Special Thanks to The New York Times and Goodwin Procter for hosting the event.

Agenda

9:30am-10:00am
Registration and Breakfast

10:00am-11:00am
Opening Remarks with The Posse Foundation Founder and President Deborah Bial, Hon. Mayor David N. Dinkins (106th Mayor of NYC), Ethan Riegelhaupt (New York Times), and Erin Russ Scherzer (Goodwin Procter)

11:15am-12:15am
Workshop Session One * “Building the Career You Want: Career Planning and Networking”
with Nancy Mistretta (formerly from Russell Reynolds Associates, recruitment firm) and Barbara Taylor (Founder IB Interview Ready) * “Wealth Building: Financial Planning in your 20’s and 30’s”
with Ernst and Young financial planners, Brian P. Donovan and Aaron Cherry * “Getting into a Competitive Graduate School: Insider Tips”
with Northwestern University: Kellogg School, University of Washington, and Northeastern University, as well as Dr. Erica Spatz,
Posse Alumna and Yale Scholar

12:30pm-1:45pm
Lunch + Lecture
Paul Bloom, Psychology professor at Yale University, author of “How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like”

2:00pm-3:00pm
Plenary Session Speaker, Harold Ford Jr.
Executive Vice Chairman, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Visiting Professor, NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service

3:15pm-4:15pm
Workshop Session Two * “Career Success: A Biography” with David Gary Kabiller, Founding Principal at AQR Capital Management * “Posse 411 with Matt and Rassan” with Posse national staff, Matthew Fasciano and Rassan Salandy

4:30pm-5:00pm
Ainslie Alumni Achievement Award Presentation

5:00pm-7:00pm
Networking Cocktail Reception
Balcony of The New York Times Building