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Mark Angelson, currently the Chairman of NewPage Corporation, served as the Deputy Mayor of the City of Chicago and Chairman of the Mayor's Economic, Budgetary and Business Development Council until September 4, 2012. Angelson was credited by Mayor Emanuel with facilitating the creation of tens of thousand of jobs for Chicagoans, streamlining the City budget and launching the largest municipal employees' Wellness Program in the country, among many other achievements.

From 1996-2010, as Chairman and/or CEO of a variety of public companies, including RR Donnelley (Chicago), Moore Corporation (Toronto), Moore Wallace (NYC) and WorldColor Press (Montreal), and as a private investor, he was a leader of the transformation and consolidation of the printing industry. The work of Angelson and his colleagues culminated in the creation of the two largest publicly owned printing companies in the world, employing an aggregate of nearly 100,000 people, and in the creation of billions of dollars in value for equity and debt investors.

Angelson began his career in 1975 as a lawyer with Sullivan & Cromwell. From 1982 through 1995, he practiced with Sidley & Austin, serving as Co-Chair of International Operations and resident managing partner of the law firm's offices in Singapore, New York, and London and leading the development of notably successful practices in each of those cities. He served as Chairman of MidOcean Partners, a New York and London-based investment firm from 2007-2009.

Angelson serves as a Trustee and Treasurer of the Institute of International Education (IIE) and as Chairman of IIE's Scholar Rescue Fund (SRF) and of SRF's Scholar Selection Committee. Angelson is a trustee of Northwestern University, a member of Northwestern's investment committee, and a teacher of mergers and acquisitions at Northwestern's JW Kellogg School of Management. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of New York, the Chicago Club, and of the Pilgrims (London and NYC), and is a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce.

Angelson graduated from Rutgers College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and Rutgers School of Law–Newark. He is qualified as a lawyer (non-practicing) in New York, England and Wales. In 2005, Angelson and RR Donnelley received the Harold H. Hines Award from the United Negro College Fund. In 2006, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Laws by the John Marshall Law School.

Carli Lloyd is a former Rutgers University soccer standout who has played for various clubs in the Women’s Professional Soccer league. The center midfielder currently plays for Western New York Flash in new American National Women's Soccer League and has been a member of the United States Women's National Soccer Team (USWNT) since 2005. In 2008 and 2012, Lloyd scored the gold medal-winning goals in both Olympic finals, the only woman in history to score the winning goal in two separate Olympic gold medal matches.

A native of Delran, New Jersey, Lloyd grew up playing soccer for both her local high school team and the Medford Strikers, where she won a State Cup in 1997 and 1998. In 1999 and 2000, she was named the girls’ High School Player of the Year by the Philadelphia Inquirer. During her four years at Rutgers, Lloyd became the only Scarlet Knight to earn First-Team All-Big East Honors four times in her career (2001-2004). She is Rutgers’ all-time leader in points (117) and goals (50) and was named the 2001 Big East Rookie of the Year, the first Rutgers player to earn that honor, and the 2004 Big East Midfielder of the Year. Lloyd was also a three-time NSCAA All-American and a semifinalist for the Hermann Trophy.

Lloyd played for the National Under-21 team before making the jump to the senior team. She appeared in the Nordic Cup four times between 2002 and 2005, winning titles in all four years.

As a member of the USWNT, Lloyd has more than 149 caps and 42 goals scored. She established herself in a starting role during the 2007 World Cup, in which the U.S. came in third. Lloyd finished third on the team in scoring, with nine goals and three assists, her most prolific scoring year as a member of the USWNT. She played all 600 minutes during the 2008 Olympics and scored two pivotal goals in the tournament, the winning goal in a 1-0 victory over Japan in group play, and then the gold medal game winner in overtime against Brazil.

Lloyd was also a member of the 2011 U.S. World Cup team, which finished second to Japan. During that year, she tied for the team lead in games played with 19, starting them all, and led the U.S. in minutes played with 1,654. She played all but 16 minutes of the World Cup, scoring one goal with one assist. In the 2012 London Olympics, Lloyd scored both American goals in the U.S.'s gold medal victory. She scored four goals overall in the tournament, and tied for the second highest on the U.S. squad.

In 2008, she was named the U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year. In 2012, Lloyd was named to FIFA’s list of top ten players in the world.

Dr. Randal Pinkett has established himself as an entrepreneur, speaker, author and scholar, and as a leading voice for his generation in business and technology. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of his fifth venture, BCT Partners, a multimillion-dollar management consulting and information technology solutions firm headquartered in Newark, New Jersey.

Pinkett has received numerous awards for business and technology excellence including the Information Technology Senior Management Forum’s Beacon Award, the National Society of Black Engineers’ Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and the National Urban League’s Business Excellence Award. He has been featured on nationally televised programs such as The Today Show, Live with Regis and Kelly, Nightline and Larry King Live, and he has been recognized by USA TODAY newspaper as one of the top 20 scholars in the country. In 2009, he was named to New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine’s official shortlist as a potential running mate for Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey.

