Linda Richardson is the Founder and Chairwoman of Richardson, a global sales training business. Ms. Richardson is credited with the movement to Consultative Selling, which is the cornerstone of Richardson's methodology. She is the author of nine books on selling and sales management and teaches sales and management courses at the Wharton Graduate School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton Executive Development Center. She is a frequent speaker at industry and client conferences.

A successful serial entrepreneur in Eastern Europe and the US, Anne E. M. Kalin experienced the excitement and the challenges of entrepreneurship in post-Communist Eastern Europe. After founding and co-founding several businesses, Ms. Kalin now splits her time between the US and Europe. Her latest start up—the Children's Medical Foundation of Central and Eastern Europe (CMF)—is a boutique 501.C.3 raising funds from wealthy individuals in the US to donate to pediatric institutions in Poland, the Ukraine and Romania for medical equipment. Ms. Kalin is a 1984 Wellesley College graduate who received her MBA in Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School in 1991.

Betsy Ludlow is the founder and president of Slim and Tone, a fitness franchise started in 2003 with 100+ locations worldwide. In December 2004, Slim and Tone was acquired by NutriSystem. Ms. Ludlow had earlier spent eighteen years with American Express in New York, most recently as senior vice president of marketing for the corporate services division. During her career at Amex, she held positions throughout the company, including assignments in the consumer card and investment divisions. Ms. Ludlow received her MBA from the Wharton School in 1982. Before business school, she held brand management positions with Nestle and Nabisco. She is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Applied Positive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also an ACE certified personal trainer.

Ellen Toplin is President and Founder of Toplin & Associates, Inc., ranked among the Philadelphia area's top marketing and public relations firms. Previously she held a variety of managerial positions at International Rehabilitation Associates, Inc., a subsidiary of CIGNA Corporation. She began her career as a social work consultant, after earning her BSW from Temple University School of Social Work and her M.Ed. from Antioch College. Toplin is chair of the board of the American Red Cross Penn Jersey Blood Services, a marketing advisory committee member with United Way, and active in the Forum of Executive Women. She has been recognized for her public service and her commitment to applying public relations expertise in the field of community service and volunteerism.

Beth Ferreira is responsible for strategy and operations at Etsy, Inc. the leading online marketplace for all things handmade. Etsy has become a worldwide destination for independent artists as well as consumers who value the uniqueness and craftsmanship of handmade goods. Prior to joining Etsy, Ms. Ferreira held positions at the Boston Consulting Group advising clients on critical strategic and operational challenges and at Flatiron Partners, investing in early stage technology companies. She holds an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Wharton School.

Ann Elizabeth Mayer is an Associate Professor of Legal Studies at Wharton. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar, and has taught courses on law and policy in international business, globalization and human rights, comparative law, Islamic law in contemporary Middle Eastern legal systems, and the US legal system. She earned a PhD in Middle Eastern History from the University of Michigan in 1978, as well as a Certificate in Islamic and Comparative Law from the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London and a JD from the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania. She has traveled and researched from Morocco to Pakistan, and published extensively. The fourth edition of her book, Islam and Human Rights: Tradition and Politics, appeared in 2007.

Stacie Nevadomski Berdan is co-author of Get Ahead By Going Abroad: A Woman's Guide to Fast-Track Career Success and an expert on working abroad. Transitioning her successful international career as a marketing communications executive, she launched a second career as author and consultant. She focuses on the benefits of feminine leadership and the changing role of women managers within the context of the global marketplace. Ms. Berdan has spent the majority of her career at Burson- Marsteller, a leading global communications firm, rising from entry level to senior management. She has counseled dozens of senior executives at the world's leading companies, non-profit organizations and foreign governments on strategic business communications. Her professional responsibilities have spanned more than 50 countries on four continents.

Barbara D. Linney is a Partner in the Washington, DC, office of Blank Rome LLP, practicing in the area of international trade and transactions. Ms. Linney advises US and foreign clients regarding international trade and business issues, and represents clients before various federal agencies. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce (University of Manitoba) Bachelor of Laws (University of Saskatchewan) and a master's in international law (Georgetown University). She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and New York. Ms. Linney is an active member and a past President of the Association of Women in International Trade, Inc., and serves as pro bono general counsel to WIIT and Women in Federal Law Enforcement, Inc., and has been recognized for her service.

