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Jon Ledecky
Co-Owner
New York Islanders
Jon Ledecky is co-owner of the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League and the Bridgeport Islanders in the American Hockey League. Jon’s partnership also owns the award winning UBS Arena in Elmont and built the first LIRR train stop in over 50 years at the Arena.
Jon founded U.S. Office Products in 1994, and by 1998 the company had become the fastest entrant ever in the history of the Fortune 500. U.S. Office Products owned Mail Boxes, Etc. (now the UPS Store) and several other national brands. Jon has been the founder, co-founder or initial investor in over 20 companies that eventually became publicly traded.
Jon Ledecky’s initial foray into professional sports ownership occurred in 1999 when, with partner Ted Leonsis, he bought the Washington Capitals and an interest in the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association. Jon later sold his partnership interest and started a foundation that dedicated itself to the education of underprivileged children in Boston, New York and Washington. Jon continues this work today in the greater New York metropolitan area through the New York Islanders Children’s Foundation.
Jon Ledecky is an honors graduate of Harvard College and also graduated from Harvard Business School. He has been a director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Commission on Entrepreneurship. He received an Honorary Doctoral Degree from George Washington University where he was also a Commencement Speaker.
Jon’s niece Katie Ledecky is the most decorated American woman athlete in Olympic history with 14 medals. Katie owns the current world and Olympic records in the 800-meter and 1500-meter freestyle swimming events. She was honored by her teammates as the United States flag bearer at the closing ceremonies of the 2024 Paris Olympics and is one of the youngest recipients ever of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Bob Pisani
Senior Markets Correspondent
CNBC
A CNBC reporter since 1990, Bob Pisani has covered Wall Street and the stock market for over 25 years. Pisani covered the real estate market for CNBC from 1990-1995, then moved on to cover corporate management issues before becoming On-Air Stocks Editor in 1997. In addition to covering the global stock market, he also covers initial public offerings (IPOs), exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and financial market structure for CNBC.
Pisani is also the author of “Shut Up and Keep Talking: Lessons on Life and Investing from the Floor of the New York Stock Exchange,” which tells a series of captivating stories that reveal what he has learned about life and investing.
In 2017, he was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Security Traders Association of New York for “dedication to the Association and the Industry.”
In 2013, Pisani won Third Place in the National Headliner Awards in the Business and Consumer Reporting category for his documentary on the diamond business, “The Diamond Rush.”
In 2014, he was honored with a Recognition Award from the Market Technicians Association for “steadfast efforts to integrate technical analysis into financial decision making, journalism and reporting.”
In 2010, Pisani was an Webby Award Honoree from the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences for ‘Best Business Blog.’
Prior to joining CNBC, Pisani co-authored “Investing in Land: How to Be a Successful Developer.” He and his father taught a course in real estate development at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania from 1987-1992. Pisani learned the real estate business from his father, Ralph Pisani, a retired real estate developer.
Tom Gardner
CEO
The Motley Fool
Tom Gardner is the chief executive officer and co-chairman of The Motley Fool, a financial services company he co-founded in 1993 with his brother, David, and Erik Rydholm. What began as a traditional print newsletter has grown into an international multimedia network that offers financial and business solutions to millions of Fools worldwide.
Tom is a firm believer in the practice of Conscious Capitalism and leads the company by way of its established “Golden Rule” principles designed to create simultaneous value for all of the company’s stakeholders. Tom’s leadership and commitment to creating a diverse culture of inclusion, belonging, and succeeding has resulted in employee engagement scores over 90%, the company twice being named as Glassdoor’s #1 Best Medium-Sized Company to Work For in America, and year-after-year inclusion as a top workplace in the Washington, DC area. Tom also serves as the lead advisor on multiple investment products, including Motley Fool One – the company’s all-access investing advice service.
His motley, the personal core value each Fool brings to the organization, is: “Aspen Grove Root System.” An aspen grove boasts a massive root system that connects what look like numerous separate trees but is actually a single organism expressed across an area as large as 100 acres. Similarly, Fools operate and thrive in their own business units and teams but come together in pursuit of the company’s unifying purpose of making the world smarter, happier, and richer.
Tom sits on the National Advisory Board of the Concussion Legacy Foundation and is a graduate of Brown University.
Charlie Gasparino
Wall Street reporter
FOX Business Network
Charles Gasparino is a senior correspondent for Fox Business, Fox News, a columnist for the New York Post, and a two-time national best selling author. He previously worked for CNBC as one of the lead reporters covering the 2008 financial crisis. He covered financial crimes for the Wall Street Journal and has won numerous business journalism awards. His 2009 investigative account of the banking crisis, The Sellout, was a New York Times best seller.
His other books including Blood on the Street, a BusinessWeek bestseller and was listed by Barron’s as one of the best business books of 2005, and King of the Club, which was named one of the best business books of 2007 by Library Journal. His latest book is Go Woke Go Broke; The Inside Story of the Radicalization of Corporate America.”
