Robert Niehaus is the Chairman and Founder of GCP Capital Partners LLC, an independent private equity investment firm founded in 2009, which currently manages several private successor firms to Greenhill Capital Partners LLC.

Lidia Bastianich is an Italian American celebrity chef, television host, author, and restaurateur. Specializing in Italian and Italian-American cuisine, Bastianich has been a regular contributor to public television cooking shows since 1998.

In 2014, she launched her fifth television series, Lidia’s Kitchen. She owns or has owned a number of Italian restaurants across the U.S. Bastianich and her family fled Yugoslavia in 1956 and lived in a refugee camp in Italy. Two years later, their displaced persons application was granted to emigrate from Italy to the United States. In 1958, Bastianich and her family reached the United States, settling in New Jersey.

Mark Dewire is Chief Solicitor for the Baltimore City Department of Law where he is advising the City of Baltimore and the Baltimore City Police Department on constitutional reform efforts under a federal consent decree under the supervision of the United States District Court. Prior to that, Mark was the General Counsel of the Urban Institute in Washington, DC, an independent public policy research organization where he advised on corporate governance and a variety of legal issues. Mark is a retired partner in the corporate practice group of Wilmer Hale, where he represented public and private domestic and international companies and individuals in a variety of corporate, securities, and commercial transactions in the United States and in multinational jurisdictions.

Mark worked with the Jesuits in a leprosy relief program in Dhanbad, Bihar India while at Georgetown University and after graduation worked with the UNHCR and Catholic Relief Services’ unaccompanied minors program on the Thai-Cambodian border during the Cambodian refugee crisis. In 2015, while on sabbatical from his law practice, Mark worked in Phnom Penh with the United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Tribunal as a lawyer on the staff of the Co-Investigating Judge. In addition, Mark is also a Trustee of the Cape May Fund, a philanthropy that supports Jesuit and Nativity model schools across the country.

Lynn Gordon is the Founder and CEO of Madonna Mission a leading not-for-profit organization that provides essential educational and cultural support programs for refugees in the Chicago area. Madonna Mission provides a safe community which promotes human dignity among all its students.

Lynn has also served on a number of other leadership positions including Vanderbilt University National Parent’s Fund Co-Chair and Dartmouth College President’s Leadership Council.

L. Felice Gorordo is a seasoned chief executive, investment professional and board member. Felice brings more than two decades of leadership experience in management and governance, serving as CEO of three venture-backed technology companies, Executive Director at the world’s largest multilateral development bank, investor and advisor at two venture capital funds with global mandates in healthcare and infrastructure, and board member on several for-profit and non-profit boards.

Felice is CEO of Embark, a management and finance consulting company revolutionizing the industry by promoting a culture of fanatical hospitality and innovation. With 24 offices and almost 600 employees across the U.S., Embark has been experiencing exponential growth (10x in 4 years) with a 87 Net Promoter Score from clients and 90% approval rating amongst team members.

Most recently, Felice served as the World Bank Executive Director for the United States, led the U.S. government’s shareholding and delegation, and served as the U.S. representative on the Board and Audit Committee of the World Bank Group, which disperses approximately $130 billion annually in grants, loans, investments and guarantees in emerging markets.

Previously, Felice was CEO of eMerge Americas, a venture-backed platform focused on transforming Miami into the tech hub of the Americas, which has cumulative economic impacts of $2.6 billion in the State of Florida, according to the Washington Economics Group.

Prior to that, Felice was President & CEO of Clearpath (acquired by L1BRE), a venture-backed tech company focused on streamlining the U.S. immigration filing process. Following the acquisition of Clearpath, Felice served as CEO of L1BRE, a venture-backed tech company that powered the largest taxi fleet in the world, with more than 138,000 cabs in circulation and 2.2 million daily riders.

