Come join us for a casual breakfast with leading women from HBS in the private equity industry. This will be an intimate opportunity to network with women in the industry and gain a better understanding of the unique perspective that women bring both to the investment community and to company management as a board director. We have a stellar line up of featured women participating and there will be plenty of opportunities to get your questions answered about the industry in general, career paths, managing work/life balance, and anything else on your mind. Warburg Pincus has graciously offered to host us and participation is limited to the first 15 members who register.
Event Details:
Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Time: 7:30am-9am
Location: Warburg Pincus LLC offices, 450 Lexington Ave (at 45th St.) New York, NY 10017
Cost: $20 for HBSWANY members
Note: Because of limited capacity, this event is open to HBSWANY members only
Organizer: Christine Siu, MBA '05
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Featured participants:
Cecilia  Gonzalo, Warburg Pincus - Managing Director
Cecilia joined Warburg Pincus in 2001 and focuses on investments in the biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and healthcare services sectors. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus, she worked at Goldman Sachs in the Investment Banking Division focusing on corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions transactions in Latin America, as well as in the Principal Investment Area evaluating new, and monitoring existing, investments in the region. Cecilia received a B.A. cum laude, in biochemical sciences from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. She is a director of Rib-X Pharmaceuticals and Ganic Pharmaceuticals. Cecilia is the mother of three and resides in New York City.
Julia K ahr, The Blackstone Group - Principal
Since joining Blackstone in 2004, Julia has been involved in the execution of Blackstone’s investments in SunGard, Encore Medical and DJ Orthopedics. Before joining Blackstone, she was a Project Leader at the Boston Consulting Group, where she worked with companies in a variety of industries, including health care, financial services, media and entertainment and consumer goods. Julia received a BA in Classical Civilization from Yale University where she graduated summa cum laude. She received an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Julia is also the sole author of Working Knowledge, a book published by Simon & Schuster in 1998. She currently serves on the board of DJ Orthopedics. Julia is also a member of the board of Episcopal Social Services. She is the most senior female professional in Blackstone's private equity group and resides in New York City.
Erin  Russell, Vestar Capital Partners - Principal
Erin joined Vestar in 2000, between her first and second years at Harvard Business School and rejoined upon graduation in 2001. Erin is currently a member of the Healthcare Group at Vestar and sits on the board of Radiation Therapy Services and DynaVox Inc. (NASDAQ: DVOX). She has led the firm's investment in these companies as well as National Mentor Holdings during her tenure at Vestar. Erin is the most senior woman investment professional at Vestar and also the first woman professional that Vestar hired. Previously, she worked in Paine Webber's Mergers and Acquisitions Department. Erin holds a BS in Commerce, with a concentration in accounting, from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia, where she was an Echols Scholar. Erin received her MBA from Harvard Business School, where she was a Loeb Scholar. She is a member of the National Advisory Board for the University of Virginia's Jefferson Scholar Foundation. Erin is the mother of four and resides in Southport, Connecticut.
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