Christine Yeh is a manager in the New York office of Bain & Company, most recently focusing on Health Care. Previously Ms. Yeh was a member of Bain's Private Equity Group in New York, where she worked with PE funds to evaluate commercial deals and to achieve full potential for their portfolio companies in various industries. She first joined Bain in the Hong Kong office in 1999. She earned her MBA from the Wharton School, where she was a Palmer Scholar and Morgenthau Fellow for public service, and served as a teaching assistant. Prior to joining Bain, she was a Senior Assistant Brand Manager for Procter & Gamble, and an adjunct professor at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines.

As the North America lead for Accenture's Strategy Practice, Toni Langlinais leads a network of specialists focused on helping clients achieve high business performance through profitable growth, accelerated innovation, organizational agility, pricing excellence, and strategic IT solutions. Ms. Langlinais has held a series of strategic leadership positions at the company. She has also worked with Accenture's executive leadership team on a global operating model for Accenture. Her prior experience included retail strategy, market research, product development, and marketing. Her publications and presentations have included Value Networks and Business Models, Innovating to Grow, Leadership and Innovation in a Multi-cultural and Global Environment.

As the Director of Wharton's MBA Career Management Office, Michelle Antonio oversees the twenty-person team that provides MBA students and alumni with such career management services as student advising, career related programs and employer relationship management. Prior to assuming the Director role, Ms. Antonio spent three years as Senior Associate Director, providing career advice to students and managing employer relationships. Before Wharton, she was MBA Recruiting Director at Deloitte Consulting's Chicago office. Upon completion of her MBA at the University of Chicago, she had joined Bain & Company in Chicago as a summer associate. After earning her BS in Economics from the Wharton School she provided market research and consulting to consumer packaged goods companies for Information Resources, Inc.

Ana Dutra is a Managing Partner in Accenture's Organization Strategy practice. Her experience comprises over fifteen years across multiple industries, including Consumer Products and Retail; Food and Beverage; Communications/High Tech; Oil, Gas and Utilities; Insurance and Consumer Banking; and Consumer and B2B services. Prior to joining Accenture, Ms. Dutra headed the Organizational Transformation Practice at Mercer Management Consulting and, prior to that, she was a partner with Marakon Associates, CNA Consulting Group and CSC Index. She received an MBA from Kellogg School, a JD from Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, a Master's in Economics from Pontificia Universidade Catolica and a BA from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

Leslie Morgan Steiner was an executive at the Washington Post, Johnson & Johnson and Leo Burnett-and a mother of three. It was from the front lines in the “mommy wars” that she wrote Mommy Wars and started On Balance, a popular online column for washingtonpost.com. Ms. Steiner’s current research focuses on myths about stay-at-home moms. She is a frequent national television and radio guest, appearing on NBC’s Today Show, The Diane Rehm Show on National Public Radio, MSNBC, Fox News and other programs. Her BA is from Harvard College. Her first job was as an editor at Seventeen Magazine; she financed her MBA in marketing from Wharton by writing. She is a contributor to Arianna Huffington’s On Being Fearless and Anne Burt’s Your Father Married My Mother.

Onagh Ash brings more than 30 years of software industry experience to her role as Senior Vice President, HP Services Consulting & Integration of the Technology Solutions Group. She is responsible for consultation, design, and technical teams focused on enterprise IT infrastructure, applications, and business process services. Preceding her current position, Ms. Ash was head of HP Software’s professional services unit. Before joining HP, Ms. Ash served as Senior Vice President of Global Services for Mercury Interactive, where she led the company’s professional and customer services organizations; and as Managing Director and Partner at BearingPoint, where she was instrumental in establishing an SAP practice. Ms. Ash also held senior management positions for Saltare, Indus International, GERS Retail Systems and SAP Americas.

Dr. Peggy Drexler is Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and a consultant to the Fund for the City of New York in connection with Women’s eNews. A former Stanford University Gender Scholar, her current studies focus on the changing American family. Her book, Raising Boys Without Men: How Maverick Moms are Creating the Next Generation of Exceptional Men, earned both wide praise and sharp attacks for research showing that effective parenting comes in many forms. Her expert opinions have been sought by Harvard Medical School, Harvard Law School, Good Morning America, TODAY, The New York Times, Newsweek, The Observer (United Kingdom), Cosmopolitan, Parents Magazine, Huffington Post and The Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic.