Felice also served as a venture partner at I Squared Capital, a global infrastructure platform managing assets with over $40 billion in Enterprise Value, and Global Director at the venture capital fund StartUp Health. Earlier in his career, Felice served in the White House under both Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush. While in college, Felice co-founded Roots of Hope, a non-profit focused on youth empowerment in Cuba through technology and entrepreneurship.

Felice is a recipient of the “Ultimate CEO Award”by South Florida Business Journal (2023). He has appeared as a guest commentator on CNN, CNN en Español, BBC, NPR, CNBC, Bloomberg, NBC News, Univision, and Telemundo. His views and articles have also been published in Forbes, Fortune, Fast Company, The Economist, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Miami Herald.

Fr. Thomas Greene, S.J. is the provincial superior of the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province. Previously, Fr. Greene served as Secretary for Social and International Ministries at the Jesuit Conference of the United States in Washington, D.C. A native of New Orleans, Fr. Greene has been involved in ministry to refugees and forcibly displaced people for many years.

Margaret Green-Rauenhorst worked in international refugee and civilian protection for most of her professional career, first with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and then with the International Rescue Committee. She lived and worked in Hong Kong, the former Yugoslavia, South Africa, Guantanamo Bay, Cambodia, and she provided technical support to programs in Thailand, Nepal, Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Central African Republic, Afghanistan, Iraq, and northern Iraq (Kurdistan)

She served on the JRS/USA Board from 2010 – 2019 and served on the Boards of the Better Way Foundation, the Opus Prize Foundation, and is currently the President of the Opus Foundation. She earned her BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her JD from New York University School of Law. She and her husband, Mike, have two adult daughters and they live in New York City.

Philip Inglima chairs Crowell & Moring’s Management Board, serves on the firm’s Executive Committee, and is a partner in its White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement Group, having formerly acted as co-chair of the group. Clients turn to Phil for the exceptional skill, insight, and judgment he has honed over more than three decades at the center of major national and international controversies relating to business and politics. He has guided clients through litigation and trials in federal and civil courts and a variety of agency and administrative enforcement proceedings, achieving results that often were critical to preserving the viability and prosperity of companies, and the liberty of individuals.

He has conducted sensitive investigations, garnering the trust and respect of both corporate boards and federal enforcement officials. When the stakes are high, Phil has provided the seasoned, calm, and strategic counsel essential to navigating existential crises and threats. He has applied his skills in service of both the powerful and those without means, maintaining an active pro bono practice, in keeping with the profession’s and Crowell’s best traditions.

A 1984 graduate of Georgetown University’s College of Arts & Sciences and a 1988 graduate of Georgetown Law Center, Phil remains actively engaged in the Georgetown community. From 2006 to 2008, he served as President of Georgetown’s Alumni Association and a member of the University’s Board of Directors, and he has received the highest honors conveyed by the University and its law school for his service to alma mater and his achievements in the legal profession. He also has served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown Law Center, teaching a course in Federal White Collar Crime.

John Thon Majok is the Director of the Refugee and Forced Displacement Initiative and Senior Advisor for Institutional Development at the Migration Policy Institute. Previously, he worked at the Wilson Center, where he held several leadership positions including deputy director for the Development Department, senior director of Grants Management, and senior program analyst with the Global Risk and Resilience Program.

Before he joined the Wilson Center in 2013, Majok was at the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State, where he developed strategic outreach plans for U.S. government exchange alumni, including those of Fulbright and International Visitor Leadership Program. Prior to this, he served as program officer at the Council of American Overseas Research Centers, managing a study abroad portfolio of the U.S. Department of State-funded Critical Language Scholarship Program.

In 2006, he coordinated the global recruitment of skilled professionals for the Diaspora Skills Transfer Program for Southern Sudan, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by the Academy for Educational Development. His perspective on forced displacement is informed by lived experience: Majok came to the U.S. after 13 years in refugee camps in Africa. He graduated with honors from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration and Policy and holds a Master of Public Administration from George Mason University.

