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April 18, 2018 April 18, 2018 Growing Business. Growing Futures. An Evening to Benefit Virtual Enterprises International Growing Business. Growing Futures Wednesday, April 18, 2018 Cipriani 25 Broadway New York City 6:00 PM Cocktails, Silent Auction, Student Exhibits 7:00 PM Dinner and Program HONORING Titan Entrepreneurs of the VE Venture Panel Samer Hamadeh, Founder and CEO, Zeel Ben Lerer, CEO, Group Nine Media Marie Moody, Founder and President, Stella & Chewy’s John Partilla, CEO, Screenvision Media BENEFIT DINNER CO-CHAIRS Ashley Fina, Chair, VEI Board of Directors Moe Fodeman, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, PC BENEFIT DINNER COMMITTEE Matthew Chasin Charlotte Frank Fukiko Osisu Vice Chair, VEI Board of McGraw Hill Education Viacom Directors Melissa Grappone Ash & Kristi Sobhe Michael Coneys American Portfolios R6S Chairman and President, Mary Haggerty Jeffrey Taylor The Leo House JPMorgan Chase Digital Risk Paul Cronin Dylan Huang Debra Weiser Key Bank New York Life Everest Insurance Joseph Delaney Steve Israel Lili Kong Deloitte (ret.) SMI Properties APEC Smart Industry Business Jeffrey DiModica Development Committee, North Sandra & Eric Krasnoff Starwood Property Trust America John Lucas TJ Durkin HSBC Warren Rosen Angelo, Gordon & Co. Harmony Insurance Jay Novik Derek Feinman Black Diamond Capital Partners WeWork 2 AN EVENING TO BENEFIT VEI EVENT PROGRAM RECEPTION, STUDENT EXHIBITS & SILENT AUCTION Gizmo Gadgets, William McKinley Junior High School, Brooklyn, NY LOCKDOWN, James Logan High School. Union City, CA Imagination, Inc., Maxine Greene High School, New York, NY De’Zign19, Clyde Miller Career Academy, St. Louis, MO Nüapps, Francis Lewis High School, Queens, NY DINNER PROGRAM WELCOME Iris Blanc, Executive Director, VEI Moe Fodeman, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich Rosati & VEI Board Member JOSEPH P. DELANEY ALUMNI AWARD Adam Yafei, Audit Senior, Investment Management, Deloitte Class of 2007, Ft. Hamilton HS, Brooklyn, NY Presented by Joseph P. Delaney VE PRESENTATIONS & VENTURE CHALLENGE FROM SIMULATION Gizmo Gadgets, William McKinley Junior High School, Brooklyn, NY Presenters: Simona Garcia, Maxwell Hooper, Mark Khelemskly, Marco Petroni, Arshad Rafeeque Lockdown, James Logan High School, Union City, CA Presenters: Tammy Lam, Trokon Johnson, Jerrald James Sarmiento TO STARTUP VENTURE CHALLENGE FINALISTS Generation, Parkway South High School, St. Louis , MO Presenters: Skyler Smith, Madeline Barber Axel, Francis Lewis High School, Queens, NY Presenter: Derek Pastor DESSERT RECEPTION GROWING BUSINESS. GROWING FUTURES. 3 About VEI VEI is a national educational nonprofit that transforms students into young professionals by giving them the opportunity to create and run business ventures in their classroom. VEI partners with educators, business leaders, and industry professionals to develop a diverse talent pipeline for every industry and major professional field. VEI currently serves 13,000 students across the U.S., many from underserved communities. In 2016-17, VE invested nearly $2 million in the future thanks to our supporters Thanks to the support of the VE community, in 2016-17 we invested nearly $2 million in creating the next generation of business leaders and entrepreneurs. Every $150 means another transformed student For the average price of providing one internship for one student, you can help fund an entire classroom of VE students. VEI is a 501(c)(3) registered under federal tax guidelines. All donations are tax deductible. Learn more and connect with VEI online veinternational.org @veinternational #veinternational 4 AN EVENING TO BENEFIT VEI OUR SUPPORTERS We gratefully acknowledge the following individuals and organizations for supporting our mission of transforming students into business professionals. PLATINUM SUPPORTERS Michael Lascher The Culinary Institute Lynda Lazzari of America SPONSOR Anchin Block & Anchin Julie Levi The Dr. Oz Show Sandra & Eric Krassnoff Nicole & Leo Arnaboldi Jay & Robin Lewis Due Restaurant Bronwen Bastone Long Island University Exhale Spa GOLD SPONSORS Stephen & Lori Beyer Curtis & Linda Luckman Fivestory NY Black Diamond Group Joyce Bloom Joel & Riccy Mandel Jaime Blanc & Ashley Fina & Christopher Burnett Matthew & Melissa Derek Feinman Guillermo Drew-Bear Barbara Butler McQueen Gil Ferrer Tilden Park Capital Cristina Caridi Mercy College Hirshleifers Management LP Lacey Chaus Ellen Merli Dylan Huang Wells Fargo Cindy Chernuchin Doug Millowitz Hunting Season Simon Chow Charles & Carol Jeffrey Holmes SILVER SPONSORS Shelley Cloyd Mutterperl Photography Bank of America CNY Group Paul Nagai Jennifer Dunn Merrill Lynch Thomas Coleman Gabriella Nawi Kweller Prep Matthew & Pamela Chasin Julie Copeland Notre Dame Alumni Club Kwiat Xavier Dailly, Jesse Elhai, Andrew