Laurel DeVore

Colnaghi Foundation

Colnaghi Foundation, American Office director and Programs Director 2018- present

Organizing events and programs with American Institutions to cultivate this and future generations of patrons and audiences to appreciate, preserve and build collections of historical works of art

Loie DeVore, Ltd.  established 2017

Advising private individuals and corporations on fiscally sound art purchasing and divesting, managing collections

Areas of Expertise: Old Master Paintings, Contemporary art, antiquities, Asian works of art, European works of art, American paintings, Americana, gems and jewelry, tribal and pre-columbian

Alexander Gallery, 1992- 2017  

Gallery Director, http://alexandergallery.com

Specializing in 18th & 19th Century American Paintings and Historical artifacts

                Old Master Paintings, Asian works of art and Antiquities

In charge of client relations with private collectors, auction galleries and museums, curated and planned all exhibitions, wrote exhibition catalogues, managed staff and inventory

Godel & Co. 1991-1992       

gallery assistant

Educational Background:

Institute of Fine Arts, NYU Connoisseur’s Circle Graduate Program 2011-2013

Trinity College, Hartford, CT,  BA in Art History 1991

 


Daniel DeWolf, Mintz

Mintz

Daniel DeWolf is Chair of Mintz’s Technology Practice Group and Co-chair of the firm’s Venture Capital & Emerging Companies Practice Group. In addition to his active legal practice, he is an adjunct professor of law at the NYU Law School. Daniel is also Editor of MintzEdge, an online resource for entrepreneurs that includes useful tools and information for starting and growing a company.  Before joining Mintz, Daniel was head of venture capital funds and a managing director of SoundView Technology Group, Inc. (formerly Wit Capital), a technology-focused investment bank. Prior to joining SoundView, he was head of the corporate and new media and e-law practice groups at one of the leading New York firms representing early stage and technology companies.  Daniel has more than 30 years of corporate transactional experience, both as a lawyer and as a businessman and has been an advisor to many emerging and developmental stage companies. He is a board member of several technology companies and was a co-founder and Managing Director of Dawntreader Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm.  Additionally, Daniel is an author of a leading treatise on venture capital called Venture Capital: Forms and Analysis (Law Journal Press, 2007).  He received his JD from Pennsylvania Law School and his BA from the University of Pennsylvania.


Candice Dial, Rockefeller Capital Management

Rockefeller Capital Management

Candice Dial joined Rockefeller Capital Management as the Director of ESG Investments. In her role, she will be responsible for leading strategic ESG initiatives within the Family Office, which includes working with the manager selection team to build the third-party manager platform, producing thought leadership content, and supporting Client Advisors.

Previously, Candice implemented a sustainable investing program at the Church Pension Group and managed a $1.2 billion sustainability portfolio and oversaw the private market sustainable investing program for the Church Pension Group, a pension fund with assets exceeding $14 billion. Candice has spoken at global sustainable investment conferences and featured and mentioned in various video and print publications.

 

 


Joe DiPasquale, BitBull Capital

BitBull Capital

 

Joe DiPasquale is CEO of BitBull Capital, the first cryptocurrency fund of hedge funds. BitBull creates a bundle of several of the best 135 crypto hedge funds for its investors, including access to closed funds and high-minimum funds. This reduces risk and volatility while historically producing outsized returns. While Bitcoin was up about 1400% in 2017, the average BitBull portfolio fund was up about 3800%.

Joe has been a cryptocurrency investor since 2013. He has a passion around education on the cryptocurrency space and produces video interviews with top crypto investors and technologists on his youtube, “Crypto Joe.” He’s a thought leader in crypto investing and speaks as an industry expert often, including on Bloomberg TV.

Previously, he worked in investment management, investment banking, technology, and strategy consulting at Bain and McKinsey. In 2006, he founded Regroup Mass Notification, the leading mass messaging solution for large organizations. In 2009, he co-founded StartOut, a 501c3 that fosters entrepreneurship in the LGBT community. He completed his BA at Harvard University and MBA at Stanford University, and now lives in San Francisco.


Adi Divgi, EA Global

EA Global

Adi Divgi has been president and chief investment officer of EA Global, his family’s private investment vehicle, since its 2005 inception. He is also head of alternative investments at Catalina, a $3+ billion AUM reinsurer.

Prior to his current institutional investor role, Divgi oversaw the Opportunistic Fixed Income investment program at the New York City Bureau of Asset Management from March 2011 to April 2014. With approval from the four participating NYC Retirement Systems’ boards of trustees, he executed over $3.5 billion in capital commitments in Opportunistic Fixed Income.

He began his credit career at Deutsche Bank, working in New York and Mexico City, and is a graduate of the Huntsman Program, with a BA in International Studies (Spanish minor) from the University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Economics and MBA in Finance from Wharton.