Shaping the Future - Milken Institute
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panelists<br />
Scott Minerd is Chief Investment Officer of Guggenheim, a diversified financial services firm with over $100 billion<br />
in assets under supervision. Minerd sets <strong>the</strong> overall investment strategy, overseeing client accounts across a range of<br />
fixed-income and equity securities. He has expertise in finance and public policy, most recently working on <strong>the</strong> Build<br />
America Bonds and Qualified School Construction Bond programs. Minerd is regarded as a leading voice in how <strong>the</strong><br />
private sector can work with state and local governments for <strong>the</strong> benefit of both <strong>the</strong> public good and investors. Before<br />
Guggenheim, he was a managing director for Morgan Stanley and later Credit Suisse, where he oversaw fixed-income<br />
credit trading in <strong>the</strong> U.S., Europe and Asia. Minerd began his career as a CPA for Price Waterhouse. He received his<br />
bachelor’s degree in economics from <strong>the</strong> Wharton School at <strong>the</strong> University of Pennsylvania and completed graduate<br />
work at <strong>the</strong> University of Chicago and <strong>the</strong> Wharton School.<br />
Maureen Miskovic is <strong>the</strong> former Chief Risk Officer at State Street Corp., where she also previously served on<br />
<strong>the</strong> board of directors. Before joining <strong>the</strong> management team at State Street, she was chairman of Eurasia Group, a<br />
political risk research and consulting firm. Prior to that, she was chief risk officer at Lehman Bro<strong>the</strong>rs; London treasurer<br />
for Morgan Stanley; and group treasurer and chief risk officer at S.G. Warburg. Early in her career, she worked at Morgan<br />
Grenfell, where she was responsible for stock index arbitrage, and traded base and precious metals for a London<br />
Metal Exchange firm. Named one of American Banker’s “25 Women to Watch” in 2009, Miskovic serves on <strong>the</strong> boards<br />
of <strong>the</strong> Boston Symphony Orchestra, <strong>the</strong> Sustainable Preservation Initiative and <strong>the</strong> Veterans Healing Initiative. She is a<br />
graduate of King’s College London, a constituent college of London University.<br />
Kate Mitchell is <strong>the</strong> Managing Director of Scale Venture Partners, a venture capital fund in Silicon Valley that she<br />
co-founded and that has $900 million under management. She leads investments in software and business services.<br />
Mitchell has more than 25 years’ experience in technology, finance and management. She has actively worked with<br />
such successful portfolio companies as Hubspan, Jaspersoft, mBlox and Wayport. Mitchell is also chairman-elect of <strong>the</strong><br />
National Venture Capital Association. She sits on <strong>the</strong> advisory board of Silicon Valley Bank Venture Capital and is joining<br />
<strong>the</strong> SVB Financial Group board of directors, effective April 2010. Mitchell holds a B.A. from Stanford University and an<br />
M.B.A. from <strong>the</strong> Executive Program at Golden Gate University. She also attended <strong>the</strong> Harvard Executive Program for<br />
Strategic Marketing.<br />
Lesa Mitchell is a Vice President with <strong>the</strong> Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, responsible for <strong>the</strong> foundation’s<br />
pioneering work in understanding <strong>the</strong> policy levers that influence <strong>the</strong> advance of innovation from universities into<br />
<strong>the</strong> commercial market. Under her leadership, <strong>the</strong> foundation is defining and codifying alternative commercialization<br />
pathways, and identifying new models to foster innovation. Mitchell was instrumental in founding <strong>the</strong> Kauffman<br />
Innovation Network and its iBridge Network, <strong>the</strong> Translational Medicine Alliance, <strong>the</strong> National Academies-based<br />
University–Industry Demonstration Partnership and <strong>the</strong> replication of innovator-based mentor programs across <strong>the</strong><br />
U.S. In addition, Mitchell serves on <strong>the</strong> boards of Gazelle Growth in Denmark and <strong>the</strong> University of Kansas <strong>Institute</strong><br />
for Commercialization. Previously Mitchell spent 20 years in global executive roles at Aventis, Quintiles and Marion<br />
Laboratories and ran an electronic clinical trials consulting business in support of global pharmaceutical clients.<br />
Larry Mizel is Chairman and CEO of MDC Holdings Inc., which he founded in 1972. MDC is <strong>the</strong> parent corporation of<br />
Richmond American Homes, one of <strong>the</strong> nation’s leading homebuilders. He is a founder of <strong>the</strong> Simon Wiesenthal Center<br />
of Los Angeles and founder of <strong>the</strong> Mizel Museum, which provides artistic and educational programs that promote<br />
community understanding and tolerance in <strong>the</strong> Rocky Mountain region. The Mizel Museum includes <strong>the</strong> Center for<br />
Empowered Living and Learning, a nonprofit institution dedicated to educating Americans about global terrorism. He is<br />
a life member of <strong>the</strong> Council on Foreign Relations and a board member of <strong>the</strong> American Israel Public Affairs Committee,<br />
which works to ensure strong U.S. support for Israel. Mizel has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from <strong>the</strong><br />
University of Oklahoma and a J.D. from <strong>the</strong> University of Denver College of Law.<br />
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