Corrigan Marcy the Trainer Yong Joe, Aaron Ong Ian O’Neal Anthony Danieli Mark Lakin TJ & Stephanie Durkin Jill Ostergaard Nancy & Joe Delaney Michael C. Fina Co. Jeff Mayer & Randy Reiff Katharine & Bret Parker William & Kathleen Mi Jong Lee New York Life Peter Whitehouse Ehrhardt Foundation New York Islanders Jay Novik Scott Eichel Michael Piper The New York Mets Starwood Property Trust Cara & Don Epstein Principle Quest New York Philharmonic Viacom Arlene Fauser Foundation Noor Fares Jaime Blanc & Warren Rosen North Shore Equestrian BRONZE SPONSORS Derek Feinman Evan Scharf Center American Portfolios Gregg & Maria Felton Brian Sigman The Orchestra Now Citigroup Jeffrey & Brooke Fina Josh Smith Paul King Prep LLC Michael Coneys Michael Fina Andrew Solomon Chuck Perl Council of School Gerstein Fisher Kathryn Swintek Mary F. Pisarkiewicz Supervisors and Christopher & Aga Flatz Elaine Taylor-Gordon Roberta Mittman, PLLC Administrators Rebekah Flig Lauren Tetenbaum Nicole Rousseau Deloitte Robert Giordano Steven Valentic Rubicon Ventures - FedEx Cheryl Glory Steve Walsey Joshua Siegel Morris & Farin Fodeman Cesar & Courtney Tom Wirtshafter Rumble Charlotte Frank Gonzalez Lauren & Daniel Wrublin Sarah Merians Goldman Sachs Sofia Grafanaki Adam Yafei Photography & Video Mary Haggerty Mimi Grotto Mei Zhang Company Steve & Marcee Israel H2M Architects + SOTO Sake Lili Kong Engineers AUCTION DONORS Stella & Chewy’s LLC Marc & Jennifer Lessner Paul Haskin Steve Madden 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge RJ & Lori Madden Zachary & Leonida Studio Twenty-Three BAM Carol Mathis Herrera Hundred The Bari Studio Screenvision Media Lesley Herrmann Kathryn Swintek Barrow Street Theatre Stella & Chewy’s LLC Bing Ying Hu Tous Les Jours - Jeffrey & Jaclyn Taylor Joe Imbriano Iris Blanc Chinatown Location Debra Weiser Steven Spolansky, Blue Man Group Watch What Happens Amiee Lynn, Inc. The Bronx Museum of Live! Samuel Kaufman the Arts Zeel John Keller Brooklyn Botanic Garden Bernadette Kriftcher Brooklyn Children’s Supporters listed as of Nessia Sloane Kushner Museum April 5, 2018 Wendy & Jerry Labowitz Carnegie Hall GROWING BUSINESS. GROWING FUTURES. 5 ENTURE ENGEENTURE VE students pitch their business ventures to leading entrepreneurs in the final round of ENGEthe second annual VE Venture Challenge, a national competition whose winners will receive resources to further their business ideas. 6 AN EVENING TO BENEFIT VEI VE VENTURE CHALLENGE PRESENTING FINALISTS Axel Generation Presenter: Derek Pastor Presenters: Madeline Barber, Skyler Smith Coordinator: Christopher Power Coordinator: Lindsey Perkins Francis Lewis High School Parkway South High School Queens, NY Manchester, MO VE VENTURE CHALLENGE HONORABLE MENTION IndiPlay Ian Hall Coordinator: Mary Pack Loretto High School, Loretto, TN VE VENTURE CHALLENGE SEMI-FINALISTS Apollo Tropicoffee Northwood High School, Pittsboro, NC Cooper City High School, Cooper City, FL Apollo proposes to produce electrotherapy Tropicoffee proposes to produce shade- clothing for the purpose of healing/soothing grown bottled iced coffee. ENTURE muscle soreness. Wing BedShift Westhampton Beach High School, Francis Lewis High School, Fresh Meadows, NY Westhampton Beach, NY ENGE Bedshift proposes to produce a bed mattress Wing is a social media app that welcomes that inflates and deflates in certain sections, women to a community of other women and ENTURE shifting the patient to prevent pressure includes safety features. ulcers. Extreme Angles ENGE Northwood High School, Pittsboro, NC Extreme Angles is a photography drone distribution rental service that allows customers to take amazing photographs at extreme angles. VE VENTURE CHALLENGE SPECIAL THANKS VE Venture Challenge Mentors VE Venture Challenge Prize Sponsor Kirk K. Imamura, SCORE Jay Novik, Black Diamond Capital Partners Paul Presti, New York City Regional Director, VE Burt Wallerstein, SCORE GROWING BUSINESS. GROWING FUTURES. 7 TITAN ENTREPRENEURS OF THE VE VENTURE PANEL Samer Hamadeh Founder and CEO, Zeel Samer Hamadeh is CEO and Founder of Zeel, a technology-enabled wellness company. He is also an investment scout at Lightspeed Venture Partners and venture partner at Corigin Ventures. Samer’s interest in delivery services began as an investor and board member of Dotmenu, a food delivery service, sold to GrubHub. Prior to that, Samer was co-founder and CEO of Vault.com, an associate at LEK Consulting in Los Angeles, co-founded a customized-textbook printing company, worked at the Chevron Corporation, and co-authored The Internship Bible and America’s Top Internships (Random House/Princeton Review). Samer is on the board of the PeaceWorks Foundation and supports nearly a dozen early-stage companies in multiple capacities including PrivCo, GetMaid, URWelcome, Directly, and
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