SALT Talks

Michael Dyson is an academic, author, ordained minister, and radio host. Dyson has authored or edited more than twenty books dealing with subjects such as Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Marvin Gaye, Barack Obama, Illmatic (Nas's debut album), Bill Cosby, Tupac Shakur and Hurricane Katrina.

Long Time Coming grapples with the cultural and social forces that have shaped our nation in the brutal crucible of race. In five beautifully argued chapters―each addressed to a black martyr from Breonna Taylor to Rev. Clementa Pinckney―Dyson traces the genealogy of anti-blackness from the slave ship to the street corner where Floyd lost his life―and where America gained its will to confront the ugly truth of systemic racism. Ending with a poignant plea for hope, Dyson's exciting new book points the way to social redemption.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. 

Joe Terranova is a series regular on CNBC's Fast Money and the Chief Market Strategist for Virtus Investment Partners, a $25 billion Hartford-based asset management firm. In his current role, Mr. Terranova is involved with Virtus' investment oversight function and represents Virtus as a client-facing thought leader, providing insight into the domestic and global investing landscape. Prior to joining Virtus, he spent 18 years at MBF Clearing Corp., where he was the director of trading and managed more than 300 traders.

Liz Young is Director of Market Strategy for BNY Mellon Investment Management. In this role, she works directly with the firm's Chief Economist to formulate and deliver economic and market views to external audiences. She focuses on educating investors on current macroeconomic themes and their effects on capital markets. Liz is a CNBC Contributor and is frequently quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Washington Post and other industry publications.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. 

Anthony "Pomp" Pompliano is the co-founder of Morgan Creek Digital. He is the host of The Pomp Podcast, where he talks to investors about business, finance, Bitcoin, and crypto. 

Morgan Creek Digital is a hedge fund that specializes in blockchain technology and digital assets and is backed by investment management firm Morgan Creek Capital. The firm was founded by Mark Yusko, Jason Williams and Anthony Pompliano in 2018.

He has built and sold numerous companies, ran Product & Growth teams at Facebook and Snapchat, and invested over $100 million in early-stage technology companies.

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Lauren Kolodny and Theresia Gouw are the Founders of Acrew Capital. Acrew DCF is a new growth stage investment fund from Acrew Capital, that aims to diversify the ownership and leadership of leading growth-stage companies through value-added capital.

Prior to co-founding Acrew, Lauren was a partner at Aspect Ventures. She joined at the founding of the firm and helped to build out the team. Previously, Lauren worked in product marketing at Google, where she led a number of launches for GSuite, including Google Drive. Lauren began her career building tech and finance partnerships for the Clinton Foundation in India.

Previously, Theresia was a co-founder at Aspect Ventures and a Managing General Partner at Accel. Theresia has been fortunate to work with many successful companies through IPOs or acquisitions including Forescout (FSCT), Imperva (IMPV), Trulia (TRLA), Hotel Tonight (ABNB), Astro (Slack; WORK), LearnVest (Northwestern Mutual), Jasper Design (CDNS) and Kosmix (WMT).

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci. 

Jeffrey Ubben is an American businessman and Founder of Inclusive Capital Partners. He recently retired as CEO of ValueAct Capital, a hedge fund focused on environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) and impact investing. Ubben is an activist board member of Exxon Mobil.

Prior to founding ValueAct Capital in 2000, Mr. Ubben was a Managing Partner at Blum Capital Partners for more than five years. Mr. Ubben is a director of The AES Corporation, where he is a member of the Compensation and Financial Audit Committees, Enviva Partners, LP, where he is a member of the Compensation and Health, Safety, Sustainability and Environmental Committees, AppHarvest, and Nikola Corporation.

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Joe Lonsdalewas an early institutional investor in notable companies including Wish, Oculus, Oscar, Illumio, Blend, Orca Bio, RelateIQ, Joby Aviation, Synthego, Guardant Health, and in 2016 and 2017 was the youngest member of the Forbes 100 Midas List. He is also the co-founder of Palantir, a multi-billion dollar global software company best known for its work in defense and finance. Most recently, he was a founding partner at Formation 8, one of the top-performing private funds and the precursor to 8VC.

Dakin Sloss is an entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. He is the Founder and General Partner of Prime Movers Lab, the world’s leading partner of breakthrough scientific startups. He has led investments in and is a Board Member at Momentus, Heliogen, Covaxx, Tarana, and Carbon Capture. Prime Movers Lab I is on track to be one of the top-performing funds of 2018. Prior to founding Prime Movers Lab, Dakin served as founding CEO of Tachyus and OpenGov.

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Backed by over 20 years of experience, Stacy Robinson works with her clients to understand their goals, define risk, manage liabilities, and proactively plan for their overall financial future. Stacy’s focus on a client-centric wealth management process has spanned her entire career. 

Octavius Reid is a Senior Vice President and Wealth Advisor with Morgan Stanley. Over the past 30 years, he has developed an area of focus, working with clients in the sports and entertainment industry. As a Morgan Stanley Global Sports and Entertainment Director, provides financial management services and helps guide many professionals through what can be an incredibly difficult space.

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Dr. Akilah Cadet is the Founder and CEO of Change Cadet. Change Cadet provides people and companies with services that support anti-racism, diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging (DEIB).

As a young Black woman, Dr. Akilah Cadet experienced judgment, "isms", and numerous barriers in the workplace. One day she thought, “what if I could change that?” and Change Cadet was started. Cadet, her last name, is a French term that means soldier. Change Cadet prepares individuals and companies to be soldiers of change in the workforce so there can be more women and people of color at the top. She wants everyone to feel empowered in their career. She advises tech startups from concept to staffing, facilitates strategic workshops, coaches leaders, and speaks at various engagements. 

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This is episode two of a three-part series on election security. The U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) was established by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA). EAC is an independent, bipartisan commission charged with developing guidance to meet HAVA requirements, adopting voluntary voting system guidelines, and serving as a national clearinghouse of information on election administration. EAC also accredits testing laboratories and certifies voting systems, as well as audits the use of HAVA funds.

Benjamin Hovland was nominated by President Donald J. Trump and confirmed by unanimous consent of the United States Senate on January 2, 2019, to serve on the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC). Commissioner Hovland serves as the Designated Federal Officer for the Technical Guidelines Development Committee (TGDC).

Donald Palmer was nominated by President Donald J. Trump and confirmed by unanimous consent of the United States Senate on January 2, 2019, to serve on the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC). Commissioner Palmer is a former Bipartisan Policy Center Fellow where he advanced the recommendations of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration to resolve the voting technology crisis, find ways to reduce lines of voters and improve the voting experience. 

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Dr. Jonathan Simons is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Dr. Simons is an internationally recognized physician-scientist, oncologist and acclaimed investigator in translational prostate cancer research. Prior to joining PCF in 2007, he was Distinguished Service Professor of Hematology and Oncology at the Emory University School of Medicine and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology. 

The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) is the world's leading philanthropic organization dedicated to the research and eradication of prostate cancer. PCF funds the world's most promising research to improve the prevention, detection and treatment of prostate cancer and ultimately cure it for good.

In 2016, as a part of Vice President Biden's Cancer Moonshot initiative, Simons announced a 5-year, Foundation-Government partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs for a precision oncology clinical research and care program for every US veteran with prostate cancer in the VA.

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Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci.