Wenger Family Lecture on International Business and Finance: The Future of Global Markets (Washington, DC)

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Lindner Commons, 6th Floor

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The GW community is invited to join us for a reception and panel discussion led by Elliott School Dean Alyssa Ayres on “The Future of Global Markets,” as part of the Wenger Family Lecture series on International Business and Finance.

This event is presented by the Elliott School Office of Development and Alumni Relations and underwritten by the Henry E. & Consuelo S. Wenger Foundation. It is cosponsored by the Institute for International Economic Policy and the International Women of Elliott.

Event Timeline

5:00pm Registration opens
5:30pm Panel discussion
6:30pm Reception
7:30pm Event ends

Panelists

Patrick Hyland, MA ’03, is a managing director in the Global Client Business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management and also serves as co-chair of the Separate Account and Advisory Working Group. He joined Goldman Sachs in 2010 as a vice president in the Platform Solutions Group within the Investment Management Division and was named managing director in 2021. Prior to joining the firm, Patrick was vice president and manager in Client Service at OppenheimerFunds. He is also an Executive Circle member of the Elliott School’s Institute for International Economic Policy.

Persis Khambatta, MA ’07, is director of global government affairs for India and South Asia at Walmart. Previously, she spent eight years with BowerGroupAsia, managing key client relationships across South Asia, providing political-economic analyses, mapping, regulatory monitoring and country strategies. Khambatta also served as a fellow and adjunct fellow for the Wadhwani Chair in U.S.-India Policy Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, as well as a program officer and consultant at The Asia Foundation.

Tiffany Townsend, BA ’01, was recently named executive vice president for global communications at NYC & Company, the official destination marketing organization for New York City. She previously served as a senior advisor with the U.S. Small Business Administration in the Office of Government Contracting & Business Development. Townsend formerly held positions at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the New York City Council, the New York Wheel, the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, and the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. She is an Executive Circle member of the International Women of Elliott.

Moderator: Alyssa Ayres joined GW’s Elliott School of International Affairs as dean on February 1, 2021. She is a foreign policy practitioner and award-winning author with senior experience in the government, nonprofit, and private sectors. From 2013 to 2021, she was senior fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations, where she remains an adjunct senior fellow. From 2010 to 2013, Ayres served as deputy assistant secretary of state for South Asia. Her work focuses primarily on India’s role in the world and on U.S. relations with South Asia in the larger Indo-Pacific.

A note about COVID-19: The health and well-being of GW students, alumni, friends, faculty, and staff remains a top priority for GW and all alumni events will proceed in compliance with all state, local, and public health guidelines.

It is recommended that all event attendees be fully vaccinated. Proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 or a recent negative COVID-19 test is no longer required to attend GW events. Masks may be required indoors.