JANNEKE HOUSE
Janneke House manages a global family office for a high-profile family. She collaborates and communicates with leaders of industry, provides logistical and strategic solutions to complex challenges, while maintaining their numerous philanthropic endeavors, investments, and assets around the world. Janneke previously worked as Chief of Staff for a high-profile family in NFL sports where she was brought on as to drive organizational and cultural transformations while continuing to support the family in numerous companies in the entertainment, technology, legalized sports betting, motion picture, luxury hospitality, fashion, yachting, and aviation industries.
Prior to being Chief of Staff, Janneke was a Senior Advisor to former Presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand where she oversaw the Senator’s economic development legislative agenda in New York State. Prior to joining the Senator’s office, she was a Director for the Kendall Square Association in Cambridge, MA, where she was responsible for engaging with global technology and biotech companies to further ensure the on-going vitality of one of the country’s most economically robust districts. Janneke has also pursued certain political ambitions during her career, running for City Council in both Salt Lake City, UT and Cambridge, MA. Janneke has a passion for not only helping the communities in which she lives by serving on various non-profit boards. She was the first graduate to receive a Master of Urban Planning degree from the University of Utah, where she also completed her undergraduate studies in Urban Planning. Janneke is a published author with her debut children’s book MOMMY MAYOR being released in early 2026. Janneke was born near Sundance, Utah, where she developed her love for the mountains. She now resides in New York City.
DORIAN LAM
Dorian Lam is a Principal and Executive Vice President with Cornerstone Land Abstract. A market leader in providing title insurance and closing services for complex commercial real estate transactions, Dorian focuses on nurturing relationships with developers, owners, operators, investors, lenders, attorneys and other real estate companies.
Prior to joining Cornerstone Land Abstract, Dorian was a Vice President with AmTrust Financial and previously a Management Consultant with PricewaterHouseCoopers.
Dorian graduated from the Stern School of Business at New York University with a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems and Management. He is an active board member of the Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) and the Mortgage Bankers Association of New York (MBAofNY).
Mr. Lam accolades includes recipient of the prestigious Outstanding Asian American in Business Award by the Asian American Business Development Center.
Honors & Highlights: Founder of Leverage Data Solutions, President of Asian Real Estate Association of America (Manhattan), Advisory Board of elphi, Advisory Board of Five Points Abstract
LESLIE MAXIE
1988 US Olympian and media professional, Leslie Maxie is a born entrepreneur and no stranger to achievement or pushing herself to optimal performance. Leslie began her media career as a reporter. Over the years, she has interviewed some of the biggest names in entertainment and sports including Brad Pitt, Denzel Washington, Serena Williams, Barry Bonds, and Mike Tyson among others. She did this all while covering some of the world’s premier sporting events.
Over the last decade, Maxie has executed a strategic move from broadcaster to media maven through her work with BET networks, the 2014 Super Bowl Planning Committee representing the NFL Commissioner’s office, Toyota Motor Corp, Red Bull GMBH, NASCAR, the NY Jets, MLB, Miss NJ Pageant, and several Fortune 500 executives.
Now as co-owner of Maxie Media Group LLC with business pattern and transformational coach, Ranise Gillespie; the two have merged their experience to offer training consulting, and services which features their ground-breaking signature product that is revolutionizing the speaker training industry called, “The Speaker in You” master class. This dynamic curriculum features MMG’s proprietary 3-pillar speaker training approach focusing on mindset, method, and monetization. On the consulting side, MMG recently lent their media expertise and strategic support to “MeToo movement founder Tarana Burke and is currently advising two-time gold medalist and Olympic legend Dr. Edwin Moses, Inside Edition’s award-winning investigative journalist Lisa Guerrero, and Wikimedia foundation’s COO Janeen Uzzell, AKA the Necessary Nerd, among others.
More than being a media powerhouse, Leslie is most proud of her role as mom to daughter Andrea (25) and son Nicholas (23), and bride to attorney Phillip Dowdell.
Honors & Highlights: 1988 US Olympian Track and Field (400h); 30-Year Broadcast Journalist (covered Super Bowl, World Series, Tour de France, Heavy Weight Championships, and Olympic Games among others); Launched both Red Bull Formula-1 Team at the behest of Dietrich Mateschitz, Red Bull Owner; Provided speaker coaching and strategic counsel to Tarana Burke when #MeToo Movement went viral; Created Icon 2 Icon Global Excellence Discussions Series for 2x Olympic Champion, Dr. Edwin Moses
MICHAELANGELO L'ACQUA
Michaelangelo L’Acqua is an internationally acclaimed music- branding specialist and experiential event creative director. His commitment to creating ground-breaking, innovative solutions for his clients marks a successful career that is highlighted by unprecedented achievements in the realm of music & event production for luxury brands. L’Acqua’s career began in 1999 when Tom Ford called on his talents to musically translate his design visions for Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent to the runways of Milan & Paris. Between the years of 1999 and 2007, L’Acqua’s music agency “Onda” went on to produce nearly 200 fashion show for many of the worlds most acclaimed designers and fashion houses.
Throughout his prestigious career in music for the luxury fashion industry, Michaelangelo has held the title of music director for a number of marquee global brands. His most notable tenure was with W Hotels from 2009-2015. Through Michaelangelo’s creative vision, he was able to develop a proprietary entertainment platform that was scaled globally as the brand’s footprint expanded from 26 hotels in the US to over 50 hotels across 4 continents. L’Acqua fabricated the many musical touch points that have allowed W’s passion for music to become the most poignant way in which the brand markets to and inspires its core audience.