With Weingarten for over 24 years, Patty Bender is the Nationwide Senior Vice President and Director of Leasing. She is responsible for all transactions in existing assets, and involved with anchor tenant leasing, redevelopments and new developments. She has also focused on developing the lifestyle centers owned by Weingarten Realty. Prior to joining the company, Ms. Bender was a Senior Fashion Buyer at Foley’s Department Store. She holds an MBA in Marketing/Management from the University of St. Thomas and a BS from Westchester State College, as well as a Texas Real Estate Broker’s License and a Certified Property Manager designation. She is on the Board of Uptown Houston (chairing the Uptown Marketing Committee) and the Advisory Board of Special Olympics and a member of the National Charity League.

Katherina M. Rosqueta is the founding Executive Director of The Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania. Before accepting her appointment at the Center in the Spring of 2006, Ms. Rosqueta spent five years as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, where she served clients in the areas of strategy development, capability-building, and postmerger management. While at McKinsey, she led several employee volunteer initiatives to support consultant involvement on nonprofit boards.

Prior to joining McKinsey, Ms. Rosqueta worked for ten years in community development, nonprofit management, and venture philanthropy. She served as a founding team member of NewSchools Venture Fund; founding executive director of Board Match Plus, a San Francisco program dedicated to strengthening nonprofit boards; and program manager of Wells Fargo’s Corporate Community Development Group. She has held numerous volunteer and civic leadership positions including board president of La Casa de las Madres (San Francisco’s oldest and largest shelter for battered women and their children); chair of the United Way’s Bay Area Week of Caring; and co-founder and executive committee member of the Women’s MBA Network.

Ms. Rosqueta received her BA from Yale University and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Mary Miller is an international financial development specialist who works with banks in developing countries on going down-market to increase lending to micro, small, and medium sized companies. A former US-based commercial banker, she works with a range of financial institutions to develop and to structure appropriate financial instruments, particularly to finance value chain competitiveness and to use non-traditional collateral. Her particular area of interest is credit enhancements and credit guarantees, and recent projects include assisting a Chinese bank to expand into small business lending, and creating a co-guarantee facility for Croatian regional loan guarantee funds. Ms. Miller resides in Washington D.C.

Laila J. Worrell is the Director of Strategic Market Development in Accenture’s New York Office. She leads Accenture’s Women’s Initiative in New York and has a strong commitment to advancing professional opportunities for women. Prior to re-joining Accenture, Ms. Worrell spent four years as the Head of Strategy and Corporate Development for the North American operations of Holtzbrinck Publishing (Macmillan USA), the private holding of media companies including Scientific American, Nature, St. Martin’s Press, Henry Holt, Bedford Freeman Worth, and others. She serves on not-for-profit boards and has supported the launch of the Sally Ride Science Club and that of America’s Promise, Colin Powell’s initiative for improving opportunities for at-risk youth in inner cities. Ms. Worrell holds an MBA from Harvard University and a BA from the University of Texas.

As principal and a founder of The Commonwealth Consulting Group, Inc. (CCG) Ivy Silver has created an industry-leading practice in innovative Employee Benefits Planning, including strategies for benefit alliances. She has shared her knowledge of the industry in numerous articles and speeches on topics ranging from Long-Term Care to Integrated Benefit Solutions. She earned an AA from Bucks County Community College, certificates from Harvard and Columbia, a BA from the Wharton School of Business, and a Group Benefits Associate (GBA) designation from the International Foundation of Employee Benefits. Ms. Silver supports several professional associations, and advises many organizations nationally as well as such groups in the Philadelphia area as the Eastern Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce, Abington Memorial Hospital and the Abington Art Center.

Deborah Small’s research interfaces psychology and economics, examining fundamental processes that underlie consumer decision making, often with public policy and social marketing implications. She has studied the role of human sympathy in prosocial behavior and how charities can appeal to human emotion, as well as consumer behavior with regard to such real risks as health issues and terrorism, and also gender differences in negotiation. Her numerous academic articles have been cited by the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and National Public Radio. Ms. Small teaches consumer behavior at Wharton, holds a secondary appointment in Psychology and is a Fellow of the Risk Management and Decision Processes Center. She received her PhD from Carnegie Mellon University and her BS from the University of Pennsylvania.

Ellen Oglesby is a Group Manager in Strategy for Target Corporation. Her group manages business-critical projects focused on top-line growth and business opportunities by working with senior leadership, business units, and cross-functional partners. Representative work includes category reinventions, developing marketing and merchandising strategies for specific guest segments, and setting growth priorities for the next three to five years. Previously, Ms. Oglesby worked in Cargill’s Strategy & Business Development group and as a management consultant with Bain & Company. She has an undergraduate degree in English (Creative Writing) from Stanford University and an MBA/MA from the Wharton School’s Lauder Program.

Mona Bijoor is the Refined Separates Merchant at Ann Taylor LOFT in NYC. Working with her design and financial planning partners, Ms. Bijoor builds and executes a balanced wear-to-work collection that maximizes sales and is reflective of the LOFT brand. Prior to Ann Taylor, she worked for Chanel in their Strategy Group and was also a merchant at Mimi Maternity. Previously, Ms. Bijoor worked as a private equity consultant with Investor Services Group in Boston. She has a BA in Human Biology, graduating magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MBA from the Wharton School in Marketing and Operations.

Emily Rippe is currently the buyer for men’s fragrances and grooming at Bloomingdale’s. Ms. Rippe started her career at McKinsey & Company, where she worked with consumer goods and financial services clients on both cost cutting and growth initiatives. After leaving McKinsey, she came to Bloomingdale’s to work as the associate planner in watches. Ms. Rippe returned to business school in 2004 and graduated with an MBA in marketing from Wharton in 2006. She returned to Bloomingdale’s as the planner for both watches and sunglasses in 2006.

Justine Suh is a Director of Corporate Merchandising, where she develops seasonal product strategies with design, and works with business units across Coach, including retail, wholesale and international channels. She has worked on business unit product strategies, corporate merchandising strategies to drive growth through product innovation, and developing new product line plans to drive trend direction. Prior to joining Coach in 2006, Ms. Suh worked in strategic consulting. In addition, she has eight years of retail industry experience, including luxury retailers such as Prada and Ralph Lauren, and has worked with companies across the industry. Ms. Suh holds an MBA as a Park Leadership Fellow, a merit-based full scholarship and enrollment in a two-year leadership program from the Johnson School at Cornell University and a BA from Wellesley College.

Jennifer S. Mueller is an assistant professor of management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses primarily on how high quality social relationships might aid or hinder performance at work. Specifically, she is interested in how relational losses contribute to individual performance in larger teams, and how close relationships contribute to and shape the process of innovation at work. She received her PhD in social psychology from Brandeis University and has taught at New York University in the Stern School of Business as well as at Yale School of Management. Ms. Mueller has published her work on creativity and innovation in several leading journals including Administrative Science Quarterly and the Academy of Management Journal.

Jen Grant heads up Google’s consumer web applications marketing team (Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Blogger, orkut, Picasa and Reader) and, most recently, launched the Gmail mVideo campaign, garnering over 4 million views and attracting NBC, ABC and CNN headline news. She is also known as Google’s Digital Mom, blogging about productivity tools for frazzled parents (she has twins and a three year old). Previously, Ms. Grant was the voice behind Google Book Search, helping educate book publishers, librarians and authors worldwide about Google’s efforts to make books searchable on the web. Before joining Google, Ms. Grant was at Stata Labs (acquired by Yahoo! in 2004), Director of Marketing for Thin Multimedia, and co-founder of DealMaven. She holds a BA from Princeton and an MBA from the Wharton School.

Kathleen O’Reilly is the Lead Partner for Accenture’s North American Cable Practice, within the Communications & High Tech Operating Group. She leads the Cable Practice, delivering High Performance solutions to North America’s leading cable companies through Accenture’s offerings in Commercial Services, Voice and Video, along with the suite of Accenture’s core assets. Ms. O’Reilly joined Accenture in 1996 and has been a partner since 2000. She has also been a leader within Accenture’s programs around the development of women in the firm. She had previously been with ATKearney / EDS Management Consulting, and Verizon Communications (Bell Atlantic). Ms. O’Reilly earned her undergraduate degree from Princeton University and completed postgraduate work at both Harvard and Yale Universities in international security and economics.

