2nd Princeton CorpGov Forum May 21 – Endowments, Activism and Entertainment

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CorpGov is pleased to announce the agenda for the second Princeton CorpGov Forum to be held Thursday, May 21, 2026 at The Nassau Inn in Princeton, New Jersey. Our roster of speakers features industry leaders and alumni spanning five decades at Princeton, with topics encompassing university endowments, shareholder activism, private equity, venture capital, private and public capital markets, entertainment and the finance of college sports. The forum, hosted in The Prince William Ballroom, includes an afternoon of panels, firesides and networking, followed by a reception with cocktails and heavy hors d’oeuvres.

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Agenda – Thursday, May 21

2:00 pm – Registration and Networking – The Prince William Ballroom

3:00 pm – Forum Begins – The Prince William Ballroom

3:00pm: AI and Cybersecurity in the Boardroom

3:30pm: Finance of Sports: Collegiate Focus

3:55pm: The Business of Entertainment

4:15pm: Public and Private Capital Markets Assessment

4:45pm: Governance in Private Equity: From Investment to Exit

5:15pm: Activism: Governance from Investor and Board Perspectives

5:45pm: Endowments: Governance and Alternative Investments

6:15 pm – Cocktail Reception – The Prince William Ballroom

The event will be digitized into a report published on CorpGov and content partners Yahoo Finance, Bloomberg Terminals, Reuters via LSEG Workspace, and AlphaSense, filmed in 4K with professional editing.

We invite all members of the Princeton community along with institutional investors and operating company executives. For more information, please email [email protected].

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The first Princeton CorpGov Forum was hosted together with The New York Stock Exchange and Goldman Sachs, held on May 22, 2025, at The Nassau Inn in Princeton, New Jersey.

Speakers and Notable Attendees

• Paul Haaga ’70, Former Chairman, Capital Research and Management Company; Chair of the Board, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation; Board Director, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

• Ned Nalle ’76, President, Copper Beeches, Inc.; Previously, ION Media Networks, ABC Studios, President, Universal Worldwide Television, Universal Studios 

• Thomas Courtney, Jr. ’86, President and CEO, The Courtney Group

• Curtis Glovier ’86, S’87, P’19, P’25, Chief Investment Officer, Star Mountain Capital​

• Robert Maciejko ’88, Founder, Board AI Institute; Managing Partner, Oaks Prime Family Office​

• John Evans ’91, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Tractus Asia​

• Phillip Escaravage ’97, CEO, Gift Games

• Kevin McLaughlin ’97, Vice President, Brand and Corporate Marketing, Dataiku​

• Doyl Burkett ’98, Managing Partner and Founder, Integrity Growth Partners​

• Brian O’Kelley ’99, Co-Founder and CEO,  Scope3 

• Ari I. Weinberg ’99, Contributor, Pensions & Investments; Board member, HBS Club of Connecticut; Class agent, Princeton University Annual Giving​

• Brian Kirschbaum ’02, Partner, Astra Capital Management ​

• James Shin ’05, President, Film & TV, HYBE America​

• Judson Wallace ’05, Managing Director, White Rabbit Capital; Former Captain, Princeton Men’s Basketball

• Whit Clay, Partner, Head of New York, Longacre Square Partners

• Lawrence S. Elbaum, Co-Head of Shareholder Activism Practice and Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

• Jon Feldman, Partner, Head of Business Law Group, Goodmans LLP

• John Grau, President, InvestorCom​

• Rafique Jiwani, Vice President, Goldman Sachs Private Equity

• Lisa Kaplan, Founder and CEO, Alethea ​

• Andy Katz, General Partner, BrknPar Ventures (Sport Tech Growth Equity Fund)​

• Ryan Keating, Industry Leader, Venture Services, Eisner Advisory Group

• John Price, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, HighGround Market​

• Michael W. Robinson, Chairman and CEO, The Montgomery Strategies Group​

• David Schulhof, Founder and CEO, MUSQ Global Music Industry ETF (NYSE: MUSQ)​

• Karen Snow, CEO, Rose & Co. Capital Advisors; Former Global Head of Listings, Nasdaq​

• Zach Swartz, Partner, Real Estate Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions, Vinson & Elkins LLP​

• Ken Traub, Chairman, President and CEO, Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq: CMTL)

• Patrick A. Westerhaus, Partner, Cyber Risk Services, EisnerAmper

• Christopher Young, Investment Banker, Formerly Director of M&A and Proxy Fight Research, ISS​​

• John Jannarone ’03, CEO, CorpGov (Moderator)​

• Jarrett Banks, COO, CorpGov (Moderator)​

• John G. Quigley, Co-Founder and former Managing Partner, Nassau Capital (Moderator)

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Princeton alumni also gathered at the Palm Beach Yacht Club on Dec. 23, 2025, to toast the holiday season and preview the 2nd Princeton CorpGov Forum.

Clockwise from left: Christopher Sanson ’02, Amy Gold ’02, Hannah Baumann ’18, Adithya Sriram ’24, Mary Allen Saunders ’02, Amy Gold ’02, Bruce Burlen ’79, Kate Brooks k’79, Cathy Morra ’77, Richard Rampell ’74

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