The Private Equity Program had its largest group of guest speakers in the 2020-2021 school year. Between our live-online Deal Camp, our MBA and EMBA PE and M&A Classes and our webinar series, we hosted an incredible line up of industry experts. The PE class sessions included case studies with Henry Cornell and Justine Cheng from Cornell Capital (Instantpot), Jeff Lipsitz `03 from Cortec Group (Community Veterinary Partners), Professor Michael Gatto `93 from Silver Point (Hostess), Tao Tan `11 from Health Care SPAC (Cases available at Columbia Caseworks), Jeff Mizrahi `09 and Jon Schilowitz `12 from MFG Partners (Dynacast case available at Columbia Caseworks), David Shiffman `94 (Soulcycle).  The Program has welcomed new adjunct professors this year:  Jeff Mizrahi `09, Dr. Aamir A. Rehman and Osei Van Horne.  The weekly Private Equity Program Breakfasts speakers introduced our students to all aspects of the PE eco-system. Two of the breakfasts partnered with Executives in Residence featuring Gary Appel `77, Alfred H. Drewes `82 and Douglas L. Maine. Thank you to all of our guests.... Gary Appel `77, Investcorp and Columbia Business School Executives in Residence   Ablorde Ashigbi, CEO, 4Degrees   Manpreet Bagga, Wells Fargo Growth Equity   Arti Batta `17, Intersect Power   James Chambers, Hill Path Capital   Justine Cheng and Henry Cornell, Cornell Capital   Shrinivas Chellappa `14, UBS   Kevin Collins `17, GHK (now at Graycliff)   James Collins, Partner, Eastwood Capital Partners   Shaheen Contractor, Bloomberg   Joseph D'Agostino `15, Willis Towers Watson   Greg Dalvito `96, PJT Partners   Adam Demuyakor, Wilshire Lane Partners   Adam Deutsch `14, New Hold   Alfred H. Drewes `82, Columbia Business School Executives in Residence   Michael Echemendia `16, Carlyle Group   Scott Estill `09, Lancor   Michael Gatto `93, Silverpoint   Sofia Gerard, Partners Group   Gerardo Gonzalez, EY Parthenon   William Gonzalez, Audax Private Equity   Julie Hamilton, Joele Frank   Joe Healy, Korn Ferry   Robert Henry, Joshua Capital / DLJ Merchant Bank   Jaime Hildreth `13, WestCap   Doug Hirsch `16, Stonecourt Capital   Frances Huang `17, Campbell Lutyens   Martine In't Veld, EY   Jonathan Keehner, Joele Frank   Eric Kuo `13, Rubenstein   Tara Kurian `13, Bank of America Securities   Brett Lacher `17, Latticework Capital Management   Jeff Lipsitz `89, Cortec Group   Michael Livanos `08, Stellex   Matt Lucas `21, Porfolio Advisors   Paul Luce `12, Partners Group   Douglas L. Maine, Columbia Business School Executives in Residence   Joe Messina `97, Bank of America Securities   Tatiana Mishin `15, Gainline Capital Partners   Jeff Mizrahi `09, MFG Partners    Dan Nash, Wells Fargo Securities   Anatoliy Otchkovsky `14, The SCP Group   Kim Patel, Bubble   Charles Pippen `17, GCM Grosvenor   Kiran Rao `06, Vista Equity Partners   Aamir Rehman, Princeton Stone House Capital   Katherine Relle `18, JP Morgan Asset Management   Jeff Rojek `96, KPMG   Esther Rombaut `99,  CVC   Jonathan Schilowitz `12, MFG Partners   Alex Shahidi `92, EY   Matt Sherman `03, Joele Frank   David Shiffman `94, PJ Solomon   Michael Shmulevich `20, Behrman Capital   Kevin Siedenberg `20, Staple Street Capital   Andres Small `12, Partners Group   Jennifer Snape, Bain Double Impact   Rendel Solomon `05, M2M (now at Goalsetter)   Tao Tan `11, Healthcare Services Acquisition Corp.   Pablo Thompson `15, Devon Investments   Jonathan Schilowitz `12, MFG Partners   Eirini Veliou, EY Parthenon   Carly Weil `15, American Express   Gerry Williams, DLA Piper   Steve Winograd `82, PennantPark   Pete Witte, EY   Alisa Wood `08, KKR   Michael Zambito `01, EY   Charles Zehren, Rubenstein