CorpGov will launch the inaugural Princeton CorpGov Forum on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at The Nassau Inn in Princeton, New Jersey. The forum will start in the Prince William Ballroom at 3:00pm featuring an afternoon of panels, firesides and networking. A reception on the second floor will follow at 6:00pm with cocktails and heavy hors d’oeuvres.
Panel Topics:
- Endowment Investing in Alternative Assets
- Shareholder Activism
- Assessment of Private and Public Capital Markets
- Investing and Operating Amid Geopolitical Tensions
- AI in Finance, Defense and Cybersecurity
- Contested M&A and the Role of Private Equity
The event will be digitized into a report published on CorpGov and content partners Yahoo! Finance and Bloomberg, filmed in 4K with professional editing.
Agenda
| Time | Panel |
Speakers |
| 3:00pm | Shareholder Activism | Soo Kim ’97, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Standard General, and Chairman of the Board, Bally’s Corp |
| Jonathan Feldman, Partner, Goodmans LLP | ||
| Andrew Freedman, Co-Managing Partner, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP | ||
| John Jannarone, ’03, Editor-in-Chief, CorpGov (Moderator) | ||
| 3:30pm | Private and Public Capital Markets Assessment | Tad Nacheff, Head of Financial Sponsor Coverage – Capital Markets, New York Stock Exchange |
| Craig DeDomenico, Managing Director, Stifel | ||
| Alan Wink, Managing Director, Eisner Advisory Group | ||
| Peter Clarke, Senior Director, Roberts & Ryan Investments Inc. | ||
| Jarrett Banks, Editor-at-Large, CorpGov (Moderator) | ||
| 4:00pm | Investing and Operating Amid Geopolitical Tensions | Rafique Jiwani, Vice President, Goldman Sachs Private Equity |
| John Evans ’91, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Tractus Asia | ||
| Zachary Swartz, Partner, Real Estate Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions, Vinson & Elkins LLP | ||
| John Jannarone, ’03, Editor-in-Chief, CorpGov (Moderator) | ||
| 4:30pm | Alternative Investing and Endowments | Tad Smith ’87, Senior Partner 1Roundtable Partners (1RT) and 10T Holdings (10T); co-founder of 1RT |
| Joseph Quintilian, Partner, Distributed Capital Partners, and co-founder, Ajna Labs LLC | ||
| John G. Quigley, Co-Founder and former Managing Partner, Nassau Capital, established in the mid-90s as the exclusive manager of the Princeton endowment’s alternative assets (Moderator) | ||
| 5:00pm | Contested M&A and the Role of Private Equity | Joe Germani, Partner, Longacre Square Partners |
| Francisco J. Morales Barrón, Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity, Vinson & Elkins LLP | ||
| Ira Gorsky, Managing Director, Edelman Smithfield | ||
| Josh Kosman, Business Reporter, New York Post | ||
| 5:30pm | AI: Finance and Defense | Neil Keegan, CEO and Co-Founder, Marlinspike Partners |
| Kent Collier, Founder and CEO, Octus | ||
| Ryan Flanagan, Managing Director, Investor Relations, ICR | ||
We invite institutional investors, corporate executives, and Princeton alumni/students to attend the event and they may REGISTER HERE. For information on being a speaker, please email Editor@CorpGov.com.
The event follows the 4th Annual Palm Beach CorpGov Forum, which attracted hundreds of attendees for in-depth panels and extensive networking with guests from around the world.
Preliminary Speakers and Notable Attendees
Tad Smith ’87, Senior Partner 1Roundtable Partners (1RT) and 10T Holdings (10T); co-founder of 1RT
James Ruddy ‘90, Former CEO, Sabre Industries, Inc., acquired by Blackstone
Jeff Swartz ’90, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Hundredwatt Labs
John Evans ’91, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Tractus Asia
Soo Kim ’97, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Standard General, and Chairman of the Board, Bally’s Corp
Michael Weiksner ’95, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, DragonGC
Francisco J. Morales Barrón, Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity, Vinson & Elkins LLP
Peter Clarke, Senior Director, Roberts & Ryan Investments Inc.
Kent Collier, Founder and CEO, Octus
Craig DeDomenico, Managing Director, Stifel
Jonathan Feldman, Partner, Goodmans LLP
Ryan Flanagan, Managing Director, Investor Relations, ICR
Andrew Freedman, Co-Managing Partner, Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP
Joe Germani, Partner, Longacre Square Partners
Ira Gorsky, Managing Director, Edelman Smithfield
Rafique Jiwani, Vice President, Goldman Sachs Private Equity
Ryan Keating, Partner, Eisner Advisory Group
Neil Keegan, CEO and Co-Founder, Marlinspike Partners
Josh Kosman, Business Reporter, New York Post
Tad Nacheff, Head of Financial Sponsor Coverage – Capital Markets, New York Stock Exchange
Joseph Quintilian, Partner, Distributed Capital Partners, and co-founder, Ajna Labs LLC
Zachary Swartz, Partner, Real Estate Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions, Vinson & Elkins LLP
Alan Wink, Managing Director, Eisner Advisory Group
Jarrett Banks, Editor-at-Large, CorpGov (Moderator)
John G. Quigley, Co-Founder and former Managing Partner, Nassau Capital, established in the mid-90s as the exclusive manager of the Princeton endowment’s alternative assets (Moderator)
John Jannarone, ’03, Editor-in-Chief, CorpGov (Moderator)
Contact:
John Jannarone
Editor-in-Chief
