Shaping the Future - Milken Institute

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