New Location Swissôtel Chicago • June 8 – 10, 2009

The 16th annual

A Unique Forum for Families and Family Office Executives to Collaborate on New Opportunities and Overcome Common Challenges in an Uncertain Economy

More SFOs, MFOs, Family Members & Family Businesses New Speakers, Fresh Content Aspiriant Lender Family Management Expanded focus on the emerging generation, women Austin-Lehman Adventures Masino Family Office of , and family business owners Azteca Foods Okabena Company Chicago Metallic Pitcairn Corporation Royal Management Clearbrook Partners Corporation Coppertree Ltd. Sentinel Trust Company Richard Lavin, Mary Yeager Sara Schmidt, Keith Lender, David Weinberg Gallery The Galvin Family Tiger 21 Wall, Wall US Oil Lender Family Genspring Family Offices Threshold Group Family Management Harris Holdings Family Office U.S. Oil Enterprise (SFO) Harris myCFO Vogel Consulting (SFO) Krusen Family Office Wall Family Enterprise Make better decisions by learning from more family members of single and multi-family offices Build priceless relationships: New interactive formats and exclusive activities

Invitational Chicago Chris Galvin, Fort Flowers, Dirk Jungé, Marvin Lender, Architecture Cruise Motorolla Sentinel Trust Pitcairn Lender Hosted by Chubb and Company (MFO) M&M Family Office (MFO) Hub International (SFO) Inside the Family Board Room: Protect your family from sweeping economic and tax Semi-Private Exchange threats while tapping into unexposed opportunities

Champagne Roundtable Reception with Live Entertainment Edward Altman Rob Francais, Christine K. Scott Oki, author of the Aspiriant Galloway, Microsoft Alumni “z-score” (MFO) Okabena Association, See credit Company YourImpact, and Prepare for the year’s greatest challenges: indicator (SFO) The Oki Foundation  Innovative Tax and Estate Planning Techniques Industry Partners: Sponsors:  Emerging Investment Opportunities and Enhanced Due Diligence for a New Economic Environment  Impactful : Building Accountability into the Model  Family Education through Important Transitions

www.FamilyOfficeForum.net A completely redesigned event for a radically different world. We invite you to join us at an event like no other: The only forum designed to tackle those issues unique to families of exceptional wealth, in a setting that guarantees the exclusivity you demand in an open forum of interactive exchange.

Over 65% of Our Speakers are Family Members or Family Office Executives Invite your spouse, your children, your in-laws, and your advisors. We’ve re-designed our entire event, to bridge family gaps while enhancing every facet of the family office.

Gain a fresh perspective on forward-looking issues • The Next Generation: A new look at education and philanthropy with Chris Galvin (Motorola), Keith and Marvin Lender (Lender’s Bagels,) and emerging leaders of other families • Women of Wealth: Featuring Sarah Schmidt, Family President and Director, U.S. Oil Inc., Renee Togher Azteca Foods, and Martha Jahn Martin Chicago Metallic Corporation • Family Business Owners: Richard Lavin, Co-Founder of Tiger 21, leads a discussion on transferring entrepreneurial strengths and business savvy to the Family Office

Protect your assets and preserve wealth from mounting threats • Avoid fraud by going beyond Country Club Due Diligence • Profit from exclusive windows into lucrative opportunities • Minimize taxes with innovative structures for a new regulatory landscape • Asset allocation now: Critique and analysis into funds and

Streamline operations for improved processes and more informed decisions • Cutting-edge technology to take and reporting to the next level • Solving the Human Capital problem: Find and keep the right people • Outsourcing the CIO and other critical functions: Maintaining control without sacrificing quality © 2009 Inc. All rights reserved Institute for International Research,

What’s different about the Family Office Forum? Working directly with family members and top family office executives, we have developed a program that addresses the greatest challenges you face today with innovative formats that promise a higher degree of interaction. We select each speaker through a careful screening process that ensures our entire program features only the highest – quality experts and thought-leaders in the industry. To empower families and their trusted advisors, make better and more informed decisions, Our goal: and fully realize the potential of their unique family missions. We don’t have all the answers– but by bringing a group of the nations expert authorities and top families and family office executives together, we will begin asking the right questions. Join the discussion and begin working towards new solutions for tomorrow’s challenges.

I hope to meet you this June in Chicago! Since I’ve been involved the last several years in contributing to this event, it keeps getting better. This is due to the quality of people who are presenting “ and attending - especially with the increased attention given to private families. It’s become one of the best industry events of the year. Conference Director, The Family Office Forum -Thomas R. Livergood, CEO, The Family Wealth Alliance ” 2 To Register, Call +1 888.670.8200 or + 1 941.951.7885 • Fax +1 941.365.2507 • Email [email protected] Agenda-at-a-Glance

Day One: Monday, June 8TH, 2009 8am Day 1 Registration 9am-12pm Interactive Executive Masterclasses A FAMILY OFFICE FROM A to Z: B RISK MANAGEMENT REVISITED AND IN-FOCUS: Structuring And Streamlining Asset Allocation and Asset Protection Vogel Consulting (MFO), Family Office Exchange (FOX) Clearbrook Partners (MFO) 12:00 Luncheon for Workshop Participants Enhancing the Organization for More Informed Decisions 1:00 Collaboration in Family Wealth: Adapting to Sustain and Grow in This New World Order Family Wealth Alliance, Okabena Company (SFO), Threshold Group (MFO) 1:45 In-House vs. Outsource: Maintaining Control Without Sacrificing Quality Fel-Pro Family (SFO, MFO, VFO) 2:45 Networking Break Bridging The Gap Through Key Transitions 3:15 Empowering the Next Generation and Enriching the Family Legacy: Transitions of Leadership Galvin Family, Lender Family, Bernstein FamilyL 4:45 Pinpointing Future Opportunities for Multi-Family Offices: Paving the Road for an Evolving Business Model Pitcairn (MFO), Aspiriant (MFO), GenSpring Family Offices (MFO) 5:30 Champagne Roundtable Reception with Live Entertainment

Day Two: Tuesday June 9th, 2009 7:30 Invitation Only: Family Office Breakfast Sponsored by RyHolland Fielder 8:45 Opening Remarks 9:00 Family Business to Family Office: Transitions, Integration and Separation Tiger 21 , Sentinel Trust Company (MFO), Bashaw Group (MFO), Raylign Advisory Adapting to Succeed in a New Economy 10:00 Beyond Country Club Due Diligence: Mitigating Investment Risk, Avoiding Fraud and Ensuring Transparency CTC Consulting, Harris myCFO (MFO) 11:00 Networking Break 11:30 KEYNOTE: Edward I. Altman, Author of the Z-Score Credit Indicator 12:30 Networking Luncheon TRACK 1: TRACK 2: TRACK 3: Collaboration Between Generations Operational Best Practices Investment and Wealth Preservation 1:30 Family Governance and Education Human Capital Credit and Risk Analysis Coppertree Ltd (MFO) Executive Leadership Resources Prism Global Advisors, Jefferson National 2:30 Inside the Family Board Room: Challenges in Family Office Technology Building Trust and Empathy with Clients in The Family Office Synth-Bank, Envestnet Asset Management Volatile Times Wall Family Enterprise (SFO), Royal Management Wealth Psychology, Harris myCFO (MFO) Corporation (SFO), ROI Consulting (MFO), Bashaw Group, Cyclone Management (SFO) 3:30 Break 4:00 The Changing Role of Women in Affecting the Innovative Tax and Estate Planning Hedge Funds: Debating the future and Family’s Wealth Techniques assessing opportunities U.S. Oil Inc., Azteca Foods, Chicago Metallic Corp Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Harris Holdings (SFO), Krusen Family Office (SFO) 4:45 High-Impact Philanthropy Evaluating and Selecting Effective Wealth Opportunities In Today’s Market: Rebalancing Microsoft Alumni Foundation, National Foundation Managers the Portfolio for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), Threshold Group Masino Family Office (SFO) Arabella Philanthropic Investment Advisors 6:00 Invitational Chicago Architecture Cruise: Hosted by Chubb Insurance and Hub International

Day 3: Wednesday, June 10th, 2009 9:00 On the Pulse Research Sampler: The Family Wealth Alliance, Family Office Exchange (FOX) Risk Management and Wealth Preservation in a Volatile Economy 10:00 Insurance: Investment or Black Hole Hub International, Pelagos Advisors LLC 11:00 Networking Break 11:30 Asset Protection: Preserving Your Wealth for Generations to Come Through Innovative Structuring Strategies: Handler Thayer & Duggan 12:30 Lunch 1:30 The New Tax Landscape: Achieving Maximum Tax Efficiencies and Preparing for Major Impacts of Proposed and Emerging Legislation WTAS LLC 2:30 Open Session: To Be Announced 3:30 Conference Concludes 3 www.familyofficeforum.net Day One: Monday, June 8 Interactive Executive Masterclasses

8am day 1 Registration 12:00 Luncheon for Workshop Participants

Choose One:

9:00am to 12:00pm 9:00am to 12:00pm

Interactive Executive Masterclass A: Interactive Executive Masterclass B:

FAMILY OFFICE FROM A to Z: RISK MANAGEMENT REVISITED AND IN-FOCUS: Structuring and Streamlining the Most Effective Asset Allocation and Asset Protection Family Organization in a New Economy

Setting up a family office is no easy task, and there is no When the entire market is in flux, how do you diversify single answer for effective organization. Implementing and rebalance the portfolio? the right framework is the key to building a valuable • Reach far ahead of the curve to ensure consistent entity, and we’ll take you through the process: returns in tomorrow’s economy • Avoid fraud by instilling effective due diligence • Structuring the family office • Go beyond Country Club Due Diligence to ensure - Family business to family office: After the adequate protection liquidity event Evaluating asset class buckets in today’s economy: - Family business owners – what do you need Including (but not limited to) Large Cap Public Equity, to know? Credit and Debt Markets, Principal investments in PE • Metrics to measure performance Through specific case analysis, plus exclusive advice from • Tools to streamline and improve accuracy proven investment gurus, you’ll leave with the tools you • Comprehensive reporting for more informed need to implement powerful investment strategies and decisions asset protection techniques or your family’s portfolio • Taxation – What you need to know now Facilitated by Clearbrook Partners, a Family • Plus – Strategies for enhanced:

Office and Private Family Investment Firm © 2009 Inc. All rights reserved Institute for International Research, - Frits Besselaar, Founding Family, - Structuring Clearbrook Partners - Fiduciary Responsibility Frits has over 16 of years experience in both managing - Administration Princeton Investment Advisors, Inc. the family office he - Cohesiveness Family Decisions founded in 1992, and investing his family’s assets. Tom Sowanick, Chief Investment Officer, Rhona Vogel, President & Founder, Vogel Clearbrook Partners Consulting (MFO) Tom is widely published in the global economic arena, has John Benevides, President, Family Office been recognized by Harvard Business School and has been Exchange (FOX) an All American for his research. Single Family Office Executive, TBD

4 To Register, Call +1 888.670.8200 or + 1 941.951.7885 • Fax +1 941.365.2507 • Email [email protected] MAIN CONFERENCE DAY ONE: Monday, June 8 PLENARY

12:00 Main Conference Registration Adapting and Enhancing the Family Office of Today 1:00 Collaboration on Family Wealth: Sustaining Growth in This New World Order Influential CEOs from varying perspectives – An SFO, MFO, and External CIO – assess options to best collaborate in a rapidly evolving industry. Critical discussions include: • Does scale really matter? • Can you stay independent and still take advantage of outsource solutions? • When do privacy and control trump the advantages of outsourcing? • How can we achieve new growth and what should we expect down the road? Moderator by Thomas R. Livergood, CEO, The Family Wealth Alliance Panelists: Christine K. Galloway, CEO, Okabena Company (SFO) Edward M. Lazar, President, Threshold Group (MFO) (SFO) TBD, a CEO of an External CIO 1:45 Asset Protection: Preserving Your Wealth for Generations to Come Through Innovative Structuring Strategies • Pinpointing the best way to mitigate risks in your family office - Family Limited Partnerships - Family Limited Liability Companies - Trust and Estate Planning - Pre-Marital Challenges - Foundations - Legal Structures - Balancing Risk Management and Risk Taking - International Trusts - Legal Structures - Corporate Governance and Policies - Insurance Options - Family Conduct Protocols - Regulatory Concerns and Filing Requirements - Captive Insurance Thomas J. Handler, J.D., P.C, Partner, Handler Thayer LLC 2:45 Networking Refreshment Break Make new connections and build on existing relationships – our new venue provides the perfect accommodation for effortless conversation. BRIDGING THE GAP THROUGH KEY TRANSITIONS 3:15 Empowering the Next Generation and Enriching the Family Legacy by Reconciling Missions and Visions Speakers from two generations of three families explore lessons learned during key transitions of leadership Passing the Torch to the Emerging Generation: Anticipating and overcoming obstacles to smooth transitions Bridging the Gap: Reconciling differences in perspectives, values and goals Overcoming Obstacles: Improving the model for communication, family missions and education Moderator: Bruce Boyd, Principal and Managing Director, Arabella Philanthropic Investment Advisors Speakers: • The Galvin Family, Founders of Motorola Chris Galvin, Former CEO, Motorola And additional Galvin family member

• The Lender Family, Founders of Lenders Bagels Marvin Lender, Lender Family Management (Patriarch Family Member) Keith Lender, Lender Family Management (G2 Family Member)

• The Bernstein Family Robert Bernstein, Founder/CEO, PRISM Family Office Chad Bernstein, G2 Family Member, PRISM Family Office; Professional Musician / Co-founder, Guitars over Guns Operation

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4:45 Pinpointing Future Opportunities for Multi-Family Offices: Paving the Road for An Evolving Business Model Rob Francais, COO, Aspiriant (MFO) MFO Dirk Jungé, Chairman, Pitcairn (MFO) FOCUS Maria Elena Lagomasino, Chief Executive Officer, GenSpring Family Offices, (MFO) 5:30 Champagne Roundtables and Welcome Reception Begin the evening engaged in stimulating discussions with speakers and fellow attendees over a glass of champagne. Each roundtable will be led by a conference speaker or respected industry figure, and you will choose which discussion you wish to join.

Followed By: Evening Entertainment with Live Music by Suenalo, Creators of “GOGO” (Guitars over Guns Operation)

MAIN CONFERENCE DAY TWO: TUESDAY, June 9 PLENARY

7:30 Closed-Door Family Breakfast: The Private Exchange - Exclusively for Families and Private Family Office Executives (By Invitation Only) Sponsored by: Private Exchange: Breakfast Roundtable Discussion Topics to be Announced 8:45 Opening Remarks: Conference Chairperson 9:00 Family Business to Family Office: Transitions, Integration and Separation • Creating value in the family, as you created value in the business NEW • Harnessing the entrepreneurial spirit to enhance the family goals • Life after liquidity: What do you do now? • Bridging skill sets and filling in the gaps: Acknowledging limitations when going from CEO of the business to CEO of the family portfolio • Constructing an operating company for the family business Moderator: Richard Lavin, Co-Founder, Tiger 21 Fort Flowers, President and CEO, Sentinel Trust Company (MFO) Benjamin Oehler, President and Founder, Bashaw Group Greg Rogers, Founder and President, RayLign Advisory LLC Leslie C. Quick III, Founding Partner, Massey, Quick & Co., LLC Strategies and Implications in Today’s Economy

10:00 Beyond Country Club Due Diligence: Mitigating Investment Risk, Avoiding Fraud © 2009 Inc. All rights reserved Institute for International Research, NEW and Ensuring Transparency- Essential tactics to protect future investments Strategies to control what you can (and manage what you can’t) in an uncertain world • Achieving greater transparency and preparing for forthcoming regulations • Evaluating leverage and hedging strategies • Protecting capital and ensuring liquidity • Where are your risks and returns? Steve Braverman, President, Harris MyCfo (MFO) Speaker TBC, CTC Consulting 11:00 Networking Break

11:30 KEYNOTE: Edward I. Altman Global Credit Markets and Distressed Debt Investing: Forecasting Future Conditions and Understanding the Implications of Today • Credit markets: A tale of three periods • The outlook for default and recovery rates • Market based vs. Mortality rate models for predicting defaults • LBO Bankruptcies: Then and Now • Historical performance and outlook for distressed debt securities Dr. Edward I. Altman is the creator of the Z-Score method for assessing the financial health of companies and the Max L. Heine Professor of Finance at the Salomon Center at New York University's Stern School of Business.

6 12:30 Networking Luncheon To Register, Call +1 888.670.8200 or + 1 941.951.7885 • Fax +1 941.365.2507 • Email [email protected] MAIN CONFERENCE DAY TWO: TUESDAY, June 9 TRACKS

Each Track is designed specifically for Family Members, Family Office Executives or Wealth Managers and Investors.

1:30 (Choose TRACK A,B or C)

A Private Affair: Overcoming Obstacles to Family Governance and Education Open to family members only (extended family, children and spouses encouraged to attend) While there is ample evidence of best practices in family governance, the most significant challenge to families lies in overcoming the obstacles that stand in the way of implementing these best practices. We’ll examine the challenges that many families face and explore strategies that have been successful in overcoming these TRACK A challenges, including: Family Members • Collaboration between and within generations • Engaging family members in the mission • Establishing family leadership • Dealing with disruptive family dynamics • Transferring values and a sense of ownership • Enhancing family communication to the next generation Leader: Mark Casella, Founder and President, Coppertree Ltd (mfo)

Taking Control of the Human Capital Problem: Interactive Roundtable Discussion NEW Discussion topics to flow from results of the Pre-Conference Survey • Meeting the critical requirements of the Family Office TRACK B • Past, present and future: What has worked, what hasn’t and what will prevail in the future? Family Office Executives • Overcoming major hurdles over the next 12 months • Achieving efficiencies with technology and improved processes Charles Meek, Founder and President, Executive Leadership Resources, LLC

Credit and Risk Analysis: Strategies and Outlook for an Unprecedented Economy Foremost financial thought-leaders debate new realities, keys to survival and tactics for returns in a new world order • Reasons for optimism and opportunity vs. critical concerns and new challenges for the future TRACK C • Domino effect: Significant and unrealized impacts of the credit crisis and new levels of financial distress Wealth Managers and Investors • Cascading influences of levered losses and where the next wave will have the greatest effect • The Grand Experiment: How government strategies and intervention will really come into play Robert Bernstein, Prism Global Advisors (SFO) David Smilow, Chairman, Jefferson National

2:30 (Choose TRACK A,B or C) Inside the Family Board Room: Semi-Closed Door Session Dynamic Format: Step Inside the Family Decision-Making Process This unique setup maintains exclusivity while creating a mutually beneficial exchange of information. NEW How it works: Family Members and Family Office Managers discuss the challenges they are facing in a semi-closed environment. Carefully screened family office managers and advisors have the opportunity to listen in on the exchange – thus providing valuable insight into how they may be able to better address these issues in the future. Moderator: David Lansky, Ph.D., The Family Business Consulting Group, Inc. TRACK A Board Room Participants: Family Members Daniel Thiem, Royal Management Corporation (SFO) Richard Morris, Principal, ROI Consulting (MFO) Tom Pazol, CEO, Cyclone Management (SFO) Benjamin Shapiro, Mason Avenue Investments, LLC (SFO) Matthew Shapiro, Mason Avenue Investments, LLC (SFO) Brendan Wall, Wall Family Enterprise (SFO) Mary Wall Yeager, Board Member, Wall Family Enterprise (SFO)

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Each Track is designed specifically for Family Members, Family Office Executives or Wealth Managers and Investors.

2:30 (Choose TRACK A,B or C) Continued from page 7

Family Office Technology: Applying Portfolio Theory to IT Decision-Making – The Top 10 Things to Know about IT • Enhancing security, compliance and operations: Taking care of the basics TRACK B Family Office • Off the shelf vs. customized: Finding your perfect fit Executives • Managing IT risk and expense: Prioritizing your biggest problems • Optimizing your approach to solutions: Enabling better decisions and minimizing risks by looking at applications as a portfolio Bryan Bell, Founder and President, Synth-Bank Jud Bergman, Founder and CEO, Envestnet

Building Trust and Empathy with Clients in Volatile Times NEW “81 percent of investors . . . plan to take money away from their current advisor.” Survey, Prince and Associates Trust, confidence and character are the bedrock for serving families of wealth. Establishing trust is a special skill, talent and craft, TRACK C unique to every advisor. What is your trust building talent? We will discuss trust and empathy along with how to refine and enhance Wealth Managers your skill set. Through interactive dialogue, case studies and role playing, each participant will walk away from this session with new and Investors tools indispensable to the future of advising. Gary Shunk, Principle, Wealth Psychology Joe Calabrese, President, Harris MyCFO (MFO)

3:30 Refreshment Break

4:00 (Choose 1 Session) The Changing Role of Women in Affecting the Family’s Wealth • Examining the unique role of woman in the family business NEW • Leadership issues, power roles and intergenerational challenges • Spouses and partners – How active should they be? • Managing the power differential TRACK A • First females in prominent roles Family Members • Gaining credibility and getting beyond the stereotypes Moderator: Amy Schuman, Principal, Family Business Consulting Group, Inc. © 2009 Inc. All rights reserved Institute for International Research, Sarah Schmidt, Schmidt Family President and Director, U.S. Oil Inc. (Family Business) Renee Togher, President, Azteca Foods (Family Business) Martha Jahn Martin, Chicago Metallic Corporation (Family Business)

Innovative Tax and Estate Planning Techniques: Protecting Wealth From Emerging Threats • In-depth coverage of strategies you need to know now to adapt to tomorrow’s tax environment • Offshore structures TRACK B • New estate planning laws and techniques Family Office • Family accounts and financing luxury items Executives • For profit vs. philanthropic endeavors Philip J Tortorich, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Hedge Funds: Debating the Future and Pinpointing Opportunities The good, the bad and the ugly – Questions you need to ask when making future investments in hedge funds and • Examining the role of alternatives in the family office portfolio to answer your greatest questions: Past, present and future TRACK C • What really happened and what can we learn from our mistakes? Wealth Managers and Investors • Where is the future of hedge funds in the portfolio and how must you adapt to succeed? • Ensuring due diligence to avoid future fraud Discover exactly what questions you should be asking from the people best equipped to know Bill Friend, President, Core Capital and Principal, Harris Holdings (SFO) Charles Krusen, CIO, Krusen Family Office (SFO) Daniel Curran, Managing Partner, Curran Family Partnership. Former Board Member CBOE 8 To Register, Call +1 888.670.8200 or + 1 941.951.7885 • Fax +1 941.365.2507 • Email [email protected] MAIN CONFERENCE DAY TWO: TUESDAY, June 9 TRACKS

Each Track is designed specifically for Family Members, Family Office Executives or Wealth Managers and Investors.

4:45 (Choose TRACK A,B or C) KEYNOTE: High-Impact Philanthropy: Redefining the Charity Model to Enable Effective Organizations When Every Dollar Counts Philanthropic pioneers merge the success and resources of the Gates Foundation and Microsoft Corporation with the new Microsoft Alumni Foundation, bringing innovation and entrepreneurial expertise to the new wave of charitable giving • Pooling resources and leveraging assets to create a powerful charitable collective for tackling the world’s greatest challenges • Micro-Charity vs. Micro-Finance: Why the time is ripe for disruptive change in charitable giving TRACK A • Translating your family passion into a strategic philanthropic mission Family Members • The economics of impactful giving: Implementing a chain of accountability to make a greater difference in a critical time Presenters: • Chuck Hirsch, President, Microsoft Alumni Foundation • scott Oki, Co-Founder, Microsoft Alumni Foundation; Chief Volunteer, The Oki Foundation • steve Mariotti, President, National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) • Jeff Lauterbach, Family Advisor

Structuring the New Criteria for Evaluating and Selecting Effective Wealth Managers • Models that help simplify complex decisions • Tools to build criteria for selecting a wealth manager TRACK B Family Office • Differentiating prioritizing services to find your best fit Executives • Developing a multi-faceted decision-making process • Identifying and prioritizing your criteria Brian Hughes, Managing Director, Threshold Group

OPPORTUNITIES IN TODAY’S MARKET: Rebalancing the Portfolio to Gain a Fresh Perspective on Asset Allocation in the New Economy • Achieving real diversification – going beyond traditional strategies to effect reliable results • Evaluating the model: What are the opportunities and asset categories today and how have they evolved? • The changing role and placement of alternative assets in your portfolio: will they produce returns? TRACK C • The government as a stakeholder and what it means for you Wealth Managers • Where do opportunities lie today? and Investors - Real Estate - Private Equity - Hedge Funds Rich Masino, CIO, NorthShore Capital Management, LLC and Founder, Masino Family Office

INVITATION ONLY

6:00 Invitational Chicago Architecture Cruise: Exclusively for Family Offices & Family Members

Hosted by Chubb Insurance and Hub International Marvel at Chicago’s breathtaking skyline while reconnecting with old friends and beginning new relationships – all while enjoying cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and a unique Chicago experience.

If you would like to inquire about your invitation, please contact Michelle Bierman at [email protected] or 1 (312) 279-4890. Please note this event is open only to Family Offices and Family Members.

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8:30 Protecting the Portfolio: Using Convertible Bonds to Preserve and Grow Family Wealth Greg Miller CPA, CEO, Wellesley Investment Advisors, Inc. 9:30 On the Pulse Research Sampler: A roundup of the best research in the industry

Disclosing key findings on: Compensation, office costs, insourcing and outsourcing; shifts in asset allocations, portfolio performance; selection; human capital; generational shifts; trends and expectations for the next 5 years in the family office industry. Plus: Hear the exclusive results from our pre-conference survey! Tom Livergood, CEO, The Family Wealth Alliance John Benevides, President, Family Office Exchange Representative TBA, Wharton Study Risk Management and Wealth Preservation in a Volatile Economy 10:15 Insurance: Investment or Black Hole – Does Your Risk Management Program Need a Bailout? • Impact of current economic volatility on the insurance industry • A look inside the “Black Box” of insurance policies - Understanding pricing pressure points, customization and manipulation - Exposing the risks: Identification, mitigation and management • The importance of due diligence on advisors and processes - Undisclosed conflicts of interest and how they impact products - Creating accountability and disclosure through written guidelines • Friends don’t let friends be ILIT Trustees – Trustee responsibilities and protections - Uniform Prudent Investor Act (UPIA): The trustee’s lifeline - Ongoing management – Simple vs. substance Michael J. Brink, CLU, AEP, Principal, Pelagus Advisors LLC James P Kane CIC, President, HUB International Personal Insurance Ltd 11:15 Networking Break 11:45 In-House vs. Outsource: Maintaining Control Without Sacrificing Quality One Family, Four Solutions. Explore how each branch of the 4th Generation Fel-Pro Family found the best family office structure for their unique needs. NEW • Determining when and what to outsource without compromising value (SFO, MFO, VFO or Somewhere In-Between?) • Outsourcing the CIO function: Have criteria shifted as a result of the economy? • Achieving economies of scale by leveraging your core competencies and achieving strategic partnerships