In her role as Vice President for Marketing and Communications in Alcatel-Lucent’s Wireline Business Group, Dawn McKenna is responsible for global strategic marketing and implementation and communications. Previously she had been Lucent Technologies’ Vice President of Product Marketing, Multimedia Network Solutions. Earlier, as Vice President of Product Marketing for Lucent’s Broadband Solutions and Data Networking businesses, she launched Lucent’s IPTV/IP multimedia strategy, the Lucent and Juniper Networks IP/MPLS partnership, and the Lucent and Riverstone Ethernet partnership. Ms. McKenna joined Lucent in 2000 through the acquisition of SpringTide Networks, where she was Director of Corporate Communications and Marketing. Earlier she served as Director of Product Marketing, Multiservice Switching, at Cascade Communications.

Carolyn J. Wukitch is Senior Vice President, Business Operations, McKesson Health Solutions. She drives execution for MHS and manages the research and development, information technology, product operations and product management functions. Previously, Ms. Wukitch was Senior Vice President and General Manager for the Clinical Audit and Compliance Division. In that role, she was responsible for make-versus-buy decisions, and led the integration of new technology acquisitions. She also directed the development of new product offerings that expanded the division’s market reach. Earlier, Ms. Wukitch held a variety of product management and customer support positions at the company. She started her career at Geisinger Medical Center, in medical records. She earned her BS at the University of Pittsburgh.

Ms. Aiyengar is an Executive Director in JPMorgan’s Mergers & Acquisitions Group, responsible for the execution and marketing of acquisitions, divestitures and strategic advisory assignments for clients in the General Industries and Financial Institutions sectors. She has extensive multibilliondollar transaction experience. She is a board member of the Investment Banking Women’s Council and the Co-Chair of the Summer Associate Program at JPMorgan. She is also involved with the Women’s Bond Club and Asia Society. Ms. Aiyengar has a BA from Smith College and an MBA from Vanderbilt University.

Anna Smith is a vice president on the Goldman Sachs Private Banking management team. She joined the team in 2005 to build this new business for Private Wealth Management clients. She has focused on the implementation of new products, including bill pay, charge cards and residential mortgages. Prior to her tenure with Private Banking, Ms. Smith was a part of the IMD Business Planning team conducting analysis for senior management of the division. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs in 2003, she worked for several years for Schroder Investment Management in their institutional marketing and client service group. Ms. Smith graduated with a BA in History from Princeton University in 1997. In 2002, she earned an MBA from the Wharton School, where she was named a Palmer Scholar.

Anna Dopkin is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Associates. She is co-director of U.S. Equity Research and a member of the Equity Steering Committee. Ms. Dopkin is lead portfolio manager on the Structured Research Strategy Team. She joined the firm in 1996 and has seven years of previous investment experience. Prior to joining T. Rowe Price, she worked at Goldman Sachs in their Mortgage Securities Department in New York and London. Ms. Dopkin earned a BS, magna cum laude, from the Wharton School. She has also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst accreditation. She presently serves on the Board of Trustees at the McDonogh School in Owings Mills, Maryland, the University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation, and the University System of Maryland Foundation.

Jennifer Lee is the Regional Manager of the Lehman Brothers Philadelphia Office. The office is responsible for managing the firm’s High Net Worth and Middle Market Equities businesses in the region. Ms. Lee joined Lehman Brothers in January 2004. Prior to joining Lehman, she held positions at both Goldman Sachs Asset Management, running the sales and marketing effort to the Private Wealth Management business, and at the JP Morgan Private Bank, where she was a Banker. Ms. Lee holds an MBA from the Stern School of Business at New York University and a BA in Political Economy, with honors, from Barnard College at Columbia University. She is a member of the Barnard College President’s Advisory Council, the Executive Corporate Committee of the Franklin Institute, and the Forum of Executive Women.

Beth Starr is a Managing Director at Lehman Brothers and has been involved in the structured finance and structured credit markets for over twenty years. She has been active in all areas of the mortgage-backed, asset-backed, commercial mortgage-backed and collateralized debt obligation markets throughout her career. From 1998 to 2006, Ms. Starr ran Product Management for asset-backed securities, structuring credit and collateralized debt obligations at Lehman Brothers. From 1991 to 1998 she was responsible for research and strategy on asset-backed securities at Lehman Brothers. Prior to joining Lehman in 1991, Ms. Starr spent four years at Merrill Lynch in the mortgage-backed securities research area, specializing in asset-backed securities. She has a BSE in Finance from Wharton and has published widely and been recognized repeatedly for her research.

