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ANA-MARIA VISOIU-KNAPP 14PH

A native of Romania, Visoiu-Knapp has lived and worked on three continents. At Emory, she interned at The Carter Center and the university connected her to the opportunity to live and work in Zambia, leading a team to implement Johnson & Johnson’s HIV-1 vaccine efficacy clinical trial. Now at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, she is senior manager in development program management, working across therapeutic focus areas. She is also a managing director at Golden Seeds—a nationwide investment firm focused on highgrowth, women-led business ventures.

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After Lee Brodsky graduated from Goizueta Business School, he worked as a commercial real estate adviser at several firms. In 2017, Brodsky created BEB Capital, leveraging his family’s real estate portfolio to establish an institutional real estate practice that currently consists of a family office, institutional partnerships, and a bridge lending platform. He credits his experience as an Emory fraternity president for giving him the skills to coach and lead fellow teammates at his real estate firm.

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Ewing has built a successful career in mergers and acquisition change management consulting, helping organi- zations navigate change with an approach that incorporates business strategy, leader engagement, empathy, and cultural understanding. As a co-founder of Switch Consulting Group, she assists companies in realigning their organizational structure and communication strategy with their rapidly evolving strategic, regulatory, and operating environments with more than fifteen years of experience.

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After earning a business degree from Goizueta, Hayes Lee’s journey took her to New York City, where she worked for Hearst, Disney/ABC, and Complex Networks. She was later awarded a fellowship to a end New York University’s Stern Business School, where she received an MBA in marketing and entrepreneurship. Hayes Lee has held leadership roles at Saks Fifth Avenue and, most recently, The Knot Worldwide, where she’s se led in at The Bump as head of marketing. She also recently signed a deal to write children’s books.

Hershenberg is an assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and director of psychotherapy in Emory’s Treatment Resistant Depression Program. As a licensed clinical psychologist, board certified in behavioral and cognitive psychology, she specializes in the research and treatment of depression. Her passion is in bridging academic science with clinical practice to improve the lives of people struggling with depression, which motivated her to publish her first self-help book, Activating Happiness

ASHAKI HOLMES-KIDD 05C

Holmes-Kidd is an a orney, community leader, and avid traveler who has visited all seven continents. She serves as senior vice president, general counsel, and chief administrative officer at Parkway Property Investments, a real estate investment firm that owns and operates commercial office and industrial assets throughout the US. She has been named a “Woman to Watch” and “40 under 40” by the Orlando Business Journal. She and her husband, Judge Embry Kidd 05C, serve on the Emory College Alumni Board.

Jabali is an a orney, activist, documentary filmmaker, and the senior news and politics editor at Essence magazine. Her journalism career started accidentally at Emory—she was focused on a career in law— when she co-founded Black Star Magazine to ensure the university’s Black community had a voice on campus. Since then, her writing has appeared in the New Republic, Vox, the Root, the Intercept, and the Guardian, where she was a columnist.

Mashioff serves as director of asset management at Rialto Capital, where he focuses on reviewing and restructuring commercial mortgage-backed security loans. Mashioff previously played a key role in raising capital and served on the real estate debt and equity investment teams. Prior to joining Rialto, he worked at Psagot Investment House in Israel. Mashioff has been awarded the Public Leadership Credential from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and is currently pursuing a master of liberal arts at Harvard.

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When Telep arrived at Emory as an undergraduate, his understanding of what faculty members did was limited to teaching in the classroom.

But he eventually learned they were also scholars who conducted innovative research. Telep is now an associate professor at Arizona State University, as well as associate director of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. He loves teaching and mentoring, and he is passionate about partnering with communities and police agencies on research to enhance fairness and effectiveness.

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A change agent and strategic leader, Thomas demonstrates her passion for public health through her work with the Administration for

Strategic Response and Preparedness (ASPR). She leads the nationwide monitoring and evaluation process for the Hospital Association COVID-19 Cooperative Agreement, with recipients across all states and territories. Thomas evaluates and writes the National Health Security Strategy for ASPR, which addresses ever-changing health security threats. She hopes to leave the world be er off than she found it.