Featured Speaker

Mellody Hobson
President, Ariel Investments and Financial Contributor on ABC’s Good Morning America

Mellody Hobson is president of Ariel Investments, a Chicago-based money management firm that serves retirement plans, individual investors and manages separate accounts for institutional clients. As president, Mellody is responsible for firm-wide management and strategic planning, overseeing all operations outside of research and portfolio management. Additionally, she serves as chairman of the board of trustees for the mutual funds. She joined the company in 1991 after graduating from Princeton University where she received her degree from the Woodrow Wilson School of International Relations and Public Policy.

Mellody has become a nationally recognized voice on financial literacy and investor education. Specifically, she is a regular financial contributor on ABC’s Good Morning America as well as a spokesperson for both the annual Ariel/Schwab Black Investor Survey and the 2009 Ariel/Hewitt study, “401(k) Plans in Living Color.” She is also actively involved with a variety of civic and professional institutions. Her community outreach includes serving as a board member of the Chicago Public Library and its foundation, The Field Museum, The Chicago Public Education Fund and The Sundance Institute. She is also a director of three public companies: DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc., The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. and Starbucks Corporation. Additionally, she is on the board of governors of the Investment Company Institute and is a member of the SEC Investment Advisory Committee. She is also a former trustee of Princeton University. Mellody is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, the Commercial Club of Chicago, the Young President’s Organization (YPO) and is a Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute.

Her professional and civic leadership have brought her to the forefront of media attention. In addition to her role on Good Morning America, Mellody has been a featured guest on ABC’s Nightline and World News Tonight. In 2007, she became a regular columnist in Black Enterprise and is frequently quoted in various news publications including Money, Fortune, Fast Company and PINK magazines. In 2008, she was highlighted as a financial expert in a special PBS documentary entitled, “Retirement Revolution.”

Time

Breakfast and Networking
7:30 a.m.

Presentation of the New York Census Results
8:00 a.m.

Keynote: Sallie Krawcheck, Speakers, and Closing Remarks
8:45-9:30 a.m.

Location

Auditorium
Bank of America Tower
One Bryant Park
42nd Street & 6th Avenue

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Speakers

Sallie L. Krawcheck - Keynote Speaker
President, Global Wealth & Investment Management
Bank of America

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Ann P. Bartel - Presenter of the Census Study Results
Merrill Lynch Professor of Workforce Transformation;
Chair, Economics Sub-Division

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Sallie L. Krawcheck
President, Global Wealth & Investment Management
Bank of America

Sallie L. Krawcheck has been listed as one of Fortune’s “Most Powerful Women” in business for seven years between 2002 and 2009. U.S. Banker ranked her first on its list of “25 Women to Watch” in 2009. Forbes magazine, in 2006, listed her as #6 in the rank of the “World’s 100 Most Powerful Women.” She was also the recipient of CNBC’s “Business Leader of the Future Award” in 2007. In 2002, she was recognized as one of Time magazine’s “Global Business Influentials” and, in 2003, Fortune magazine named her the “Most Influential Person Under the Age of 40.”

Ann P. Bartel
Merrill Lynch Professor of Workforce Transformation;
Chair, Economics Sub-Division

Professor Ann Bartel is an expert in the fields of labor economics and human resource management and has published many articles on employee training, human capital investments, job mobility and technological change. In her current work, Bartel is studying how the human capital of the nursing workforce impacts patient outcomes, and in another study, is examining the impact of technological change on firms' outsourcing decisions. Bartel received the 1992 Margaret Chandler Award for Commitment to Excellence in teaching. She teaches Managerial Negotiations and Strategy, Structure and Incentives. Bartel is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and the recipient of research grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the U.S. Department of Labor and the Citicorp Behavioral Sciences Research Council.