Corpgov will launch the inaugural Princeton CorpGov Forum on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at The Nassau Inn in Princeton, New Jersey. The forum will start in the Prince William Ballroom at 3:00pm featuring an afternoon of panels, firesides and networking. A reception on the second floor will follow at 6:00pm with cocktails and heavy hors d’oeuvres.
REGISTER HERE
Panel Topics:
Endowment Investing in Alternative Assets
Shareholder Activism
Assessment of Private and Public Capital Markets
Investing and Operating Amid Geopolitical Tensions
AI in Finance, Defense and Cybersecurity
Contested M&A and the Role of Private Equity
The event will be digitized into a report published on CorpGov and content partners Yahoo! Finance and Bloomberg, filmed in 4K with professional editing.
Agenda:
Time
Panel
Speakers
3:00pm
Shareholder Activism
Love Kim ’97, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Standard General, and Chairman of the Board, Bally’s Corp
Jonathan Feldman, Partner, Goodmans LLP
Andrew Freedman, Co-Managing Partner, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP
John Jannarone, ’03, Editor-in-Chief, Corpgov (Moderator)
3:30 pm
Private and Public Capital Markets Assessment
TAD SITUFF, Head of Financial Sponsor Coverage – Capital Markets, New York Stock Exchange
Craig DeDomenico, Managing Director, Stifel
Alan Wink, Managing Director, Eisner Advisory Group
Peter Clarke, Senior Director, Roberts & Ryan Investments Inc.
Jarrett Banks, Editor-at-Large, Corpgov (Moderator)
4:00pm
Investing and Operating Amid Geopolitical Tensions
Rafique in the Gowan, Vice President, Goldman Sachs Private Equity
John Evans ’91, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Tractus Asia
Zachary Swartz, Partner, Real Estate Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions, Vinson & Elkins LLP
John Jannarone, ’03, Editor-in-Chief, Corpgov (Moderator)
4:30 pm
Alternative Investing and Endowments
Tad Smith ’87, Senior Partner 1Roundtable Partners (1RT) and 10T Holdings (10T); co-founder off 1rt
Joseph HelpPartner, Distributed Capital Partners, and co-founder, AJNA LABS LLC
John G. Quigley, Co-Founder and former Managing Partner, Nassau Capital, established in the mid-90s as the exclusive manager of the Princeton endowment’s alternative assets (Moderator)
5:00pm
Contested M&A and the Role of Private Equity
Joe Germani, partner, Longacre Square Partners
Francisco J. Morales Barrón, Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity, Vinson & Elkins LLP
Ira Gorsky, Managing Director, Edelman Smithfield
Josh Kosman, Business Reporter, New York Post
5:30 pm
AI: Finance and Defense
Neil Keegan, CEO and Co-Founder, Marlinspike Partners
Kent Collier, Founder and CEO, Octus
Michael Weiksner ’95, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, DragonGC
Ryan FlanaganManaging Director, Investor Relations, ICR
We invite institutional investors, corporate executives, and Princeton alumni/students to attend the event and they may REGISTER HERE. For information on being a speaker, please email Editor@CorpGov.com.