Pinkett has served as a brand ambassador for AMTRAK, Verizon Communications, and Outback Steakhouse, and as a national spokesperson for Autism Speaks, the National Black MBA Association, the MillerCoors Urban Entrepreneurs Series, New Jersey Reads, Junior Achievement of New York, and the Minority Information Technology Consortium. Most notably, Pinkett was the first and only African-American to receive the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship at Rutgers University. He was also the winner of NBC’s hit reality television show, The Apprentice, with Donald Trump. He was selected as one of 18 candidates chosen from among 1 million applicants to compete for the opportunity to run one of Donald Trump’s companies.

Pinkett is a highly sought-after speaker for various corporations, colleges and universities, government agencies and community organizations. He is the author of Campus CEO: The Student Entrepreneur’s Guide to Launching a Multimillion-Dollar Business and No-Money Down CEO: How to Start Your Dream Business with Little or No Cash. His latest book, Black Faces in White Places: 10 Game-Changing Strategies to Achieve Success and Find Greatness, presents the strategies African Americans and other emerging majorities use to successfully navigate today’s rapidly changing professional landscape. Black Faces in White Places was named one of the “10 Best Books of 2010.” Based on the book’s “10 Game-Changing Strategies,” Dr. Pinkett has launched the “Campaign to Redefine the Game,” which represents a call to action for Americans to level the playing field in the 21st century workplace.

Pinkett is a proud member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated, the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA), the Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA), and the Information Technology Senior Management Forum (ITSMF), as well as a member of the board of directors for the New Jersey Public Policy Research Institute (NJPPRI), the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network (NTEN) and the National Visionary Leadership Project (NVLP). He is also a proud graduate of Leadership New Jersey and the Rockefeller Foundation’s Next Generation Leadership program.

Pinkett holds five academic degrees including: a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University, where he competed as a high jumper, long jumper, and captain of the men’s track and field team; a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Oxford in England; and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, MBA, and Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Joseph M. Rigby is Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pepco Holdings, Inc. (PHI), a regional energy holding company that provides utility service to about 2 million customers. PHI is the parent company of Potomac Electric Power Company, an electric utility serving Washington, D.C., and suburban Maryland; Delmarva Power, an electric and gas utility serving Delaware and the rest of the Delmarva Peninsula; and Atlantic City Electric, an electric utility serving southern New Jersey.

Rigby joined Atlantic City Electric in 1979 and advanced through a number of management positions. His responsibilities have included accounting, financial services, treasury operations, business transformation, human resources, and the Atlantic City Electric/Delmarva Power merger transition team. Following the merger that formed Conectiv, he was Vice President/General Manager of Gas Delivery, then Vice President/General Manager of Electric Delivery. He was elected President, Conectiv Power Delivery in 2002. From May 2004 to September 2007, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of PHI and was responsible for all financial activity as well as investor relations.

From September 2007 to March 2008, Rigby served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. He was responsible for the day-to-day operations of Pepco, Delmarva Power and Atlantic City Electric Company, along with Information Technology and Corporate Communications. In March 2008, Rigby was elected President and Chief Operating Officer, adding responsibility for the competitive energy businesses (Conectiv Energy and Pepco Energy Services). Rigby was elected President and Chief Executive Officer effective March 1, 2009. He was elected Chairman of the Board on May 15, 2009.

Rigby earned a bachelor of science degree in accounting from Rutgers University and an MBA from Monmouth University. He is also a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the state of New Jersey.

Rigby is chairman of the United Way of the National Capital Area and chairman of the Greater Washington Board of Trade. He serves on the boards of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Edison Electric Institute, the Federal City Council, the Greater Washington Initiative, and the Economic Club of Washington. He is a member of the Rutgers–Camden School of Business Executive Advisory Board. Rigby is a member of the New Jersey Society of CPAs and the American Institute of CPAs.

Judith Viorst was born and raised in New Jersey. She received a bachelor's degree in history from Rutgers University, and in 1981, after six years of study, she graduated from the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband Milton, who is the author of several acclaimed political books. They have three sons—Anthony, Nicholas, and Alexander—and seven perfect grandchildren.

Ms. Viorst has written 17 books for adults, including nine books of poetry and Necessary Losses, which was on the New York Times bestseller list for almost two years. Her 19 children’s books include Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, illustrated by Ray Cruz, which has sold some four million copies and has been inducted into the Picture Book Hall of Fame, and—most recently—Lulu and the Brontosaurus and Lulu Walks the Dogs, illustrated by Lane Smith.

She was also a contributing editor to Redbook magazine for 25 years, and has written for many other newspapers and magazines. In addition, she has written, with composer Shelly Markham, the book and lyrics for three musicals—Love and Shrimp, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, and Alexander, Who’s Not Not Not Not Not Not Going to Move. A fourth musical, Lulu and the Brontosaurus, music by Markham, is scheduled for production in the 2013-2014 season of Imagination Stage in Bethesda, Maryland.

Ms.Viorst lectures on a variety of subjects—loss, control, life lessons over the decades, the shared experiences of children and adults—combining thought-provoking, psychologically sound points with humorous anecdotes and poems from her books of verse.