Jennifer Dore Russo joined Sonenshine Partners in 2004. She has over 15 years of experience in investment banking and private equity, with a particular focus on the retail and consumer sectors. As a Director at Counsel Corporation, she was responsible for restructuring and exiting underperforming portfolio investments. Previously she had been a Principal at investment banking firm Roth Capital Partners, and earlier, a Vice President at Salomon Smith Barney (now Citigroup) in London. Ms. Russo began her career at the Blackstone Group. She earned a BS in Economics, summa cum laude, from the Wharton School, where she was a Benjamin Franklin Scholar. She is an adviser to the Arts & Business Council of New York, and to Pentacle, an organization supporting the dance community.

Grace Heintz is a manager in the Boston office of Bain & Company, after beginning as a Summer Associate in 1997, and returning after graduating from Wharton Business School. Most recently she has focused on consumer and industrial products, as well as working in Bain’s Private Equity Group performing due diligence and strategy work on private equity clients. Prior to joining Bain, Ms. Heintz was an Equity Capital Markets analyst at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, and before that, a Corporate Finance analyst for Kidder, Peabody & Co. Grace earned her MBA from the Wharton School in 1998 with a concentration in Finance. She is also a graduate of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, where she earned a degree in Economics and Legal Studies.

Kavita Baball is a consultant in the Boston office of Bain & Company. She joined Bain in July 2001 as an Associate Consultant in projects in consumer products, manufacturing, telecom, healthcare, and information technology. She left in 2004 to pursue an MBA at the Wharton School, along with extensive extracurricular involvements, including Inspire Inc., a non-profit consulting organization run by Associate Consultants; a City Year mentorship program; and Charlestown High School SAT tutoring. Ms. Baball also did a six-month transfer to Bain’s Amsterdam office, and a 2005 summer internship with Red Door Spa Holdings. She graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2001 with an MEng in Computer Science and BS in Management.

Elizabeth Coleman is a consultant in the Boston office of Bain & Company. She first joined the firm in June 2006 as a Summer Associate and returned to Bain in February of 2007 after earning her MBA. She has worked for clients in a range of industries in Bain’s private equity and financial services practices. Prior to business school, Ms. Coleman worked for Lehman Brothers, and also for the International Finance Corporation, the private sector arm of the World Bank. She received her BA in History from Harvard University, and completed a joint-degree program with Johns Hopkins University and the Wharton School earning an MA in International Relations and an MBA with a concentration in Finance.

Mary Elisabeth Plowden joined Wachovia Securities in July 2006. While at Wachovia, she has worked on strategic and financial transactions involving companies in the retail, apparel, and restaurants sectors. Prior to joining Wachovia Securities, Ms. Plowden worked as an Associate at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the Global Investment Research division. In this role, she supported equity research analysts covering the Electric Utilities, Power Technology, and Business Services sectors. Ms. Plowden earned her MBA from the Wharton School and a BA in History from Princeton University.

Caroline Mao joined Wachovia Securities in July 2002 and is an Associate in ECM-Origination. Prior to joining Equity Capital Markets, Ms. Mao worked in the Financial Institutions Investment Banking group. She graduated from the Wharton School with a BS in Economics and a dual concentration in Finance and Legal Studies.

Gerri Willis is the anchor of CNN’s weekend business program, Open House, a half-hour long weekly real estate show which presents a how-to approach on all things real estate.

Ms. Willis also serves as the personal finance editor for CNN Business News, the division of CNN Worldwide that produces business news for CNN/US, CNN International, Headline News, CNN Airport Network, CNNRadio and the Web site CNNMoney.com. As personal finance editor, Ms. Willis offers viewers life improvement tips in her daily “5 Tips” segment. In addition to her work with CNN, Ms. Willis is a columnist and contributing writer for MONEY magazine.

Prior to joining CNN Business News in March 2003, Ms. Willis was the senior financial correspondent for SmartMoney magazine. She attended Columbia Business School as a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in 1991-92 and was the winner of the Excellence in Retirement Savings Reporting award for 2001, which is given by the American University School of Communication and the Investment Company Institute’s Education Foundation. Her feature story, “The Stock that Ate Cincinnati," was excerpted in Marshall Loeb’s book, Best Business Stories of 2001. Her book, The SmartMoney Guide to Real Estate Investing, was released in 2003.