JOIN US ON MAY 21, 2019 AT THE YOUTH RENEWAL FUND 30TH ANNIVERSARY GALA

Honoring

JAMIE EASTON

ROBERT SCHWARTZ

Co-Chairs:

Lindsay & Sam Camens, Tracy Kisner & Harlan Cherniak, Vicki & Sam Katz, Jennifer & Michael Lustbader, Rochelle & David Ludwig, Erica & Kevin Penn

LOCATION: CIPRIANI, 25 BROADWAY I NEW YORK, NY
TIME: 6:00 PM
COCKTAIL HOUR. SEATED DINNER. DESSERT RECEPTION

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MEET THE HONOREES

JAMIE EASTON

Jamie Easton has nearly 20 years of professional experience in the financial services industry.  She is currently a Managing Director and Head of Investor Relations at Evercore (NYSE: EVR), a premier, independent, global investment banking advisory firm.  Before transitioning to her current role, Jamie was a founding partner of Evercore’s Equities business in 2010 and provided sales coverage to some the largest global institutional investors.  Prior to joining Evercore, Jamie held senior roles at Susquehanna International Group, a privately held global trading and technology firm, and Fox Pitt-Kelton, a boutique investment bank specializing in the financial services industry.  Jamie began her career at Goldman Sachs on an Institutional Investor ranked Investment Research team, focusing on Specialty Finance, and where she lead coverage of the Bond Insurance industry.

Jamie holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.  She is very active with the University as a founding member of the Professional Women’s Alliance (PWA), where she works to connect professionally accomplished alumnae of the Arts and Sciences school (the “College”) who share an appreciation of the value of a liberal arts education in the workplace, with students and young alumna of the College.  Jamie currently sits on the Advisory Council of PWA.

Jamie has been actively involved in Youth Renewal Fund since 2002.  She served as Chair of the Young Leadership initiative, which later became the Ambassador Circle, YRF’s community of young professionals.  As a current member of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee, Jamie is responsible for increasing board engagement and mentorship opportunities within the organization.

Jamie has been married to her husband Loren for 15 years.  They reside in Manhattan with their two children, Sloane and Grant.

 

 

 

ROBERT SCHWARTZ

Rob Schwartz joined TZP Group as a Partner in January 2018. Rob began is career in 2000 on a Finley Fellowship from Harvard University, studying the economic and cultural impact of globalization while living in China and Europe. He returned to the US a year later to work in strategy and operating roles at IBM and PepsiCo. In 2007, Rob joined Bain & Company as a management consultant serving clients in the media and entertainment, consumer goods and industrial industries.

In 2010, Rob became the Vice President of Strategy and Corporate Development at The Topps Company, the leading entertainment and confectionery business owned by Madison Dearborn Partners and The Tornante Company. He then joined JMI Equity backed Undertone as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development. Rob led the company’s transformation into an international diversified media and technology platform through strategic acquisitions, expansion into mobile and video products, and the build out of programmatic marketplace capabilities. These efforts culminated in the sale of Undertone to the public marketing technology company Perion. After the acquisition, Rob became the President of Undertone and the Chief Strategy Officer of the parent company.

Rob serves as a member of the Board of Directors of BQ Resorts, LLC, This Old House Holdings, LLC, and Whitstone Home Furnishings, LLC d/b/a The Saatva Company.

Rob received an MBA from Harvard Business School and graduated Magna Cum Laude form Harvard College in Government, where he was elected a Class Marshall. Rob is an Executive Committee and Board Member of Youth Renewal Fund and a member of YPO. In 2017, AdWeek named Rob a “Martech Superstar.”

For more information about our upcoming gala or if you have any questions please contact emily@youthrenewalfund.org