• Finding your best family office fit © 2009 Inc. All rights reserved Institute for International Research, SFO: Richard Morris, Principal, ROI Consulting Private MFO: Paul Lehman, Managing Director, Austin-Lehman Adventures ONE FAMILY Virtual Family Office: Dennis Kessler, Principal, Family Business Innovations FOUR BRANCHES FOUR SOLUTIONS Fully Outsourced Family Office: David Weinberg, President, David Weinberg Gallery About the Felpro Family: A recognized leader in automotive parts and was also known for its progressive human resources practices Fel-Pro was consistently ranked as one of the Top 10 Companies to Work For in Fortune and Working Mother magazines. 12:45 Lunch 1:45 The New Tax Landscape: Achieving Maximum Tax Efficiencies and Preparing for Major Impacts of Proposed and Emerging Legislation • Preserving wealth through advantageous tax planning in new regimes and under varying economic scenarios NEW • Understanding implications for ordinary income as well as capital gains • Examining proposed legislation and reviewing potential implications on family office tax planning • Mitigating the risks of increased tax liabilities • Structuring investment expenses to be more tax efficient in the family • Estate tax: Taking advantage of opportunities now Joseph Karczewski, Managing Director, WTAS LLC 2:30 Open Session: We can’t predict the future, so we will dedicate this session to whatever issue is most important to you in the month before the conference 3:30 Conference Concludes 10 To Register, Call +1 888.670.8200 or + 1 941.951.7885 • Fax +1 941.365.2507 • Email [email protected] Thank you to our new Advisory Board:

Michael Brink, Pelagos Advisors, LLC tom Meilinger, Vogel Consulting

Tom Livergood, Family Wealth Alliance Bill Woodson, Credit Suisse

Tom Handler, Handler Thayer LLC Robert Bernstein, PRISM Global Advisors

David Lansky, Family Business Consulting Group Brian Hughes, Threshold Group

DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER FACULTY Sara Schmidt, Family President, U.S. Oil Co., Inc Spanning the Family Tree: Emerging Sara Schmidt is actively involved in her family’s third generation business, Generations and Multi-Branch Families U.S. Oil Co., Inc.* She serves on the Board of Directors and is a member of the Compensation and Governance Committees. In January of 2005 she was Brendan Wall, Wall Family Enterprise hired as the Family President and assumed responsibility for managing the Successful business owner operator with 22 years experience managing and communication, leadership development, education, philanthropy, and family growing two different multi-million dollar businesses. Key focus on building governance for the shareholder group. Schmidt is also the founder and principal of strong teams with high morale and loyalty founded on mid-western family Sarah Schmidt Consulting, LLC, a practice dedicated to consultation and coaching business values. Brendan joined Demco Media, L.P. in 1991 and became y for closely held and non-profit organizations. President and COO in 2000.

amil Renee Togher, President, Azteca Foods, Inc. Mary Wall Yeager, Member of the Board, Wall Family Enterprise Azteca Foods, Inc. is a Chicago-based family owned business and leading Ms. Yeager was elected to the DEMCO Board in April 2005 also in

all F manufacturer of tortilla products. She is a board member of Azteca Foods, anticipation of Chairman John Wall’s ultimate retirement. Ms. Yeager Inc. and ADL, Inc. She currently serves on the Board of the Greater Chicago W currently serves on the Wall Family Enterprise and Library and Education Food Depository. As a past board member of Access Living, Chicago, she Group boards, Chairs the Compensation Committee which serves both served as Secretary of the Board and member of its Executive Committee and is a boards, and serves on the Governance Committee of the Enterprise. Ms. Yeager past Chairman of the Nominating and Board Development Committee previously served on the board of the Maple Bluff Country Club, and was advisor to the CEO and the Compensation Committee of Cuna Credit Union. Martha Jahn Martin, Member of Senior Management Team, Chicago Metallic Corporation Keith Lender, Chief Investment Officer, M & M Family Office Martha Jahn Martin is a 3rd generation member of the business-owning family of Keith Lender is the Chief Investment officer of the M&M Family Office. Chicago Metallic Corporation (“CMC”), a 116 year-old family business with over Since joining the firm in 2004, Keith has taken on many responsibilities in 800 employees worldwide. Her current role is the Vice President of Human Resources addition to managing the firm’s asset allocation, and manager selection. and member of the senior management team. Martha also serves on the boards and Keith successfully initiated the search, and ultimately the execution of the committees of various charitable organizations, including the Union League Boys & outsourcing of the back office functions of the office. He also reinvigorated the Girls Clubs. As a member of the Union League Club of Chicago, she currently serves communication and education efforts to family members, culminating in their first on two of its’ standing committees. annual family meeting this past summer. y Marvin Lender, Manager, Lender Management, LLC and Former Owner and Featured Speakers and Renowned Gurus President, Lender’s Bagel Bakery, Inc. amil Christopher B. Galvin, Former Chairman and CEO, Motorola Marvin Lender is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Israel Policy Forum, Christopher B. Galvin is the grandson of Paul Galvin (founder of Motorola) and immediate past Chairman of its Executive Committee. He is the former and the son of Robert Galvin (Chief of Motorola, 1959-1990). He began an Owner and President of Lender’s Bagel Bakery, Inc. and currently Manager internship with Motorola in 1967, and was promoted numerous times until of Lender Management, LLC, A Family Office. He served as National being elevated to President and Chief Operating Officer in 1993. In 1997, he L E ND R F Chairman and National President of the United Jewish Appeal, now known as United became CEO and in 1999, he added the role of Chairman of the Board to that of Jewish Communities. He is on the Boards of numerous Jewish and CEO. Currently, Mr. Galvin is cofounder of Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC educational programs on both a local and national level. He serves on the Board of and is chairman and cofounder of Harrison Street Capital LLC. Mr. Galvin is also co- Trustees of Yale-New Haven Hospital and is immediate past Chairman of its Board founder and chairman of Gore Creek Asset Management LLC, the extended Galvin and Executive Committee. Family-only large capital investment office. Paul Lehman, Former president of Fel-Pro original equipment sales and marketing, Edward I. Altman, Max L. Heine Professor of Finance, NYU Stern and Author of the Founder and Managing Partner, Austin-Lehman Adventures “Z-Score” Credit Indicator Austin-Lehman Adventures (ALA) is a leader in luxury adventure travel, specializing Edward I. Altman is the Max L. Heine Professor of Finance at the Stern in high-end, active vacations. School of Business, New York University. Dr. Altman has an international reputation as an expert on corporate bankruptcy, high yield bonds, Dennis Kessler, former Co-President, FEL-PRO; Principal, Family Business distressed debt and credit risk analysis. He has been the recipient of

y Innovations numerous prestigious awards and has testified before the U.S. Congress, the New York Dennis is the former Co-President of Fel Pro Inc., which was in his family State Senate and several other government and regulatory organizations.

amil for 80 years. Dennis Kessler is a principal in Family Business Innovations a firm specializing in helping families to overcome the challenges inherent in Professor Altman was one of the founders and an Executive Editor of the Journal mixing business with family. of Banking and Finance and has published or edited two-dozen books including the Handbook of Financial Markets and Institutions, Credit Risk and High Yield Junk F - pro Dennis serves as a member of the Board of Directors of three family controlled Bonds; Corporate Financial Distress & Bankruptcy and Managing Credit Risk. businesses: Ideal Industries, Inc., MFRI, INC. and O’Neil Industries. He formerly f e l served as a member of Fel-Pro’s Board of Directors, as Chairman of the Workforce Chuck Hirsch, President, Microsoft Alumni Foundation Development Committee of Lake County Partners, IL. and the Board of Directors of Chuck Hirsch is a founding Partner of MHz, LLC and served for six years as the Northern Illinois Business Association. a Managing Director of , where he continues his association with the firm as a Strategic Director. Prior to this he co-founded Richard Morris, former Board Director, FEL-PRO; ROI Consulting Dare to Dream Intertainment, pioneered the use of wireless technology in the home entertainment market and was acquired by Microsoft Corporation. As an executive at Microsoft he co-led the development and launch of Microsoft’s David Weinberg, former co-Chariman and co-CEO, FEL-PRO; David Weinberg ActimatesR product line, which revolutionized the interactive toy and early learning Gallery markets. He is a former White House Fellow where he served as a Special Assistant in the offices of the U.S. Secretaries of Defense and the Navy. 11 www.familyofficeforum.net Scott Oki, Co-Founder, Microsoft Alumni Foundation and Charles Krusen, Chief Investment Officer, Krusen Family Office SeeYourImpact. Chief Volunteer, The Oki Foundation Charles Krusen is the founder and CEO of Krusen Capital Management, Scott Oki retired after ten years with Microsoft, where he founded LLC (“KCM”). In addition, Mr. Krusen is the Chief Investment Officer of Microsoft’s International Division and also served as Senior Vice President, Krusen Family Office, a single family office based in Tampa, FL, with an SpeakersSales, Marketing, and Service. After leaving Microsoft, Oki founded Oki investment office in New York, NY. In addition, Mr. Krusen is a Partner with Developments, Inc., and the Oki Foundation, a nonprofit foundation. He Equity Management, an asset management organization that focuses on long/ has founded or co-founded over a dozen non-profit organizations. strategies and is a pioneer in 130/30 investing. Mr. Krusen is on the Board of The Microsoft Alumni Foundation is a newly formed 501 (c) 3 organization Trustees of the Southampton Hospital Foundation. Mr. Krusen is an honors designed to leverage the Microsoft alumni legacy. Working together with Microsoft graduate of Harvard College. Corporation as well as with grantees of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and over 60,000 current former Microsoft Alumni around the world, the trained Dirk Jungé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Pitcairn membership pool of the Alumni Foundation will undertake projects that will extend Mr. Jungé has been an innovator and leader in the family office for over 30 the reach of grant-making organizations. years. A 4th generation member of the Pitcairn family, he has served in numerous capacities including investments, marketing and client services. Steve Mariotti, Founder and President, NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR He was instrumental in re-establishing the firm as a multi-family office TEACHING ENTREPRENEURSHIP (NFTE) offering in 1987, and in 2008 led Pitcairn’s pioneering transition to a 100% open One of today’s leading experts in education for at-risk youth, Steve Mariotti architecture investment platform. Widely recognized for his involvement in social changed career paths when he decided to move from the corporate sector and community affairs, he sits on a variety of philanthropic and corporate boards. and become a special education teacher in the NYC school system. During this time he gained insight into how to successfully motivate his tough Richard Masino, Founder and CIO, The Masino Family Office students – teaching them how to run a business. In 1987, NFTE, a 501(c)(3) non- Richard Masino oversees an in-house long/short equity portfolio and the profit organization, was formed. NFTE has reached over 150,000 young people since allocation of capital to outside managers for the its founding and has programs in 28 states and 14 countries. Mr. Mariotti is the Masino Family Office. Previously, Mr. Masino co-founded VoiceNet recipient of numerous awards, most recently the Bernard A. Goldhirsch Award for Corporation. Within three years of its launch, VoiceNet had become the Entrepreneurial Advocacy, and has been the subject of national profiles including largest stand-alone calling card provider in the country. In 1998, he made a prescient ABC Evening News and 20/20. He is also the co-author of 8 books on entrepreneurship. call by selling 100% of his interests in the company. Shortly thereafter, the tech bubble would burst and the calling card industry would begin its descent into virtual Family Members and Single Family Offices obsolescence. Frits Besselaar, Founding Family, Clearbrook Partners Daniel Thiem, Vice President-Family Office, Royal Management Frits has over 16 of years experience in both managing Princeton Investment Corporation Advisors, Inc. the family office he founded in 1992, and investing his family’s assets. During his tenure at Princeton Investment Advisors, Frits invested in C-Levels of Leading Multi-Family Offices many highly successful investment partnerships, with mandates that focused Steve Braverman, President, Harris MyCFO on distressed debt, , event driven transactions, long/short equity, Steve Braverman is President of Harris myCFO Investment Advisory private equity and buy-outs. Services LLC, and head of the Northeast office. Mr. Braverman is responsible for managing Harris myCFO’s investment advisory platform and oversees Robert J. Bernstein, Managing Member, Wealth Management, PRISM Global the delivery of family office services to the important Northeast market Advisors place. Mr. Braverman joined Harris myCFO in 2006 and has more than 20 years of Mr. Bernstein is the founder and CEO of PRISM Partners, LLC, his personal professional experience. He is also a regular contributor to CNBC, Institutional family office, and Managing Member of Heller Bernstein & Associates Investor and Barron’s discussing how high net worth families can use derivatives and (HBA). Prior to this, he spent 10 years as Managing Director, Head of the structured products in their investment activities Global Emerging Markets at Brinson Partners / UBS Asset Management and was a senior member of the UBS Asset Allocation, Global Equity and Global Bond Robert Francais, CPA, Chief Operating Officer, Aspiriant committees. From 1983-93, he was Head of Institutional Fixed Income at Delaware Mr. Francais is the Chief Operating Officer and one of the largest Investment Advisers (Philadelphia), specializing in high yielding corporate bonds, shareholders of Aspiriant, the indirect owner of the General Partner and the nuclear decommissioning trusts and asset backed securities, structuring some of the Investment Manager. Most recently, Rob was the co-founder and Chief original CBO/CDO’s in the late 1980’s. Executive Officer of Quintile Wealth Management. As CEO, Rob led the effort to build Quintile from its inception into a thirty five person firm with $2.5 Mark Casella, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman, Coppertree Ltd billion of . During this same time, Rob was also the Chief As a 2nd generation owner of a privately held family business he helps Executive Officer of Empaxis. Today, Empaxis reconciles data for over $30 billion in families with the management of their own family’s glue such as privately assets and employs twenty four full-time staff in the U.S. and abroad. © 2008 Inc. All rights reserved Institute for International Research, held businesses, a family philanthropy, or co-owned assets Ben Oehler, Founder, Bashaw Group D.Fort Flowers Jr., President and CEO, Sentinel Trust Company Bashaw Group assists business owners as they wrestle with the complex and inter- Sentinel, a multi-client family office, provides wealth management, fiduciary, locking concerns of intergenerational strategic planning. Since 1980, Ben has been and services to affluent families, their closely held a professional advisor to private and public companies, most recently as President corporations, and their foundations. Prior to founding Sentinel in 1997, Mr. and CEO (1999-2007) of Waycrosse, Inc., the family office for owners of Cargill Flowers headed the Flowers single family office where he was responsible for Incorporated, one of the largest private companies in the world. family businesses involved in investments, manufacturing, real estate, and minerals. Maria Elena (Mel) Lagomasino, CEO, GenSpring Family Offices Christine K. Galloway, President and CEO, Okabena Company (SFO) GenSpring Family Offices is a multi-family office that was originally Okabena is the 40-year old Dayton family office. In addition to her established in 1989 as AMA - Asset Management Advisors. Mel was named responsibility for the strategic direction of the 40-year old family office, CEO of the firm in November 2005 and is a recognized leader in the wealth Chris’ duties include management oversight of accounting, tax-planning and management industry. Mel serves on the boards of The Coca-Cola compliance, financial reporting, systems, insurance and investment Company, Avon Products, Inc., the Lincoln Center Theater, and is a Trustee on the management functions as well as the delivery of financial planning services to Board of the National Geographic Society. Okabena clients. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Market Street Trust Company and Coe College. Edward M. Lazar, President, Threshold Group As President of Threshold Group, Ed has overall responsibility for the Bill Friend, Managing Partner & Co-Portfolio Manager, Core Capital comprehensive set of wealth management services delivered to their clientele. Management, LLC Ed’s entire 23 years of wealth management expertise has been in service to Mr. Friend has been involved in family office investing since 1992 for his families of significant means. Prior to joining Threshold Group in February own and family portfolios. He is a member of the Investment Committee of 2001, Ed was a partner in Arthur Andersen’s Family Wealth Planning practice and the Harris Holdings, Inc. family office having previously served as President headed their North and South Carolina Core Tax Services group. In addition, Ed is of William Harris Investors Ventures and VP of Pittway Corporation. the Vice-Chair of Communities in Schools of Peninsula. Greg Rogers, Founder & President, Raylign Advisory Prior to founding RayLign, Greg was Managing Director of his family business, Rhona E. Vogel, CPA, Owner, Founder & President, Vogel Consulting Group RogersCasey, and was Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer at John A. Vogel Consulting is one of the largest independent multi-family office firms Levin & Co., a publicly-traded asset management company that included a family in the Midwest, serving more than 50 family groups which collectively own office and over $13 billion in assets under management. over $3.5 billion of assets. 12 To Register, Call +1 888.670.8200 or + 1 941.951.7885 • Fax +1 941.365.2507 • Email [email protected] office’s business development efforts on a global basis. He has more than 24 years of Family Office Industry Partners experience in the . John Benevides, President, Family Office Exchange John Benevides is president of Family Office Exchange (FOX). Since James P. Kane, CIC, President, HUB International Personal Insurance Benevides began in July 2005, the firm has launched new member services, With more than two decades of personal insurance experience, Jim Kane executed a meaningful organizational realignment, and established a joined HUB International in October 2005 and was named President of research team dedicated to delivering industry-leading insight and analysis, HUB International Personal Insurance Ltd., the personal insurance division culminating in the family office industry’s first benchmarking initiative. of HUB International. HUBInternational Personal Insurance accounts for more than 20 percent of total revenue and is among one of the largest providers of Richard Lavin, Co-Founder, Tiger 21 personal insurance in the United States and Canada. Richard Lavin Co-Founded TIGER 21 in 1999 with Michael Sonnenfeldt.. TIGER 21 is a peer to peer learning organization for high net worth David Lansky, Ph.D., Senior Associate, Family Business Consulting individuals. Mr. Lavin facilitates Groups 1, 2 and 3 of TIGER 21. In Group, Inc. addition, for the last 15 years, Mr. Lavin has provided leadership coaching to David is a nationally recognized expert on the psychology and family CEOs in various industries with revenues of 10 to 200 Million dollars. dynamics of wealth and business. A clinical psychologist and family therapist by training, David spent over 15 years as a managing partner in a clinical Thomas Livergood, Chief Executive Officer, The Family Wealth Alliance psychology practice, where he observed the impact that personal The Family Wealth Alliance is an independent advocate and objective relationships, family dynamics, and communication obstacles can have on financial resource to private families and the firms that serve them. The Alliance’s core families business operations and planning. David has helped facilitate growth in value is “We Place Families First”. Tom has been quoted in Business Week, families, repair difficult relationships, and turn stagnant companies into thriving Financial Times, New York Magazine, New York Times, The Wall Street organizations. Journal, the Washington Post and numerous others. Charles Meek, Founder & President, Executive Leadership Resources, LLC Chuck joined the Global Industrial Practice of Heidrick and Struggles, an Exceptional Industry Experts international executive search firm and in 2002 founded Executive Bryan Bell, President, Synth-Bank Consulting, LLC Leadership Resources, LLC., a consulting firm that meets the unique human Bryan Bell is President and Founder of Synth-Bank Consulting, LLC (Synth- capital needs of family owned businesses and family offices; he specializes in Bank®) a technology practice focusing on using technology to enhance Human Capital Risk Management and Strategic Planning, and recruiting non-family business and creative processes. For the last 10 years Bryan has been working executives. as Chief Technology Officer and consultant for the multi-family office, Threshold Group, LLC. Bryan spent 20 years consulting and pioneering technology Thomas E. Meilinger, Managing Director, Vogel Consulting innovation for high-profile corporations and entertainers, including Apple Tom is an investment advisor representative and joins Vogel with over 28 Computer, Domain Chandon, NBC, GEIS, Herbie Hancock, Carlos Santana, years of executive experience in wealth management, corporate consulting Branford Marsalis and INXS. Bryan holds a DIS from Harvard University’s Graduate and higher education administration. Tom is a founding principal officer for School of Business Administration. an investment advisory and family office firm in the Midwest. He has also been the president of a public foundation, vice president for a private university and Judson Bergman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Envestnet Asset senior consultant to a national marketing firm. Management Jud founded Envestnet in 1999, a leading provider of wealth management Amy Schuman, Principal, Family Business Consulting Group technology solutions for investment advisors, financial institutions, and Amy Schuman works with family businesses on leadership development, family offices. Envestnet has grown rapidly and today administers over $75 communication skills and team building and was the founding Facilitator of billion in assets using an innovative data management model that features the Next Generation Leadership Institute, part of the Loyola University leading technology developed under the guidance of Scott Grinis, Envestnet’s Chicago Family Business Center. Amy is the author of A Woman’s Place: The Stanford University-trained (BS/MS, EE) Chief Technology Officer, and supported Crucial Roles of Women in Family Business, Nurturing the Talent to Nurture the Legacy: by Envestnet’s global administrative staff. Prior to forming Envestnet, Jud was the Career Development in the Family Business and co-author, with John L. Ward of Managing Director, Nuveen Mutual Funds, for the John Nuveen Company. Family Education for Business Owning Families: Strengthening Bonds by Learning Together due for release in January, 2009. Bruce W. Boyd, Principal and Managing Director, Arabella Philanthropic Investment Advisors, Midwest Regional Office, Chicago, IL Gary S. Shunk, Wealth Psychology, Family Wealth Alliance Bruce Boyd joined Arabella Advisors in early 2007 as a Principal and Gary Shunk is a consultant to families of wealth and the advisors who serve Managing Director after spending twenty years building and leading them. Since 1992 he has helped individuals, couples and families grapple successful for-profit and not-for-profit ventures. Arabella Advisors provides with the psychological blind-spots of earned and inherited wealth. He is a strategic counsel to many of the country’s leading philanthropists. wealth counselor, coach, speaker, workshop and seminar leader, facilitator of family meetings and retreats, and an expert in family systems and family dynamics. Bruce is a Trustee of the Morrison Family Foundation, the David K. Hardin Generativity Trust and his own family’s foundation. He served for twenty years on David Smilow, Chairman, Jefferson National the Board of Governors of Opportunity International, a leading micro-enterprise David Smilow has more than 20 years experience in the financial services development organization. industry. He founded TeleBank in 1989, serving as CEO through 1998 and Chairman until its sale to E*Trade in 1999. Under his guidance, TeleBank Michael J. Brink, CLU, AEP, Principal, Pelagos Advisors, LLC increased from $50 million in assets to over $5 billion and became the largest PELAGOS ADVISORS is a national, fiduciary based, life insurance advisory Internet bank worldwide. Prior to founding TeleBank, Mr. Smilow was a portfolio firm representing families of significant wealth in the analysis, acquisition manager and trader at Goldman Sachs and Drexel Burnham Lambert. and ongoing management of their life insurance portfolio. As a fiduciary, PELAGOS ADVISORS, LLC is unique in the life insurance industry as they Tom Sowanick, Chief Investment Officer, Clearbrook Partners legally obligate themselves to act in the client’s best interest and provide full Tom Sowanick, Chief Investment Officer of private family investment office transparency and disclosure of all risks and costs. Clearbrook Partners, is an industry veteran with 29 years of financial services experience. Mr. Sowanick has been recognized by Harvard Business School Thomas J. Handler, J.D., P.C., Managing Principal and Chairman, Advanced Planning and has been an Institutional Investor All American for his research. He is & Family Office Practice Group, Handler Thayer LLC widely published in the global economic arena and is a frequent guest on Bloomberg Mr. Handler’s primary area of expertise involves the analysis and structuring TV. He has also appeared on CNBC and Fox News and in several newspapers, of complex business enterprises and estate plans and handling the related tax including the Washington Post, and trade publications. planning issues. He created the Asset Protection Profile™ and Stealth Prenup™ in addition to other proprietary strategies for affluent families and Philip J. Tortorich, LC, Partner, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP family offices. Mr. Handler has been named by the Private Consulting Group, Inc. to Philip Tortorich concentrates his practice in the areas of tax and estate the Wealth Strategies Design Team©, comprised of fifteen of the top wealth planners planning, primarily representing wealthy individuals and closely held in the United States. He is a life member of The National Registry of Who’s Who In corporations. Mr. Tortorich provides comprehensive tax and estate planning America and has been named to Who’s Who in American Law. services, including consultation on tax-efficient structuring of corporate entities, design of tax-efficient trusts, estate and business planning through captive Brian Hughes, Managing Director, Strategic Relationships, Threshold Group insurance programs, structuring of personal family investment companies and advice Brian is responsible for building and cultivating family relationships that fit the regarding philanthropic goals. personalized client service model at Threshold Group. Prior to joining Threshold Group in 2008, Brian was managing director for Pitcairn, where he led the family 13 www.familyofficeforum.net REGISTRATION

