12.08.22 – 2022 Gilrane Economic Symposium

For eight years he was the managing editor of Fortune—the longest service of any editor since the 1980s—and worked at Time Inc for 29 years. As Managing editor of FORTUNE Serwer was responsible for overseeing FORTUNE magazine and FORTUNE.com, as well as FORTUNE digital media and FORTUNE’s conferences. Serwer has been a regular guest on MSNBC’S Morning Joe and CNBC’s Squawk Box and many other TV and radio programs. From 2001 to 2006 he served as the business anchor for CNN’s American Morning. He reported all business news on the network in the morning, and reported live on air all manner of developing stories, and worked daily with anchors Paula Zahn, Soledad O’Brien, Miles O’Brien, Bill Hemmer, Anderson Cooper and many others to produce CNN’s morning business news. Serwer also co-anchored and helped produce “Minding Your Business,” a weekend TV news program with Jack Cafferty. From 1997 through 2006, Serwer wrote the groundbreaking business news blog, “Streetlife,” one of the first daily digital newsletters covering the world of finance and business. Iconoclastic, irreverent and widely read, “Streetlife” influenced an entire generation of digital journalists. Serwer joined FORTUNE in 1985 as an intern from Columbia Journalism School and went on to cover and edit Wall Street, Washington, investing, information technology and entertainment for the magazine. In 2000, TJFR Business News Reporter named him Business Journalist of the Year. In a Talk of the Town piece about him, The New Yorker called Serwer “perhaps the nation’s top multimedia talent, successfully juggling the roles of serious journalist, astute commentator and occasional court jester.” Among his many accomplishments, Serwer oversaw the relaunch and redesign of FORTUNE’s magazine and website and led a major expansion of its conference division. Under Serwer’s leadership, FORTUNE won numerous Loeb, Deadline Club and SABEW awards, among others. He holds degrees from Bowdoin College, BA 1981, Emory University, MBA 1984, and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, MS 1985. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Bowdoin College. He is an Emory University Goizueta School of Business Presidential Fellow. Serwer received Emory University Goizueta School of Business Distinguished Alumni Award 2014. Serwer is the proud father of two daughters; Katie and Emily. He is a resident of New York City and Georgetown, Maine, is a seasoned world traveler and enjoys swimming, running, and all things outdoors.

Anthony has worked in the Americas and Europe and across product and industry sector competencies, having been involved in some of the most significant transactions in the EMEA region. His product experience has spanned leveraged finance, M+A advisory, IPOs, and derivatives.

Mr. Fuller started his career in 1989 at Bankers Trust Company and Salomon Brothers, where he focused on structured products, raising capital for leveraged credits and M&A advisory work. He has an AB degree in Engineering Science from Dartmouth College and both a BE in Electrical Engineering and an ME in Engineering Management from the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College.

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Jay Riemenschneider has a strong background in fund-development honed during a decade-plus of work in Major Gifts and capital campaign consulting throughout the United States, but with heavy concentration in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and South, and across a wide range of vertical markets. He has a particular interest in working with churches to achieve their fund-raising goals, and more recently has gained experience in fund-raising for economic development organizations. Altogether, he has worked on campaigns whose goals approach $500M. It has been a pleasure to transition towards connecting worthwhile entrepreneurship ventures (with high impact potential) and potential angel investors. He is a graduate of Western Reserve Academy and Miami University. At Miami, he was the president of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity.

Omar Gutierrez is the Co-Founder of Echo Investing, a FinTech company focused on building a connected and collaborative community of investors. He previously worked as a financial analyst at Avaring Capital Advisors. Omar is an avid value investor and holds SIE and Series 63 certifications. He is a supporter of social entrepreneurship and impact investing. He was initiated into the Xi Deuteron chapter of Phi Gamma Delta at Case Western Reserve University. Omar holds the degree of M.D. from Harvard Medical School and completed his internal medicine training at the Cleveland Clinic. He is Mexican-American and originally from Dayton, OH. For fun, he plays soccer, enjoys oil painting, and spending time with his family.