Family Stewardship Council Events
The Family Stewardship Council hosts curated events, including day-long Conferences, Fireside Chats, Impact Investing Breakfast Showcases and Workshops on specialized topics.
Here are the upcoming FSC events:
Upcoming Events
December 5, 2025
Title: FSC Annual Conference
Venue: Costantino Room, Fordham Law School, 150 W 62nd St., New York, NY 10023
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March 13, 2026
Title: Women Leading in Family Enterprises Conference
Organizers: Family Stewardship Council and Women Leaders in Family Enterprise (WLife)
Venue: Fordham Law School, 150 West 62nd Street, New York, NY
Constantino and Bateman Rooms, 2nd Floor
The WLife Conference is a groundbreaking, high-impact gathering designed to support, lift, and educate women across the family business ecosystem—from rising next-generation leaders to seasoned executives, owners, advisors, and key influencers
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March 21, 2026
Title: One Shared Truth Conference
Organizers: Family Stewardship Council (FSC) of Fordham Gabelli, the undergraduate Blockchain and Fintech at Fordham (BFF) Club, and the graduate Fordham Blockchain Club.
Venue: Fordham Law School, Skadden Conference Center, 150 West 62nd Street, New York City
In today’s rapidly evolving financial landscape, The One Shared Truth Conference (1STC) at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business brings together leaders from finance, technology, and academia to examine how innovation is reshaping global markets.
Past Events
October 28, 2025
Title: Cyber Readiness for Family Office Leadership Workshop
Organizers: Family Stewardship Council, Fort Advisors LLC, Day Pitney LLP and Hush
Venue: 12F - Corrigan Conference Center, Fordham Lowenstein Building, 113 W 60th Street
Is your Family Office, Family Business or Family Foundation prepared for a cyber breach? Can you handle the aftermath should prevention fail? Please join the Family Stewardship Council and its Cyber Partners in our Cyber Readiness for Family Office Leadership Workshop. Attendees will learn how to lead a cybersecurity governance response plan without getting lost in the tech and walk away with a personalized roadmap of your Office's unique incident response gaps along with remediation paths.
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Time Details 5:00 p.m.
Doors open to attendees (Networking)
5:30 p.m. - 7:25 p.m.
Cyber Readiness Workshop
- Matthew LaMura, Founder, Fort Advisors LLC
- William Roberts, Esq., Partner & Co-Chair of Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice, Day Pitney LLP
- Mykolas Rambus, Co-Founder & CEO, Hush
7:25 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks
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Time Details 8:00 a.m.
Doors open to attendees (Breakfast and Networking)
8:30 a.m. – 8:50 a.m.
Opening Remarks
8:50 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Big Path Capital Introduction
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Showcase Firms
- Kinetic Ventures – Rural broadband investment manager
- Relevance Ventures – Native American-led health & wellness investment manager
- Enable Ventures – Women-led investment manager investing in firms serving the disabled community
- LEO Impact Capital – East coast workforce housing investment manager
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m
Intermission and Networking
10:15 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.
Allocators Forum
- Katie Macc, CEO, Sorenson Impact Institute
- Jay Kim, Investor, Black Jays Ventures
- Alex Ellis, Portfolio Manager, Arjuna Capital
- Moderator: Peter Lupoff, Partner, Beatrice Advisors
10:55 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Closing Remarks
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Time Details 8:00 a.m.
Doors open to attendees (Breakfast and Networking)
8:30 a.m. - 8:50 a.m.
Opening Remarks & Keynote Introduction
8:50 a.m. - 9:10 a.m.
“Remembering Reginald Lewis” Keynote by Christina Lewis, CEO of Beatrice Advisors and Vice Chair of The Reginald F. Lewis Foundation
9:10 a.m. - 9:55 a.m.
GPs – Diverse Emerging Manager Panel
- Lorine Pendleton, Founder and Managing Partner at 125 Ventures
- Brian Hollins, Founder of Collide Capital
- Philip Reeves, Founder and Managing Partner at Apis & Heritage Capital Partners
- Moderator: Milton Speid, Executive Director at VC Include
9:55 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.
Intermission and Networking
10:10 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.
Allocators
- Andrew Siwo, Head of Sustainable Investments and Climate Solutions, New York State Common Retirement Fund
- Mervin Burton, Partner in Research at Beatrice Advisors
- Carlton Burrell, Investor in the Direct Private Equity Group at Blackrock
- Lawrence Bosley, Trustee at New York City Employees Retirement System
- Moderator: Kay Makishi, Vice President at Lupoff/Stevens Family Office
10:55 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Closing Remarks
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November 21, 2024
Title: Family Stewardship Council Annual Conference
Venue: Costantino Room, Fordham Law School, 150 W 62nd St., New York, NY 10023
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Time Details 9:00 a.m. Doors open to attendees (Breakfast and Networking) 9:50 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Opening Remarks 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Fireside Chat with Francis Greenburger [G2], Founder, CEO and Chairman of Time Equities Inc. and Chairman of Sanford J. Greenburger Associates
- Moderator: Ryan O’Connor, President & CEO of Clinton Management
10:45 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Intermission and Networking 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Panel 1: Family Office Dynamics
- Jim McCann, Founder, CEO & Chairman of 1-800 Flowers.com
- Stephen Kahn, Head of Operations at Talpion Fund Management LP, a single-family office
- Alexander Ehrnrooth [G7], President & CEO of Virala Corporation, a multi-family office in Finland
- Moderator: Jason Caldwell, Executive Director, J.P. Morgan Private Bank
12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch and Roundtables 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Panel 2: Monetizing Fandom
- Earl, Writer, Marvel
- Eddie Gamarra, Founder, Gamarra Media
- Justin Leach, Founder, Qubic Pictures
- Moderator: Benjamin Cole, Loschert Chair of Technology Entrepreneurship, Fordham Gabelli
2:15 p.m. - 2:35 p.m. Intermission and Networking 2:35 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Remarks from Fordham President, Tania Tetlow 2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Panel 3: Family Foundations & Philanthropy
- Christina Lewis [G2], Founder & President, Beatric Advisors & Vice Chair, The Reginald F. Lewis Foundation
- Ron Cordes, Co-Founder, Cordes Foundation
- Etoy Ridgnal, Founder, The Climate Fund & President, Community Advocacy Partners, LLC
- Moderator: Ed See [G5], Partner, McKinsey & Co.
3:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
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Time Details 8:00 a.m.
Doors open (Breakfast and Networking)
8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Opening Remarks
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
“Introduction to Investors Circle” by Don Megrath, CEO of Investors Circle
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Early-Stage Impact Enterprises Showcase
- Chris Dugan, CEO of Imago Rehab
- Anna Hammond, Founder & CEO of Matriark Foods
- Eric Steinmeyer, CEO of Focal Technologies
10:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.
Intermission and Networking
10:20 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.
Innovation in Funding Early-Stage Enterprises
- Nesha Mutuku, Principal at Goodlight Capital
- Claude Arpels [G4], Co-Chair of Slow Money NYC
- Tara Joshi, Associate at Realize Impact
- Moderator: Gregory Otto, Corporate Treasurer & Advisory Board Member of Secro
10:55 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Closing Remarks
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May 9, 2024
Title: A Fireside Chat with Anthony Scaramucci
Venue: Costantino Room, Fordham Law School, 150 W 62nd St., New York, NY 10023
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Time Details 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Doors open to attendees 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Fireside Chat with Anthony Scaramucci, Founder & Managing Partner of SkyBridge and Founder & Chairman of SALT
- Moderator: Gunjan Banerji, Lead Writer for The Wall Street Journal's live markets coverage and Contributor to CNBC
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m Reception
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December 1, 2023
Title: Family Stewardship Council Annual Conference
Venue: Costantino Room, Fordham Law School, 150 W 62nd St., New York, NY 10023
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Time Details 9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. ET: Breakfast and Networking 9:50 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. ET Opening Remarks by Dr. Benjamin Cole 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. ET Panel 1 (Succession)
- Kamil Homsi [G3], Founder of Global Realty Capital, the onshore arm of the GRC Investment Group, a family office located in Dubai/UAE
- Pierre Dupont [G8 & G5], Partner of Cerity Partners
- Michael Sonnenfeldt, Founder & Chairman of Tiger 21
- Moderator: Benjamin Cole, Ph.D., William J. Loschert Endowed Chair of Technology Entrepreneurship at Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business
10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. ET Intermission and Networking 11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET Panel 2 (Market Outlook)
- Brandon Laughren, Co-Founder and CIO of the Laughren Group, a single-family office
- Derek Li [G2], Managing Partner at JD Paramount, a multi-family office
- Tony Calenda, Custham Advisory
- Moderator: Geeta Kapadia, Chief Investment Officer of Fordham University
12:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. ET Lunch and Networking 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. ET Roundtable Discussions 2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. ET Intermission and Networking 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. ET Panel 3 (Managing a Family Office)
- Peter Lupoff, Principal of Lupoff/Stevens Family Office
- Scott Beechert, Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel at Granby Capital Management, LLC, a single-family office
- Lisa Morris, Managing Director/Vice President, AKS Family Partners LP/AKS Family Foundation
- Moderator: Lerzan Aksoy, Ph.D., Dean, George N. Jean Ph.D. Chair and Professor of Marketing at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business
3:15 p.m. ET Closing Remarks Sponsor: Gabelli School of Business
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