertainment, lodging and travel, real estate, consumer goods, retail, financial services and electronics He is also actively involved in non-profit matters as a founder of or advisor to New York Cares, Youth America Grand Prix, the Motorcycle Association of New York State, Leave Out Violence, and other non-profits.
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Ben Plantan
Ben Plantan oversees strategic marketing and business development for the four New York City metropolitan offices of JH Cohn LLP. Prior to joining JH Cohn, Ben provided major Korean corporations with strategic consulting services at both International Services Group and Booz-Allen & Hamilton. Ben also spent four years in Washington, DC at CGI Group where he was a process redesign and financial systems consultant to a number of major government agencies. Ben is currently Co-Director for the New York City chapter of Drishtipat, a nonprofit working for human rights and development in Bangladesh. Ben earned his BA from the University of Pennsylvania as a triple major in International Relations, Economics, and Korean Studies.
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Naomi McMahon
Naomi McMahon is Executive Dirctor of The VIA Group, an independent, full-service advertising and maketing agency. In this role, Naomi oversees new business opportunities for VIA, and assists companies with producing effective marketing, branding and advertising strategies for growth. Prior to joining VIA, Naomi provided strategic marketing and business development consultancy services for leading-edge Irish technology companies at Enterprise Ireland. Naomi is actively involved with many not-for-profit organizations including GOAL USA, Trinity Foundation and YWCA-NYC. Naomi received her Bachelor degree in International Marketing and Strategic Management from Trinity college Dublin.
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Gabrielle Guttman
Gabrielle Guttman is President of connext consulting inc., a consultancy that employs an integrated and customized approach to successfully elevate businesses to the next level through strategic introductions, business development, marketing and public/investor relations. Prior to founding connext consulting inc., Gabrielle was Vice President of Business Development & Marketing for Southridge LLC. At Southridge, Gabrielle was responsible for hedge fund marketing, public/investor relations and marketing financial products to global public companies. She previously held Business Development and Marketing roles at Kroll Inc. and Grey Group Inc. Gabrielle's financial career began at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. as a Corporate Finance Analyst where she helped execute equity, debt and M&A transactions across a wide range of industries.
Gabrielle graduated Magna Cum Laude from Barnard College, Columbia University. Since 2003 she has held Board and Advisory positions with Barnard Business and Professional Women, a not-for-profit alumnae organization. Throughout her career, Gabrielle has been an active volunteer and currently holds leadership positions with notable not-for-profit and philanthropic organizations focused on the financial services industry, women's initiatives and children's development.
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Young Lee
Young Lee, CFA, Esq. is currently a Director at MacKay Shields. Prior to his current role, Young was the General Counsel of Principled Capital Management and the Chief Legal Officer of Oppenheimer Capital. Young received his J.D. from New York University School of Law and his B.A. from Cornell University. Young is a CFA charterholder and licensed to practice law in New York.
Steering Committee
Stanley Goldstein
Sponsorship Committee
Carol Van Atten
Technology Committee
Timothy G Sledge
Finance Committee
Speakers' Bureau
David Toomey
Speakers' Bureau
Marc E Schneider
Finance Committee
Sponsorship Committee
Ben Plantan
Legal, Ethics and Best Practices Committee
Media and Special Events Committee
Sponsorship Committee
Technology Committee
Naomi McMahon
Media and Special Events Committee
Gabrielle Guttman
Liaison Committee
Young Lee
Legal, Ethics and Best Practices Committee