Alicia Silverstone - Chai in the Hub 2020

Award-winning actress and New York Times best-selling author Alicia Silverstone is often recognized for her role as “Cher” in the comedy hit Clueless. Through film, television, and theater, her performances have garnered awards and critical praise including Emmy and Golden Globe nominati…

Jenna Blum - Women's Philanthropy WORDS Book Clubs author

Jenna Blum is The New York Times and No. 1 international bestselling author of novels Those Who Save Us (Harcourt 2004) and The Stormchasers (Dutton 2010); novella The Lucky One in the postwar anthology Grand Central (Penguin 2014); and audio course The Author at Work: The Art of Writing Fic…

Dr. Beverly Siegal, Health Professions Breakfast Honoree, 11/17/19

Dr. Beverly Siegal is an OB-GYN who has practiced in Dallas, Los Angeles, and the Greater Boston area. While no longer in clinical practice, she remains active in the field as an editor for DynaMed.

In all of the cities where Dr. Siegal has lived, she has been a volunteer in Jewish organiza…

Adam M. Koppel, M.D., Ph.D., Health Professions Breakfast Keynote, 11/17/19

Adam M. Koppel rejoined Bain Capital in 2016 as Managing Director of Bain Capital Life Sciences. He initially joined Bain Capital Public Equity in 2003 where he worked as a leader within the healthcare sector until 2014. From 2014 to 2016, Dr. Koppel was EVP of Corporate Development and Chie…

Dr. Sophie Kornowski, Healthcare Innovations Network, 11/17/19

Dr. Sophie Kornowski joined Gurnet Point Capital as Senior Partner in 2018 from Roche, a leading healthcare company based in Switzerland, where she was Executive Vice-President of Roche Partnering.In this role, Dr. Kornowski developed and maintained more than 200 external partnerships with r…