L’Acqua left W Hotels to launch his creative agency, WhiteLabel Creative. WhiteLabel offered experiential event production, sensory branding, cultural programming and sonic identity development for brands in the luxury and lifestyle sector. As of 2020, L’Acqua will be move on from WhiteLabel Creative focusing solely on his next entrepreneurial venture.
Lastly, Michaelangelo serves as music director for the marquee charities of amfAR “The Foundation for AIDS Research,” Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, Unicef, The Prince Albert II’s Global Ocean Foundation, UNICEF, Steven Tyler’s Jane’s House and the New York City Food Bank.
DAVID FRIEDMAN
Mr. Friedman is a pioneer in the wealth intelligence and data space being one of the world’s leading experts and authority on the global ultra affluent and high net worth market. Mr. Friedman is a noted speaker in the areas of the global ultra affluent and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Financial Times, The Guardian, Investment News, Forbes and The Telegraph, and has been a frequent guest contributor on CNBC, BBC, FOX, CNN, and Bloomberg.
Prior to founding WealthQuotient, Mr. Friedman Co-Founded Wealth-X, the world’s only global ultra affluent data and intelligence platform where he and his co-founder sold a majority stake to Insight Venture Partners ($8B NYC based private equity fund).
Prior to Wealth-X, Mr. Friedman spent several years as Managing Director at CB Richard Ellis advising global Fortune 500 companies on their location strategies as well as sovereign wealth funds in the Middle East, Asia and Latin America on real estate development projects related to economic growth strategies. His client portfolio included the Saudi Royal Family, Bahraini Government, Kuwait Finance House, the Malaysian Sovereign Wealth Fund, Jumeriah Capital and the Government of Puerto Rico.
Mr. Friedman started his career at Oxford Analytica, the world’s leading geopolitical analysis and declassified intelligence firm founded by his mentor Dr. David Young, former special assistant to Kissinger in the Nixon White House. Mr. Friedman also currently serves on their Advisory Board.
Mr. Friedman graduated magna cum laude from Wheaton College with a bachelors in Political Science and with a Masters Degree in Philosophical Theology and Ethics from Yale Divinity.
JONATHAN FISHMAN
Jonathan Fishman is Co-Founder of Bizydev, a business development group that launched in 2019 to work with companies to cultivate opportunities and ideas that help grow their business. Bizydev creates value for its clients by making meaningful introductions, forming strategic partnerships and driving innovation through various forms of marketing and creative initiatives.
Jonathan spent the last 15+ years working in the NYC real estate industry on the owner/operator side where the groups he worked for and/or led acquired 40+ properties totaling over $1.5 billion of transaction value. In addition to the work Jonathan has done on the investment side of the business, Jonathan is recognized in the real estate industry for his forward thinking approaches to technology application, digital marketing and innovation.
Jonathan graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001 and received his Master's in Real Estate Finance/Investment from New York University in 2004. Jonathan lives on the Upper East Side with his wife and 2 children.
Honors & Highlights: Spent 15+ years in business forming a vast cross industry network that became the impetus for launching a Business Development Group in 2019; Executed >$1.5 billion of real estate acquisitions; Raised >$750 million of institutional and HNW equity; Built end to end digital system on top of Salesforce.com which became a reference model for the way real estate companies used technology; Hired and mentored 75+ summer associates.
BURKE PURCELL
Burke Purcell, the Branch Manager, leads by example, putting borrowers' needs above all else and inspiring all other loan originators to do the same. He is a strong proponent of the value of service, and he works hard to put clients at ease and to make their experience with Bank of England wonderful. He has worked in mortgage banking for fifteen years, and over the course of his career, he has originated more than $1 billion residential real estate loans, setting up and overseeing multiple large sales teams along the way.
In 2018, Burke received the Rookie Branch of the Year Award at Bank of England, having grown from two to employees to a team of ten and a top-five branch company-wide in loan volume. He founded his first mortgage company in 2008, eventually growing to 35 employees in total. His philosophy to help those when others say they can't has become universal at the branch, as has his commitment to meeting tight closing deadlines, obtaining guideline exceptions, and a maintaining a client-first attitude. Making a point to avail himself to his colleagues and clients, he goes against industry trends when he believes those trends are harmful to borrowers. From foreign borrowers to self-employed borrowers to high-net-worth borrowers whose income structures are complex, Burke has made it his mission to make Bank of England the alternative lender of choice in New York City.
Burke earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance at Loyola University Maryland.
Honors & Highlights: 15 years mortgage banking experience; Funded over $1 Billion in residential real estate; Awarded 2018 Bank of England Branch of the Year; Market leader in non-conforming loans; The most creative residential lender in NYC.
JAYNE BAUM
JHB Gallery was founded by Jayne Baum in 1982 and has furthered the practices of a diverse group of emerging and established contemporary photographers and artists.
Through a series of early, influential exhibitions, the gallery helped articulate a position for contemporary photography in the larger art world context. Historically representing work across mediums, the gallery pairs serious connoisseurship with the praxis of artists who conceptually explore their numerous disciplines developing both personal and broader ideological narratives.
Representing a wide range of contemporary international artists, JHB Gallery continues to curate exhibitions at the gallery's West Village space, and across a variety of alternative platforms.