Erin Arvedlund

Investigative Journalist

Erin Arvedlund began her career as a reporter at Dow Jones newswires. She moved to Moscow, Russia, to write about business and emerging markets at the English-language daily newspaper, The Moscow Times.  In 1998, Erin joined TheStreet.com, one of the first real-time Internet news and stock market web sites.  She then moved to Barron's magazine to cover options, mutual funds and hedge funds. From 2003 to 2005 Erin reported on business and politics in the former Soviet Union for The New York Times. She also has Wall Street experience, having worked in the hedge fund industry at Sanford C. Bernstein private bank at AllianceBernstein. Erin has a ... Read More

Carmen Krueger

Regional Vice President of the Global Public Services Integrated Business Unit, SAP

Carmen Krueger is currently the regional vice president of the Global Public Services Integrated Business Unit. She is responsible for SAP’s global cloud strategy and business development in the public services, higher education and healthcare industries. Prior to this position, Carmen served as vice president of sales, leading the U.S. Federal Sales team across the federal government, aerospace, and defense markets. Since joining SAP, Carmen has had a unique career, holding both sales and strategy positions. She started in 2005 as an industry principal developing the overall industry strategy and solution direction for the Federal government market. Next, she led a team ... Read More

Michael Leeds, Ph.D.

Professor of Economics and Director of Graduate Studies in Economics at Temple University

Michael Leeds is professor of economics and director of graduate studies in economics at Temple University. His research has appeared in The Journal of Urban Economics, Economic Inquiry, Social Science Quarterly, and The Journal of Sports Economics. He is coauthor of The Economics of Sports, a prominent textbook in the field, and coeditor of the Handbook on the Economics of Women in Sports. His current research focuses on gender differences in the response to economic contests. From 2007 to 2009, he was an assistant dean at Temple University Japan.

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Monika Machon

Global Head of Asset Management at AIG

As global head of asset management, Monika Machon is responsible for insurance company portfolio management across all asset classes. Ms. Machon also currently serves as chairperson of the Board of AIG Asset Management (Europe) Ltd. Ms. Machon joined AIG in 1998, and was appointed chief investment officer in January 2009. Prior to that, she served as AIG Investment's head of fixed income, as CEO of AIG's London-based regulated asset management company, and as head of emerging markets debt, providing asset management services to AIG and to third-party clients. Ms. Machon has over 30 years of investment experience in the US ... Read More