Benning is the founder and chief executive officer of Benning International, based in New York and Switzerland. She has more than 30 years consulting and line management experience in developing customer market insights as the foundation for growth strategy, acquisitions … Read more

Arnold graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1999 with a degree in economics. He went on to a career in the technology industry, working at Google and Facebook. Arnold led Google’s advertising efforts in India and the Americas. At Facebook, he … Read more

Anderson is the founder of Ospraie, which invests in commodity markets and basic industries worldwide based on fundamental, bottom-up research. Prior to his current role, Anderson worked at Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan. He was then was recruited by Julian Robertson … Read more

Susan Gravely is the founder and creative director of VIETRI, Inc., a lifestyle brand offering Italian-inspired and artisan-crafted dinnerware and home and garden accessories. After over 30 years of managing the daily operations of VIETRI as both chief executive officer … Read more

Jon Atkeson has been managing director for Fortress Credit Funds since 2016, with a focus on investments in the industrials sector and hard assets. Prior to joining the credit team, Atkeson spent 13 years in the private equity business, most … Read more

A passionate champion of creativity and the talented people and marketers who fuel it, Brandon Cooke joined FCB Global in early 2017 with a mission to propel the reputation of one of advertising’s most storied agency brands. With a unique … Read more

A native of Fort Mill, South Carolina, with more than 30 years of experience in the textile industry, Derick Close is the CEO and owner of Springs Creative Products Group, Carolina Manufacturing and Springsteen Logistics. He was a board member … Read more

Swadesh Chatterjee is chief executive officer of Swadesh Chatterjee & Associates, Inc. A businessman and entrepreneur who operated an industrial instrumentation company in North Carolina, he is one of the co-founders and past presidents of TiE Carolinas, a group of business … Read more

Steve Capps served as general manager of the pharmaceutical business at IDEXX Laboratories until 2008. His affiliation with IDEXX began in 1998 when IDEXX purchased Blue Ridge Pharmaceuticals where he was vice president of business operations. His early career included … Read more

Jan Rowe Capps served as president of Cone Health Foundation from 2007 until 2009. Prior to that, Capps was affiliated with Syngenta, Novartis and Ciba-Geigy for 26 years, where she served as vice president of Syngenta’s Human Resources for the … Read more