Shaping the Future - Milken Institute
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panelists<br />
Marc Rowan is a Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director of Apollo Global Management LLC, a leading alternative<br />
asset manager focused on contrarian and value-oriented investments across private equity, credit-oriented capital<br />
markets and real estate. He currently serves on <strong>the</strong> board of directors for <strong>the</strong> company, which is <strong>the</strong> general partner<br />
of AAA, A<strong>the</strong>ne Re, Countrywide Plc, Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. and Norwegian Cruise Line. Rowan is a founding<br />
member and board member of Youth Renewal Fund, as well as serving on <strong>the</strong> board of <strong>the</strong> National Jewish Outreach<br />
Program and <strong>the</strong> Undergraduate Executive Board of The Wharton School at <strong>the</strong> University of Pennsylvania. Prior to<br />
joining Apollo, Rowan was a member of <strong>the</strong> mergers and acquisitions department of Drexel Burnham Lambert with<br />
responsibilities in high yield financing, transaction idea generation and merger structure negotiation. He graduated<br />
from Wharton with a B.S. and an M.B.A. in finance.<br />
Wendy Rowden is Managing Director of <strong>the</strong> Investment Practice Group at Jonathan Rose Companies. A missionbased,<br />
green real estate development, planning, investment and program management firm, Jonathan Rose<br />
Companies is recognized for its ability to achieve visionary goals through practical, market-based investment and new<br />
development strategies. It is <strong>the</strong> first U.S. firm to build a successful investment platform targeting acquisitions and<br />
green transformation for positive development of smart growth locations. Prior to joining Jonathan Rose Companies,<br />
Rowden served as vice president, general counsel and secretary of The Rockefeller Group. She was a member of <strong>the</strong><br />
board of directors and executive committee of Cushman & Wakefield. Rowden is currently on <strong>the</strong> boards of Maimonides<br />
Medical Center and Safe Space NYC. A member of <strong>the</strong> Urban Land <strong>Institute</strong> and <strong>the</strong> Pension Real Estate Association, she<br />
holds degrees from Brown University, <strong>the</strong> University of Michigan and New York University.<br />
Arthur Rubinfeld is President of Global Development at Starbucks Coffee Company. He leads a team responsible<br />
for strategic site selection, design and creative concepts for <strong>the</strong> chain’s stores globally. Rubinfeld joined Starbucks in<br />
1992 and spent almost 10 years building <strong>the</strong> firm from 100 stores to 4,000 stores worldwide. As senior vice president of<br />
real estate and store development, he played a major role in creating <strong>the</strong> customer experience to define <strong>the</strong> Starbucks<br />
brand, and established alliances with <strong>the</strong> Magic Johnson Development Corp. and Barnes & Noble bookstores. In 2002,<br />
Rubinfeld founded Airvision, an advisory firm specializing in brand positioning, growth strategies and operational<br />
plans. In 2006, he served as executive vice president, corporate strategy and chief development officer at Potbelly<br />
Sandwich Works. He returned to Starbucks in 2008. Rubinfeld is a registered architect and holds a bachelor’s degree in<br />
environmental design and a master’s degree in architecture from <strong>the</strong> University of Colorado.<br />
Simon Ruddick is Managing Director and Co-Founder of Albourne Partners, <strong>the</strong> world’s largest hedge fund<br />
advisory firm, with more than 150 clients and $200 billion invested. He is also involved with village.albourne.com, a<br />
not-for-profit website with more than 65,000 residents. The site has led to Ruddick’s appearing twice in Institutional<br />
Investor magazine’s list of <strong>the</strong> “Top 40 Online Entrepreneurs.” A trustee of <strong>the</strong> Hedge Fund Standards Board, Ruddick<br />
appears frequently on television and has been co-host of CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” “Europe Tonight” and “Closing Bell”<br />
programs. The company won <strong>the</strong> Queen’s Award for Enterprise in 2006 and 2009. It also hosted Hedgestock, featuring<br />
a performance by The Who, in 2006 to raise money for <strong>the</strong> Teenage Cancer Trust.<br />
Charles Ruffel is a Managing Partner at Kudu Advisors LLC, a strategic mergers and acquisitions advisory firm<br />
that he co-founded in 2009. He is also a director at Asset International Inc., a financial services publishing company.<br />
From 1986 to 2008, he was CEO of Asset International Inc., a publisher of magazines, websites and newsletters on<br />
asset management, retirement and bank services. Previously he was editor of <strong>the</strong> Institutional Investor newsletter group<br />
and an account executive at <strong>the</strong> McCann Erickson advertising firm in London. Ruffel serves on <strong>the</strong> boards or advisory<br />
boards of Schwab ETF Funds, Case Interactive Media, CAPTRUST Financial Advisors and National Retirement Partners.<br />
He has an M.A. from Cambridge University and an M.S. from Columbia University.<br />
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