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James Cain, the former U.S. Ambassador to Denmark, is Chairman of Cain Global Partners LLC, which he founded
to encourage and assist foreign companies that wish to invest in the United States. Cain has also joined the corporate
department at the Kilpatrick Stockton law firm and will divide his time among the firm’s offices in Washington, New
York and Raleigh, N.C. Cain worked at Kilpatrick Stockton for 15 years before serving as president and chief operating
officer of the Carolina Hurricanes hockey team and its parent company, Gale Force Holdings from 2000 to 2002. He then
re-joined the firm before becoming ambassador in 2005 under the Bush administration. Cain received his bachelor’s
and law degrees from Wake Forest University.
Jason Calacanis is the Founder and CEO of Mahalo.com, a human-powered search engine. Prior to Mahalo.com’s
launch in 2007, he was an “entrepreneur in action” at Sequoia Capital. Also in 2007, Calacanis partnered with Michael
Arrington of TechCrunch to launch the TechCrunch40 conference, showcasing 40 of the world’s most promising startups
before an elite Silicon Valley audience; the event continued and grew in 2008. Calacanis co-founded and served as CEO
of Weblogs Inc., a network of popular blogs that was sold to AOL in 2005. Upon joining AOL, he was appointed senior
vice president and named general manager of AOL’s Netscape. Before forming Weblogs, Calacanis was the founder of
Rising Tide Studios, which sold its flagship publication to Dow Jones. As a leading thinker in the startup space, Calacanis
frequently delivers keynotes at major tech conferences and is featured and quoted in national news outlets.
John Calamos Sr. is Chairman, CEO and Chief Investment Officer of the firm he founded in 1977 and took public as
Calamos Asset Management in 2004. A pioneer in investment strategies and techniques to help manage risk, Calamos
has established a reputation for preserving capital and building wealth for clients over the long term. He is a frequent
speaker at investment seminars and conferences, has taught graduate-level courses on finance and investments, and
has written two books (Investing in Convertible Securities: Your Complete Guide to the Risks and Rewards and Convertible
Securities: The Latest Instruments, Portfolio Strategies, and Valuation Analysis). He is often quoted as an authority on riskmanaged
investment strategies in Barron’s, Fortune, Forbes, Pensions & Investments, Financial World, Nation’s Business and
The Wall Street Journal and regularly appears on CNBC and Bloomberg.
Erik Caldwell is Policy Advisor for San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders, providing strategy and policy advice on issues
related to clean technology, energy and the environment. Caldwell also serves as the mayor’s representative to the City
Council’s Public Safety and Neighborhood Services Committee. Caldwell previously served as chief deputy to Michelle
Steel, a member of the California State Board of Equalization, advising her on state sales and property tax issues. He
has also served as legislative assistant to San Diego County Supervisor Greg Cox, focusing on fiscal, environmental and
public safety issues and on state and federal legislation. He is a veteran of many local, state and federal campaigns,
most recently acting as campaign manager for Rep. Brian Bilbray’s successful 2006 campaign. Caldwell has a bachelor’s
degree in political science from California State University, San Marcos.
Paul Calello is CEO of the Global Investment Bank of Credit Suisse. He is also a member of the executive boards
of Credit Suisse and Credit Suisse Group. Previously, Calello was CEO for all of Credit Suisse’s operations in the Asia-
Pacific region. He has held management positions with Credit Suisse in Tokyo, London, Hong Kong and New York.
Calello joined the bank in 1990 as a founding member of the former financial derivatives subsidiary of Credit Suisse
First Boston. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Foreign Policy Association, and serves on the
Columbia Business School Board of Overseers, the Board of Directors of the New York Philharmonic, and as a Trustee
of the Credit Suisse Foundation. Calello received a bachelor’s degree from Villanova University and an M.B.A. from
Columbia Business School.
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Marlene Canter has been an elected member of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education
since 2001. She also served as board president from 2005 to 2007. Canter currently chairs the board’s Charters and
Innovation Committee, a new committee she conceived to help drive school and district transformation. It supports
the district’s efforts to create innovative partnerships, provide oversight for charter schools and facilitate reforms. She
received the Government Leadership Award from the League of Women Voters in 2008, and in 2006, the Los Angeles
Business Journal named her Woman Executive of the Year for her leadership of the board. Canter began her career as a
special education teacher and went on to co-found and run a successful teacher training company for three decades
before running for office.
Gregory Cappelli is Chairman of Apollo Global. Before joining Apollo, he spent 10 years as a research analyst
for Credit Suisse, where he most recently served as managing director and senior research analyst and founded the
Credit Suisse Global Services Team. He was previously a vice president and senior research analyst at ABN AMRO. He
received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Indiana University and an M.B.A. from the Brennan School of Business
at Dominican University.
Pete Carroll is the Head Football Coach at the University of Southern California. With a record of 88-15 (tied for
the most wins since 1900 by a Division I coach in his first eight seasons), Carroll has returned the USC Trojan football
program to national prominence. His teams have produced two national championships, an unprecedented seven
consecutive Pac-10 titles and seven consecutive BCS bowl appearances, an NCAA record. Carroll has produced three
Heisman Trophy winners in a four-year span, as well as 33 All-American first-teamers and 42 NFL draft picks. His football
experience includes seasons with the New England Patriots, the New York Jets and the San Francisco 49ers. In 2003,
he helped develop A Better LA, which works to reduce gang violence. Carroll received a bachelor’s degree in business
administration, as well as a master’s degree in physical education, from the University of the Pacific.
Tom Casey is a board member and CEO of Current Group LLC, the leading provider of Smart Grid solutions to increase
the efficiency and reliability of the electric grid while reducing the environmental impact of electric usage. Current’s Smart
Grid solution combines advanced sensing, high-speed communications, analytical software and services to provide
utilities location-specific, real-time actionable data. He previously served as the CEO of several telecommunications
companies. Casey also was co-head of Merrill Lynch’s Global Communications Investment Banking Group, co-head of
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP telecommunications and media group and a partner at Mintz Levin Cohn
Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC. Casey was the assistant to the FCC chairman and deputy chief and acting chief of the FCC
Common Carrier Bureau. Casey is on the board of One Communications Corp. and is board chairman of Pacific Crossing
Limited. He has a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a J.D. from George Washington University Law School.
Daniel Casse is President of G100, a private group of 100 of the world’s leading CEOs, who meet twice a year to
exchange ideas on business and corporate governance. Jack Welch and Larry Bossidy are the group’s regular discussion
leaders. For more than a dozen years, Casse has also been a senior director of the White House Writers Group, where he
has advised chief executives and corporate leaders on communication strategy, public policy and thought leadership.
A former managing editor of The Public Interest magazine in New York, he has frequently written on politics and policy
in The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, and other national publications.
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