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WHARTON ALUMNI CLUB OF NEW YORK | FALL 2014 START- UPS WHARTON STYLE TEACHING A +JOSEPH GLOBAL WHARTON AWARDS COMMUNITY DINNER HONOREES LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President Fall 2014 Kenneth Beck, WG’87, P’16 enjamin Franklin and Joseph Wharton CEO Connection were both pioneering entrepreneurs. [email protected] They would be pleased to see the growing number of alumni transforming Executive Vice President themselves into the newest generation George Bradt, WG’85 of entrepreneurs WCNY knows that the startup PrimeGenesis Executive Onboarding B . journey is an arduous one and supports that journey [email protected] in the New York region. This Fall issue showcases the enthusiastic vision and successes of six local Vice President, Finance thriving entrepreneurs, and one working to break into Rosemarie Bonelli, WG’99 the market. Four of the founders interviewed participate in the WCNY affinity group American International Group, Inc. , Wharton Entrepreneurs-Education and Resource Network (WE-EARN): Joe Meyer, [email protected] WG’97, of ExecThread; Rajeev Jeyakumar, WG’13, of SkillBridge; Melissa Shin Mash, WG’12, of Dagne Dover, and Mark Hirsch, W’88, of Creative Worx. WE-EARN, led by Vice President, Ross Klenoff, W’94, C94, offers educational, networking, and brainstorming events. Marketing & Communications Jake Schwartz, WG’08, co-founder of the rapidly growing teaching company, General Peter Hildick-Smith, C’76, WG’81, P’13 Assembly, matches their training to companies’ needs. Broadway producer and co- Codex-Group LLC founder of Musicians on Call, Vivek Tiwary, W’95, spoke at a Club Speaker Series on [email protected] “Can’t Buy Me Love: The Business of the Beatles”. He shared his insights on creativity, how to invest in the theatre, building a nonprofit at the beginning of your career, and Vice President, Career Development his new book, The Fifth Beatle Charles S. Forgang, W’78, P’11 . Law Offices of Charles S. Forgang We love to profile those who truly invest themselves in the Club and broader alumni [email protected] community. Jay Bakhru, WG’04, brings years of experience in the education sector to driving the Wharton Education Network, (WhEN). He is actively recruiting affinity Vice President, Business Development group members interested in this essential part of our economy. Arthur Bass, W’73 Regina Jaslow, W’97 was key to getting the first Joseph Wharton Dinner resurrected and in maintaining its Penn Club of New York tradition of excellence by ensuring that each year’s Joseph Wharton Award honorees [email protected] are elected by all past honorees. Vice President, Volunteer Services And yes, our Dinner is coming up this October 2nd. We hope you will come and Diana Davenport, WG’87 support the club, meet your peers and meet the honorees: Robert Crandall, WG’60, The Commonwealth Fund Former Chairman, American Airlines, will receive the Joseph Wharton Award for [email protected] Lifetime Achievement; Alex Gorsky, WG’96, Chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson will receive the Joseph Wharton Award for Leadership; Durreen Shahnaz, WG’95, Vice President, Programming Founder and Chairperson of Impact Investment Exchange Asia (IIX) and Shujog will Jennifer Gregoriou, W’78 receive the Joseph Wharton Award for Social Impact; and Neil Blumenthal, WG’10, Jennifer Gregoriou, and David Gilboa, WG’10, GEN’10, Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of Warby Parker, will Management Consulting receive the Joseph Wharton Award for Young Leadership! [email protected] Be inspired by these alumni and “Take the Call”! ♦ Vice President, University Relations Kenneth Beck, WG’87 Udayan Chattopadhyay, WG01 Chief Executive Officer | CEO Connection Ergo President | Wharton Club of New York [email protected] T 646.416.6991 | F 646.292.5129 [email protected] The Wharton Business School www.ceoconnection.com Club of New York 485 Madison Avenue, Suite 747, New York, NY 10173 MAGAZINE Phone: (212) 463-5559 WHARTON CLUB OF NEW YORK Club website: www.WhartonNY.com PUBLISHER EDITOR Kenneth Beck, WG’87 Kent Trabing, WG’01 [email protected] [email protected] MANAGING EDITOR DESIGN DIRECTOR Peter Hildick-Smith, Joyce Chan, W’06, C’06 FRONT COVER: Jake Schwartz, C’76, WG’81, P’13 [email protected] WG’08, Co-Founder: General [email protected] Assembly READ THE MAGAZINE ONLINE www.readwny.com. IN THIS ISSUE 6 2 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT 8 10 3 WCNY MAGAZINE AD RATE CARD JOSEPH WHARTON AWARDS 4 DINNER 5 PROFILE – ARTHUR BASS, W’73 6-13 WE-EARN INTERVIEWS: 12 6 ROSS KLENOFF, C’94, W’94 8 JOE MEYER, WG’97 10 RAJ JEYAKUMAR, WG’13 REACH 11 11 MARK HIRSCH, W’88 30,000 12 MELISSA SHIN MASH, WG’12 WHARTON ALUMNI 14-17 IN THE NEW YORK ENTREPRENEURS