Ron Insana
Senior Analyst and Commentator at CNBC
In the midst of the chaotic forces impacting business and the economy, Ron Insana delivers clear insights business leaders and financial professionals can use to make smarter decisions. A pioneer in television financial news reporting, Ron is currently senior analyst and commentator at CNBC. He also hosts The Market Score Board Report, a daily nationally syndicated radio program. As CEO of iFi AI, an AI-powered stock research platform created in partnership with IBM watsonx, Ron has a front row seat to the transformative AI revolution.
He is also founder and CEO of The Insana Entertainment Group, a film and TV production company. Ron is author of four books on investing and financial markets dynamics. In his speeches, Ron makes sense of the business, economic, technological, and political news – distilling it into actionable insights his audience can use to navigate change, protect what they have, and spot fresh opportunities. Besides keynoting, he is also an outstanding moderator and interviewer.
Ron’s career in financial reporting was a total accident. He had graduated from college with a degree in film production when a producer friend at the Financial News Network hired him on as a freelance producer in 1984. FNN was the first television network devoted exclusively to financial news. One day in 1985 the network’s only two anchors got sick on the same day and Ron found himself on the air for a full eight-hour shift. That launched Ron’s financial broadcasting career. When the Financial News Network merged with CNBC in 1991, Ron became a regular anchor there and a frequent presence on other NBC News shows.
Ron was named one of the “Top 100 Business News Journalists of the 20th Century” and was nominated for a news and documentary Emmy for his role in NBC’s coverage of 9/11.
His four books on investing include: TrendWatching: Don’t Be Fooled by the Next Investment Fad, Mania, or Bubble; The Message of the Markets: How Financial Markets Foretell the Future–and How You Can Profit from Their Guidance; Traders’ Tales: A Chronicle of Wall Street Myths, Legends, and Outright Lies; and How to Make a Fortune from the Biggest Bailout in U.S. History: A Guide to the 7 Greatest Bargains from Main Street to Wall Street.
Ron is a highly regarded speaker on domestic and global economics, financial markets, economic policy issues, and technology trends impacting business. He graduated with honors from California State University at Northridge.
Joseph Lucosky
Partner
Lucosky Brookman
Joseph M. Lucosky is the founding and managing partner of Lucosky Brookman LLP and oversees both the transactional and litigation departments.
Mr. Lucosky has a broad multidisciplinary practice that includes extensive experience in litigation and dispute resolution, regulatory investigations (including FINRA and SEC matters), negotiated mergers and acquisitions; domestic and cross-border investments/joint ventures; the representation of private equity; venture capital and other private investment funds, placement agents and underwriters; securities offerings; private and public financings (including secured and unsecured lending); bankruptcy transactions; real estate matters; and various other types of commercial transactions. In addition, he counsels corporate boards, board committees (including special committees) as well as being a personal adviser to many entrepreneurs, business leaders and corporate executives. He has counseled clients on significant litigation, regulatory and transactional matters across a number of industry sectors.
Jennifer Calabrese
Founder & CEO
Calabrese Consulting LLC
Jenn Calabrese began her career at KPMG, LLP specializing in the Information, Communications and Entertainment industry, and amassing knowledge and experience that would guide her life’s work.
Jenn also spent several years working for publicly traded companies, serving as Corporate Controller, Director of Accounting and SEC Reporting, Executive Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer.
She specializes in SEC financial reporting, compliance, and consulting services to facilitate the reporting between auditors and public companies on behalf of clients. Jenn founded Calabrese Consulting, LLC (“CCL”) in 2012, a minority/woman-owned, full-service accounting and advisory firm which currently employs over 50 employees, serving more than 350 clients around the world. She applies a hands-on approach that stems from her tenure on both the client and audit sides, and exemplifies her dedication to her craft.
She graduated from Hofstra University with a B.B.A. in Accounting and a B.A. in Psychology and earned her Master of Science in Accountancy from SUNY Polytechnic.
She is a Certified Public Accountant, a Chartered Global Management Accountant and a member of both The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and The New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. Jenn is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Hofstra University.
Cromwell Coulson
President, CEO, & Director
OTC Markets Group
R. Cromwell Coulson is President, CEO and a Director of OTC Markets Group, responsible for the company’s overall growth and strategic direction. Since leading the acquisition of OTC Markets’ predecessor business in 1997, Cromwell has transformed the company from a privately-held publisher of broker-dealer quotations into a publicly-traded company operating three public markets for 12,000 securities that trade nearly $445 billion in dollar volume annually. Cromwell is a strong advocate of improving capital formation, supporting a diverse ecosystem of broker-dealers, and empowering investors with increased disclosure and transparency. He has testified before Congress and spoken on these and other issues at numerous industry conferences.
Cromwell is currently the Co-chair of the STANY Market Structure Committee and a former Chair (2017-2018) of the FINRA Market Regulation Committee that advises FINRA on rulemaking and trading issues. Prior to OTC Markets, Cromwell was an institutional trader and portfolio manager at Carr Securities Corporation. He holds an OPM from Harvard Business School and received his BBA from Southern Methodist University.