Lou Nieto is president of Nieto Advisory. He retired in 2009 as president of ConAgra’s Consumer Foods business. He was previously President of ConAgra Meats (2005) and President/CEO of the Federated Group (2002 to 2005). He was a Group President of Dean Foods (1999 to 2002). Earlier, he spent 2 years with Mission Foods, 10 years with Kraft Foods and 5 years with Quaker Oats.

Lou has served on the Ryder Systems board since 2007 and on the Auto Zone board (2008 to 2019) and as board chair of Fresh & Ready Foods (2014 to 2021).

Lou focuses on increasing educational opportunities for disadvantaged youth. He served as the founding Board Chair of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School (1994 to 1996) and as a board member until 2000. Lou is currently on the Chicago Community Trust and the Chicago Archdiocesan Schools boards. He is a former trustee of St. Ignatius College Prep. Lou earned a Harvard MBA and a University of Chicago BA. He is an alumnus of St. Ignatius College Prep, in Chicago.

Mark Palmer is a financial executive with experience in both the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Catholic Relief Services for 19 years and is currently on the investment committee of CRS’ “Closing the Opportunity Gap” investment vehicle and is a member on the Board of the Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), an affiliate of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

He also serves as Treasurer for the International Catholic Migration Commission. He lives in Baltimore, MD and is the head of the Finance Committee at his parish, St. Vincent de Paul.

Fr. Brian Paulson, S.J. is President of the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States. Prior to his current position, he served as provincial of the USA Midwest Province, president of Saint Ignatius College Prep in Chicago, and as rector of the Loyola University Chicago Jesuit Community.

Fr. Paulson earned a bachelor’s degree in international economics from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Washington, D.C. before joining the Jesuits in 1981, and he later earned a master’s degree in education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Fadi Samman is partner at the international law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP where he focuses on the representation of domestic and international fund sponsors in connection with organizing, structuring and operating private investment funds, including private equity funds, real estate funds, venture capital funds, fund of funds, secondary funds, and hedge funds.

He has been recognized by Chambers and Legal 500 as a leading lawyer in his field. Fadi joined Akin Gump as an associate in 2001. Fadi also serves as the Chairman of the firm’s Retirement Committee which oversees the management of the firm employee benefit and pension plans.

Prior to Akin Gump, Fadi was an associate at two other international law firms. Fadi received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University in 1996 and his JD from the University of Michigan Law School in 1999. Fadi was born and grew up in the Washington, DC area. He currently resides in Bethesda, Maryland with his wife (Amy) and his two children, Alice and George. Fadi is a product of Jesuit education having attended Georgetown Preparatory School and Georgetown University. In addition to spending time with his family, Fadi enjoys playing golf and is an avid fan of Washington, DC sports teams. He also enjoys curating his music collection and exploring and discovering new music acts.

Kristen Watson is a seasoned sales and marketing professional with a robust background in both small business and non-profit leadership. She played a pivotal role in spearheading fundraising and capital campaigns during the formative years of Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep, a member of the national Cristo Rey Network of schools. Kristen’s efforts were instrumental in securing the school’s permanent campus and restoring its financial stability.

Her passion centers on expanding educational access to empower individuals to realize their potential and become impactful contributors to society. Currently, Kristen extends her influence as a mentor to first-generation college students and young adults resettled in her Illinois community from other countries.

Jason Zenk is a senior managing director at EnTrustGlobal, an alternative investment firm based in New York City. He has extensive experience in higher education leadership. He currently serves on the Santa Clara University Board of Regents and previously served as a member of the university’s Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education Advisory Board. He is also a trustee of the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies a globally-focused research center located at University of Southern California. Additionally, Jason was appointed to serve on the advisory council of Hekima University College in Nairobi, Kenya.

In 2022, Jason became an Ignatian Legacy Fellow affiliated with Loyola University of Chicago; a yearlong program sponsored by a collection of world-wide Jesuit universities. The program is designed to help participants better understand where they might be called to use their gifts in service of others.