METRO AREA AT-LARGE: WCNY MAGAZINE AD RATE CARD 14 JAKE SCHWARTZ, WG’08 The WCNY Magazine is mailed three VIVEK TIWARY, W’95 17 times annually, to more than 30,000 Wharton alumni living or working in New York, New Jersey and 21-24 Connecticut. Alumni discounts are available upon FOR INQUIRIES CLUB request. Non-camera-ready ads may REGARDING SPONSORSHIP, & CALENDAR: be subject to production charges. PLEASE CONTACT: A 15% commission will be offered to Kay Trongwongsa, WG’ 12 DUE QUACH, WG’06 21 ad agencies. Melanie Zhao, W’13 [email protected] 22 JAY BAKHRU, WG’04 BLACK & WHITE FULL COLOR TAKE THE CALL! 23 FULL PAGE $1,600 $2,000 Ad will be featured on the JOIN WCNY! HALF PAGE $1,120 $1,400 24 Magazine website (www. QUARTER PAGE $640 $800 readwny.com) until the EIGHTH OF A PAGE $400 $500 following issue. ♦ READ ARTICLES ONLINE AT READWNY.COM | 3 JOSEPH Drumroll please... WHARTON The 2014 Joseph Wharton AWARDS DINNER Dinner honorees are: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2014 METROPOLITAN CLUB, NEW YORK CITY COCKTAILS 6PM DINNER 7PM, EVENING ATTIRE ROBERT CRANDALL, WG’60 Come join Jacob Wallenberg, W’80, The first dinner was held at the Former Chairman American Airlines WG’81, Brett Hurt, WG’99, D. Wayne Waldorf-Astoria in 1972 and 2014 JW Award for Lifetime Achievement Silby, W’70, and other eminent continued through 1990, honoring Wharton alumni to celebrate and such luminaries as Nelson honor the 2014 Joseph Wharton Rockefeller, Don Regan and William Award winners. Meet old Wharton S. Paley. This year’s dinner will be the friends and make new ones at the ninth since it was revived in 2006, Metropolitan Club on 1 East 60th as the premiere business school Street in New York City. Cocktails alumni event in New York, recently and conversation begin at 6 p.m., honoring Jon M. Huntsman, W’59, dinner at 7 p.m. H’96, James David Power III, WG’59, Peter Lynch, WG’68, and Ivanka The Joseph Wharton Awards Trump, W’04. The 2014 Joseph recognize exceptional leaders Wharton Awards Dinner Honorary ALEX GORSKY, WG’96 within the alumni community in Chair is Harold W. McGraw III, Chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson four distinct categories: Lifetime WG’76, Chairman of the Board of 2014 JW Award for Leadership. Achievement, Leadership, Social McGraw Hill Financial, inheriting that Impact and Young Leadership. role from Alvin V. Shoemaker, W’60, HON’95, Former Chairman, Executive Committee of First Boston. ♦ DURREEN SHAHNAZ, WG’95 Founder and Chairperson Impact Investment Exchange Asia (IIX) and Shujog 2014 JW Award for Social Impact NEIL BLUMENTHAL, WG’10 AND DAVID GILBOA, WG’10, GEN’10 Co-Founders and Co-CEOs, Warby Parker 2014 JW Award for Young Leadership 4 | WHARTON CLUB OF NEW YORK | WHARTONNY.COM | FALL 2014 PROFILE Establishing a What motivated you to get involved with the dinner and the Club? I had a favorable experience a number of years Premier Event before attending WCNY leads events, and had participated a couple of times telephoning New York-area Wharton alumni for membership in the Club. I was looking to Arthur Bass, W’73 get involved in a deeper manner to give something back for the opportunities Managing Director, that attending Wharton provided me. Société Générale-Newedge Ken Beck proposed reviving the Joseph Wharton Awards Dinner, and the idea of Awards Committee intrigued me. My Arthur Bass, W’73, had participation in the Club has grown over the years to the point that I am now a member of been involved with the the Board of Directors. Wharton Club of New York What opportunities are there for alumni to get for a number of years, but his involved? involvement substantially The WCNY has grown dramatically in the past 10 years, both in size and the diversity of activities increased when he joined a team it provides, and I give Ken Beck a lot of credit for to revive the Joseph Wharton promoting these efforts. Awards Dinner as a premier Alumni can get involved by participating in the business event in New York City. activities they are interested in or, on a deeper level, by volunteering to work with or sponsor an event. Arthur served on the Awards Committee for the The key is providing a forum for alumni to network first dinner, and was instrumental in developing the and share experiences to enable continued personal awards categories and criteria. He has served as and career growth. Alumni can also choose the level the Chairman of the Awards Committee for each in which they would like to participate — attending subsequent dinner — and this year marks the ninth activities they are interested in, or volunteering. year of Arthur’s involvement. As you know, this is a group where, if you have an idea and submit it in an organized manner, it will be Arthur also serves on the Board of Directors of the taken seriously.