Speaker Series

Insights from Industry Leaders

NDIGI hosts speaker series to provide a platform for students to listen, learn, and develop a passion for investing. The series provide a bridge so that students understand both the art and science of investing and continue to meet and learn from those investment professionals that work to ensure that all investing is done with ethics, leadership, and integrity. In this way, the series aim to expand the student’s knowledge of what investing can mean and help prepare students to navigate the ever-changing landscape of the investment industry. By bringing in speakers from a variety of asset classes and backgrounds, student’s learning experiences are not confined to just the classroom.

2023-2024

Invest Like A Champion Today Speaker Series

  • October 12, 2023: Capital Allocation in Today's Macro Environment with Donna Snider, Hackensack Meridian Health, Stephanie Szymanski, Lakeview Capital Management, and Larissa Herczeg, Blue Owl Real Estate

  • September 21, 2023: John Baumer, Leonard Green & Partners, Dave Butler, The Jordan Company, and John Coyle, Permira

  • August 31, 2023: Sean Klimczak, Blackstone

2022-2023

  • May 1, 2023: The Path to Investing: From PJT to Blackstone to Tiger Global with Grant Ebenger, Investor, Tiger Global

  • March 2, 2023: Connect With Your Next Opportunity with Cal Fussman, New York Times Bestselling Author, Keynote Speaker, World-Renowned Interviewer, Host of the Big Questions Podcast

  • December 8, 2022: For Better or For Worse with Tom Sosnoff, Thinkorswim & Tastytrade

2021-2022

  • March 31, 2022: Fireside Chat with Todd Combs, Berkshire Hathaway & GEICO

  • November 17, 2021: Fireside Chat with Vivian Lin Thurston, CFA and Kelly Allison, CFA, both William Blair

  • November 3, 2021: Peter Kaufman, Glenair