Kimberly Steele is currently working with the law firm of Maney, McConville & Liccardi, PC. She specializes in construction, surety, commercial transactions and banking law.
Prior to joining Maney, McConville & Liccardi, PC, Steele was an associate with a nationally known boutique law firm that practices in the area of construction and surety law. Steele also was a vice president of and acted as corporate counsel for Oswego County National Bank (now Alliance Bank).
Kimberly Steele is admitted to practice in the State Courts of New York and Massachusetts, and all Federal and Bankruptcy Courts of New York and Massachusetts. She is also admitted to the United States Court of Appeals, First and Second Circuit. Steele graduated magna cum laude from Elmira College and received her Juris Doctor from Albany Law School of Union University.
Jessica Gelman is the Director of New Business Development for the New England Patriots. In this role, she is a key strategic and operational advisor to the Patriots' Executive Management Team. Her responsibilities include identifying, evaluating and creating new businesses and providing strategic analysis to leverage the Patriots' assets.
Most notable is the development and management of the first sports loyalty rewards credit card program, Extra Points, which has been rolled out throughout the NFL.
Jessica Gelman a BA, cum laude, from Harvard College and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She was honored as Female Athlete of the Year after leading Harvard to consecutive basketball championships and NCAA appearances. She played professionally in Europe prior to her role with the New England Patriots.
Marisa is an associate in the Boston law office of Mintz Levin. She practices in the Immigration section of the firm and her work involves business immigration, including work visas and immigrant petitions. She also works with tax-exempt organizations on a variety of corporate matters.
Prior to joining Mintz Levin, Marisa worked as a Summer Associate for Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt in Portland, Oregon, and served as a student intern to the Legal Aid Society of New York.
Marisa Howe earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Dartmouth College and her J.D. from New York University School of Law.
Adrian Sexton is a founding partner of TAG Strategic, a digital media and entertainment solutions firm. Sexton oversees media branding, advertising and studio content strategy in film, home entertainment and television. Alongside its portfolio of digital distribution, mobile and technology provider companies, TAG's content clients include Lionsgate, Participant Productions, LivePlanet and Eyespot among others.
Previously, Sexton was the Vice President of Digital Media at Lions Gate Entertainment, a producer of motion picture, television and other filmed entertainment content worldwide. Sexton oversaw the day-to-day production, operations, programming, media planning and business development for all of Lionsgate's online and mobile properties including such titles as American Psycho, Academy Award winner Monster's Ball, Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, the interactive Clio-awarded Saw, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, Academy Award-winning Crash, Saw II and Quentin Tarantino's Hostel. Sexton also facilitated a $350 million credit facility with JP Morgan Chase, involving the acquisition of Artisan Entertainment.
Sexton graduated with a dual B.A. in Government and English from Cornell University and received his Masters in Film from the University of Southern California.
Mark Kuperman is co-founder of Johnny Applestix.
Kuperman graduated from Northwestern University in three years with a degree in economics and statistics before going to the California Culinary Academy in San Francisco and apprenticing in restaurants in France and Italy.
Kuperman also holds a Master's degree from Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration.
Tony Dellamano, a former baseball player with the Texas Rangers organization, came to COrnell Universiy's Hotel School for his Master's degree to learn the corporate side of the restaurant business. He already knew some of its operations: after earning a managerial economics degree from the University of California, Davis, he had been a server, floor manager, and financial consultant for high-end restaurants in San Diego.
At Cornell, he discovered entrepreneurship. He and classmate Mark Kuperman created a fast-food snack that they called Johnny Applestix. They submitted the idea to the Big Red Venture Fund, a campus-wide competition sponsored by the Johnson Graduate School of Management, and they won the first prize of $10,000. With that seed money and valuable contacts made while attending Cornell, they raised the necessary capital to launch the business at three locations in northeast Ohio.
Now, the partners are involved in every aspect of the startup, with Dellamano concentrating on building the brand - to make Johnny Applstix the fast food of choice in malls across America.
Steve is the President and CEO of Epic Trip. Previously, he had worked for THR Consulting Barcelona, hotel brands St. Regis and Wyndham International. Steve has served honorably in the United States Marine Corps where he was deployed throughout the Middle East and Asia .
Steve earned an AA in Humanities from Barstow College and a BS in Hotel Administration from Cornell University 's School of Hotel Administration.
Jim Frenette and Charlie Perry and co-owners of Pixel. Pixel is a high quality coffee bar and arcade located in Ithaca, NY.
Jim Frenette is a graduate of Cornell University.
Jim Frenette and Charlie Parry and co-owners of Pixel. Pixel is a high quality coffee bar and arcade located in Ithaca, NY.
Charlie Parry is a graduate of Cornell University.