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Gordon B. Fowler, Jr. is President and Chief Executive Officer of Glenmede and a Director of The Glenmede Trust Company, N.A. An independent and privately owned investment and wealth management firm with more than $40 billion of assets under management, Glenmede serves individuals, families, endowments, foundations and institutional investors. Mr. Fowler joined Glenmede as Chief Investment Officer, following a career with J.P. Morgan where he served in several management positions, including as Global Head of Investment Management for the Private Bank and as Head of Quantitative Equity Management for Institutional Asset Management. Over the course of his career, Mr. Fowler has been responsible for the development of numerous equity and asset allocation strategies and has authored and co-authored several pioneering articles on private client and institutional investing. Mr. Fowler received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University and a Master of Science degree from New York University Graduate School of Business. He has served on the board of numerous national and community organizations including the Curtis Institute of Music, the Princeton Theological Seminary, the Church Pension Fund, Philadelphia Futures, the Clergy Assurance Fund and St. James School. Additionally, Mr. Fowler received the Ken Heath Award, which recognizes executives who have championed the advancement of women in finance.

I love building early stage companies. Whether it was during my 11 years as a venture capitalist at an early stage venture fund, as founder and president of a venture-backed startup, or managing director of a BDC structuring venture debt to later stage companies, I've always been passionate about building great companies. Now, I'm in the incredible position to lead a team of investment professionals that drive innovation and entrepreneurship in the the Philadelphia region. Each year our group invests in more than 50 early stage companies and provides seed capital to another 50 companies. Our internal investment expertise includes technology, life sciences, healthcare, and physical sciences. I can honestly say that I don't think there is an organization anywhere that does more for innovations and entrepreneurship in their region.

Dana Telsey (born 1962, in New York City, New York) is the CEO and chief research officer of Telsey Advisory Group. She is an American consultant and top-ranked equity research analyst covering the retail industry. Telsey has been ranked for 13 years and was the number-one ranked analyst by Institutional Investor Magazine for seven years.