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Leslie C. Quick, Founding Partner, Massey Quick & Co. (Family Business) Massey Quick & Co., LLC is a wealth advocates firm founded in 2004. Mr. Quick began his career as the fourth employee of Quick and Reilly Inc., the first New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) member to offer discount stock brokerage to the investing public. He was a key member of the management team that built the branch network, started and grew a major clearing firm, acquired and ran a major NASDAQ market making firm, made many acquisitions of NYSE SPECIALIST firms and built one of the first electronic internet trading platforms in the industry. Mr. Quick was the company liaison when it offered stock to the public and became a listed company on the NYSE, and he completed his tenure as Chairman of Fleet Securities, Inc. Mr. Quick is a recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, the Flame of Charity’s Man of the Year and holds an honorary degree from St. Bonaventure University.

Daniel Curran, Managing Partner, Curran Family Partnership (SFO) Dan is the managing partner of the Curran Family Partnership which trades arbitrage strategies including mlp’s,convertibles, mergers and spacs. He was an investment banker in Chicago with Goldman Sachs And has been on the board of the CBOE and Chicago stock exchange as a specialist.

Joe Calabrese, President, Harris myCFO, Inc. Joe Calabrese is responsible for the strategic direction, growth and delivery of investment advisory, family office, fiduciary and services of Harris myCFO™ Mr. Calabrese has more than 20 years of financial services and wealth management industry experience with a broad background in investment management, finance and taxation. Mr. Calabrese is a Director of Junior Achievement and serves on the Board of Trustees for the Goodman Theatre.

Benjamin Shapiro, Mason Avenue Investments, LLC (SFO)

Matthew Shapiro, Mason Avenue Investments, LLC (SFO)

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