DoG Street to Wall Street 2008

September 12, 2008
WILLIAMSBURG, VA -- Experts in the field of finance -- including many successful College of William & Mary grads -- gathered for the second annual "From DoG Street to Wall Street Conference," Friday, Sept. 12, 2008.  The event, which brings more than 20 movers and shakers of finance to Williamsburg's own DoG Street, or Duke of Gloucester Street,  is designed to help W&M students better understand their career opportunities in finance.

Students attended panels on private banking and wealth management, research, international finance and operations and management services.

Panelists included:

Karim Ahamed '79, Managing Director  JPMorgan
Kendrick Ashton '98 Director, Mergers & Acquisitions  Perella Weinberg Partners
Todd Boehly '95 CEO/Managing Partner  Guggenheim Partners
Niles Chura '91 Portfolio Manager  Highland Capital Management
Glenn Crafford '77 Managing Director  Deutsche Bank
John Cudzik '88 Director  Matrix Capital Markets Group
Mike Cummings '93 Chief Operating Officer  Wachovia
Chris DeMuth '99 Partner Rangeley Capital
Jerry Epperson  Managing Director  Mann, Armistead & Epperson
Amy Furman '85 Vice President   JP Morgan Chase
Dr. Deborah Allen Hewitt '75 Clinical Associate Professor College of William & Mary
Mike Lazar '77 VP-Sales  LiquidNet
John Leone '91 Manager Equity Execution Stevens Capital Management
Bobby Loftus '82 Senior Vice President Smith Barney
Jessica McAnneny '02 Vice President BlackRock, Inc.
Greg Shenkman '03 High Yield Bond Trader  Shenkman Capital Management
Mike Sola '91 Portfolio Manager  T. Rowe Price
Eric Weber '92 Managing Director & COO  Freeman & Company
Sarah Williams '76 Managing Director  Cary Street Partners

The conference is sponsored by the Howard J. Busbee Finance Academy, the Mason School of Business and the William & Mary Career Center, and open to all undergraduates (Arts & Sciences and BBA), MAcc and MBA students.