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Torrence Boone
Managing Director
Google
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Managing Director
Lead Analytical Manager; Housing Enterprises and Structured Securities
Standard & Poor's Rating Services
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Gerard Orozco
EVP
CH2M Hill
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Jennifer Verti
Executive Director, Communications ABC Family
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Porche Hardy
Assistant Director
The Institute of Music for Children
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UPCOMING EVENTS
DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP SERIES
Hosted By Citi
Thursday, November 20, 2014
6:00pm - 8:00pm
For More Information, Contact Erin Hackett.
CUP's 6TH ANNUAL MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT FORUM
Thursday, November 13, 2014
6:30pm - 9:30pm
Keynote Dinner Conversation: Richard Plepler, Chief Executive Officer, Home Box Office, Inc.
Moderator: Bryant Gumbel, Host, Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
Attendee Profile: Senior Vice Presidents (or Equivalent and Above) in Media & Entertainment
For Sponsorship & Event Information, Contact Samantha E. Erskine.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
In January 2014, CUP launched a mini-series called "CUP Conversations," where industry trailblazers answer questions about their lessons on leadership. To date, we have featured: Mellody Hobson, President of Ariel Investments, LLC; Geoffrey Canada, Social Activist & Educator and former CEO of Harlem Children's Zone; Rosie Rios, Treasurer of the United States and Economic Development Expert; Don Liu, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at Xerox Corporation; Misty Copeland, Soloist with the American Ballet Theatre; Lisa Garcia Quiroz, Chief Diversity Officer and Senior Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility at Time Warner Inc; and Ruben Santiago Hudson, Award-Winning Actor, Writer & Director. Our eighth video highlights Teri Plummer McClure, Chief Legal, Communications and Compliance Officer at UPS.
 | CUP Conversations - Teri Plummer McClure
Chief Legal, Communications and Compliance Officer UPS
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CUP FELLOWS APPLICATION IS OPEN
CUP is seeking dynamic emerging leaders from the financial services, legal, media & entertainment, professional services, nonprofit, and public sectors for its CUP Fellows Program. Powered by American Express and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the CUP Fellows Program is entering into its eighth year. To apply and for more information, click here.
7TH ANNUAL WALL STREET PARTNERS FORUM
On Thursday, October 2, 2014, CUP hosted its 7th Annual Wall Street Partners Forum, featuring a Keynote Conversation with Dmitri Stockton, President & CEO of GE Asset Management, and moderated by Gwendolyn Butler, President of Capri Capital Partners. In addition, we announced our 3rd Annual List of CUP Catalysts: Change Agents 2014 | Finance, leaders across the financial services sector who have achieved extraordinary success in business while simultaneously making a significant impact on their community. To view photos from this event, click here.
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Dmitri Stockton
Photography by: Catalina Kulczar
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CUP Catalysts 2014 | Finance
Photography by: Catalina Kulczar
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FALL 2014 CUP ELP KICK-OFF RETREAT
On Wednesday, October 15, the Fall 2014 CUP Executive Leadership Program (ELP) kicked-off with an intensive skills-based retreat at the Wyndham Hamilton Park Hotel & Conference Center in Florham Park, NJ. CUP ELP is CUP's signature initiative aimed at developing the pipeline of senior professionals of color and women. Through a structured series of workshops and keynote conversations with senior business leaders, 26 participants from 19 firms came away from the retreat with greater self-awareness and newly acquired, actionable skills and strategies to better position themselves for leadership opportunities in their organizations. The CUP ELP experience will continue throughout the year with ongoing leadership training via the CUP ELP continuing education series, Learning to Lead. To learn more about the CUP Executive Leadership Program, please email Avital Tamir Temchin at atamir@nycup.org.
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2014 ELP Participants
Photography by: Anthony Alvarez
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2014 ELP Fireside Chat
Photography by: Anthony Alvarez
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Photography by: Anthony Alvarez
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Photography by: Anthony Alvarez
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DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP SERIES: CUP IN LOS ANGELES
On, Wednesday, October 22nd, CUP in Los Angeles held a Distinguished Leadership Series event, hosted by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. The evening featured a conversation with Jeri Harman, Managing Partner & CEO at Avante Mezzanine Partners; Sean Monroe, Partner at O'Melveny & Myers LLP; and Mina Pacheco Nazemi, Partner at GCM Grosvenor. The conversation was moderated by Andrew Cheng, Partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. To view the photos from this event, click here.
 Photography by: Samuel Hernandez
TABLE TALK: LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR
On Tuesday, October 28, CUP presented a panel discussion on Leadership Development in the Nonprofit Sector hosted by Con Edison. Featured speakers were Tiffany Dufu, Chief Leadership Officer at Levo League; Matthew Klein, Executive Director of the Center for Economic Opportunity; and Caroline Kim Oh, Executive Coach to nonprofit leaders. The discussion was moderated by Barbara Chang, CEO at Code2Work. The panelists shared insights on the essential skills & tools required for successful leadership in the nonprofit sector, fostering creativity & innovation in leadership, and creating a leadership development pipeline for the next generation.
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CUP NEWS
WELCOME TO OUR NEW CUP MEMBERS
Click here to see the full list of our new members.
CONGRATULATIONS TO CUP MEMBERS
The National LGBT Bar Association honored Jamil French, Vice President & Senior Counsel of Pershing Advisor Solutions LLC, a BNY Mellon company, for making strides in the legal profession and for the LGBT community. Jamil shared, "I am honored and excited to represent BNY Mellon's partnership with The Council of Urban Professionals. Our Legal Department is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace through our efforts around hiring, retention, and career development. CUP's diverse membership and impressive array of events empower me to progress BNY Mellon's diversity and inclusion efforts and build strong networks of legal professionals doing well in their fields and doing good in their communities." Click here to read more.
Ricardo Garcia-Amaya, a 2013 CUP Fellow and CEO, Founder of VOIQ Inc., was announced as one of NAA's New Generation of American Latino Leaders. Click here to read more.
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