7Sisters LLC Forums & Special Briefings
Mission Statement
7Sisters LLC hosts numerous special briefings and interactive forums throughout the year for family offices and successful entrepreneurs and business leaders in a variety of industries throughout the world. Participants derive value by engaging with others who have achieved success and yet are still imbued with entrepreneurial spirit. Speakers and participants exchange ideas and form new relationships and insights as a result of the diversity of experience among attendees and their energy and creativity. 7 Sisters attracts participants who want to step out of their day-to-day environment and into a setting that stimulates new thinking and freshens perspective.
Programs
Events include the annual two-day Newport Global Summit held in Newport, Rhode Island each year since 2009 and smaller conferences and special briefings in a variety of locations.
Newport Global Summit
The Newport Global Summit was established in 2009 to bring together leaders of the global economy to share knowledge and build bridges for cooperation through business opportunity and investment. Guests include CEOs, successful entrepreneurs, family offices and private business principals from around the globe, and notable investors.
In this inspirational setting of Newport, Rhode Island,known for its Gilded Age mansions and waves of renaissance driven by entrepreneurial spirit, we are inspired to explore new potential for economic prosperity.
Guests of previous summits have commented that it is the entrepreneurial spirit, and the quality of long term relationships formed, that set Newport Global Summit apart from other conferences they have attended.
For more on Newport Global Summit click here for website www.newportglobalsummit.com
Past SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Hadi Al Alawi Chairman and Founder, Al Hayat Group
Faris Al Obeid Advisor to the Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development, State of Kuwait
Mohamed Al-Sharif Ambassador of the League of Arab States
Michael Boyle, CEO Boyle Energy
Frank Caprio Former State Treasurer of Rhode Island
Lincoln Chaffee Former Governor of State of Rhode Island
Katharine Cushing Founder, Newport Global Summit & Managing Principal, 7Sisters LLC
Morris DeFeo Corporate Partner of Crowell & Moring, LLP
Mark Entwistle Founding Partner, Acasta Capital overnor Lincoln Chaffee, Governor of the State of Rhode Island
Ambassador Lukman Faily Iraq Ambassador to the US
Jose Fernandez, Former Assistant Secretary of State for Economy, Business Affairs & Energy
Hani Findakly Director, Clinton Group, Former President of ABANA
Lucien E. Forbes Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Forbes Energy LLC
Ambassador Debra Ford Ambassador to Libya
David Hamod President & CEO, National U.S.-Arab Chamber of Commerce
Philip Howard Chair - Common Good & Senior Counsel - Covington & Burling LL
Sanjay HundiwalaSenior Vice President Alternative Investments United Gulf Management, US arm of
Ambassador Theodore Kattouf - President & CEO, AMIDEAST
Mark Kendell CEO, EcoNova
Peter D Kiernan, CEO Kiernan Ventures
Robert Kennedy Jr., President, Waterkeeper Alliance
Ted Kennedy Jr. Connecticut State Senator
Rick Lear Founder & CEO, Lear Investment Management
John LeBoutillier Nationally Recognized Political Commentator
Van McCormick Founding Director, International Economic Alliance
John Messervey President and Founder, National Family Business Council
Laura Osman Managing Director, Concord International, Former President of ABANA
Ira Perlmuter - Managing Director, T5 Equities
Dr. Srini Pillay CEO: NeuroBusiness Group
Hal Pontez Owner & Founder, HPI LLC
Arthur J. Santry II Executive Managing Director, Principal, Cassidy Turley
Frank Savage CEO, Savage Holdings
Frank Sloan President, Sloan Wealth Management
Stephen Kennedy Smith Principal Park Agency - Kennedy Enterprises; Trustee - Joseph P Kennedy Foundation
James Smith - President, C&M International
Ben Vaughan - Senior Managing Partner, Brookfield Asset Management & Chief Investment Officer, Brookfield in South America
Sheridan Snyder, CEO, Xcovery- Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager, Neuberger Berman
David Weiner - Managing Director, Senior Portfolio Manager, Neuberger Berman
Omar Wohabe, Partner, Wohabe Law Offices, Former President of ABANA
Mohamed Younes, Founder & CEO, Concord International Advisors
Nasser Zawia, Professor, Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Rhode Island
Peter B. Zwack - Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Retired) & Former U.S. Senior Defense Official and Attache to Russian Federation