Register Now

Tuesday, June 11th, 2025

University Club of Chicago

Register Now
Add to Calendar

The 2014 East Coast Family Office Conference

Following a sold out 2013 event, we are proud to present our 2nd conference for the area’s top UHNWI and SFOs at the Union League Club. We offer not only cutting edge education but also a networking platform for local and international families you won’t meet anywhere else.

Speakers included:

Mr. Yalkin Demirkaya, President, Cyber Diligence, Inc. Former Detective Commander of Cyber Crimes, NYPD

 Ms. Lisa Firestone Von Winterfeldt, Founder, Firestone von Winterfeldt Family Fund

 Mr. Erik Wachtmeister, Founder, Best Of All Worlds

Mr. Joshua Rotbart, Managing Director of Malca-Amit Precious Metals (MAPM)

 Countess Louise Wachtmeister, Founder, Best of all Worlds

Ms. Cathia Klimovsky, Owner, Eden Fine Art Gallery

Mr. Yaky Yanay, President & COO, Pluristem

Mr. Howard Cooper, CEO, Cooper Family Office

Mr. Nimrod Elmish, CEO, I.G. Cardboard Technologies

Ms. Candice Beaumont, CIO, L. Investments

 Mr. Damon J. Hemmerdinger, Co-President, ATCO

Mr. Michael Rutner, CIO, Pangea’s Edge Holdings, Ltd.

Mr. Ira Perlmuter, Head of Family Office Direct InvestingT5 Equity Partners

Mr. Andy Unanue, Managing Partner, AUA Private Equity Partners

Mr. Matt Womble, Co-Founder; Managing Director of Private Investments, EverWatch Capital

Mr. Thomas McFarland, COO, HBI, (AWF) and Multi-Generational philanthropist

Mr. Hendrik F. Jordaan, President & CEO, One Thousand & One Voices

Ms. Sylvia Earle, Founder, Mission Blue

Mr. Patrick Bergin, CEO, African Wildlife Foundation

Ms. Kay Koplovitz, Founder, USA Networks

Mr. Martin J. Gross, Founder & President, Sandalwood Securities, Inc.

Mr. Erin Wicomb, Co-Founder & Managing PartnerThe Mavrix Group : Mavrix Real Estate Opportunity Fund II

Ms. Wendy Craft, Executive VP and General Counsel,MFR Equity

Mr. Fred Zeidman, Founder & PrincipalZeidman Group

Ms. Joanie Bronfman, Consultant and Board MemberTides Foundation

Mr. Steve Oyer, Senior memberBrookfield Asset Management Private Funds Team

Mr. Carl Moellenberg, Theater Producer and Film Producer, Broadway Productions

Ms. Wendy Federman, Exec VP/CEO, Dominion Pictures/Foolish Mortals Productions

Mr. Ricardo Hornos, Ph. D. Advisory BoardDominion Group

Ms. Jill N. Creager, J.D, Founder & CEO, Providence Family Offices, LLC

Mr. Yaron Kestenbaum, Managing PartnerIsrael Infrastructure Fund

Mr. Adi Divgi, President & Chief investment Officer, EA Global

Ms. Veronica Varekova, Goodwill Ambassador, African Wildlife Foundation

Mr. Angelo J. Robles, Founder & CEO, Greenwich (FOA)

Mr. Greg Rand, Founder & CEO, OwnAmerica

Mr. Preston Tsao, Managing Member, Metcircle Networking LLC

Mr. Ran Goshen, MD, Ph.D. Founder & CEO, Eliaso

Mr. Matti Leshem, founder & CEO, Protagonist

Mr. Michael Oliver Weinberg, Adjunct Associate Professor of Finance and Economics, Columbia Business School

Mr. Shlomo Grofman, Co-Chairman, Faire Fund – Shoval Grofman Real Estate

Mr. Nadav Kidron, Chief Executive Officer & Director, Oramed Pharmaceuticals

Mr. Gordon “Grant” Curtis, Executive Director and Chief Investment Officer / SFO, CI Investments /Ticino Switzerland

Dr. Efraim Chalamish, Prof./ Partner, NYU and IESE Business School / Forward Advisors 

 

Agenda: