Chief Transaction Law Mentor / Board Member

Stephen Amdur

Mr. Amdur is a partner in the New York office of Pillsbury, and a member of the Corporate Department.

Mr. Amdur’s representative matters include:

KKR & Co., L.P. in numerous matters, including the US$2.4 billion acquisition of Sedgwick, the acquisition of Alliant Insurance Services from The Blackstone Group, and the acquisition of Internet Brands from Hellman & Friedman and JMI Equity.

Internet Brands operates a portfolio of more than 100 vertical brannds such as automobiles, careers, health, home, monney, shopping, travels, and more.

Leonard Green & Partners in numerous matters, including the US$3 billion acquisition, along with TPG Capital, of J. Crew, the US$1.6 billion acquisition of Jo-Ann Stores and the US$225 million acquisition of Lucky Brand Jeans

Actavis plc in numerous matters, including the US$25 billion acquisition of Forest Laboratories, the US$8.5 billion acquisition of Warner Chilcott plc and the US$5.65 billion acquisition of Actavis Group by the former Watson Pharmaceuticals

Caesars Acquisition Company in numerous matters, including its pending US$3.2 billion merger with Caesars Entertainment Corporation

The Raine Group in numerous matters, including its growth equity investment in DraftKings

Goldman Sachs & Co. as financial advisor to The Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. in its US$52 billion acquisition by InBev S.A. and to Zillow in its US$3.5 billion acquisition of Trulia

CCMP Capital Advisors, LLC and PQ Corporation in the US$1.515 billion sale of Niagara Holdings and PQ Corporation to The Carlyle Group

Education

• JD, Columbia University School of Law, 2004
• BA, Yale University, 2001

Industries:

• Internet & Digital Media
• Entertainment, Sports & Media
• Communications
• Retail & Consumer Products

Chief Sales Mentor

Tracy Donahue

Tracy Donahue is the Leader of National Digital Media Sales at Tribune Media (NYSE: TRCO), a $2 Billion Dollar in Annual Revenue Media Conglomerate.

Ms. Donahue has 19+ years of experience in Advertising Strategy, Investing in Advertising, Digital Strategy, Innovation That Increases Revenues, and Direct Marketing in the following verticals:

eCommerce, Consumer Goods, Shopper Marketing, Technology, Telecommunications/Wireless, Retail, Casual Dining, Pharmaceuticals, Home Improvements, Home Electronics and Appliances, and Financial Services.

Co-Chief Auditing Mentor / Board Member

Jim Atwell

Jim Atwell is the National Managing Partner of Media, Technology, and Telecommunications at Deloitte.

Mr. Atwell has more than 30 years of professional services experience in the areas of venture capital, accounting, and Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), having led more than 50 IPOs in his career.

In his current role, Mr. Atwell leads the team responsible for providing services to rapidly growing companies.

This team helps early stage companies grow into the next generation of market leaders and guides them through the steps required to go public.

A number of these companies have not only become household names but have also joined the elite Fortune 500.

Mr. Atwell’s Representative IPOs served include:

Cisco Systems, the world’s largest designer and manufacturer of Internet protocol-based networking products in the communication and technology Industries that does $47.9 Billion in Annual Revenue

Polycom, a multinational corporation that develops and markets a line of voice, video, web and data collaboration services for healthcare, finance, and education Industries that does $1.2 Billion in Annual Revenue

Solera Holdings, one of the world’s largest providers of risk and asset management software and services for the automotive and property and casualty insurance Industries, that does $1.14 Billion in Annual Revenue

Mr. Atwell’s Representative Public Company clients include:

HP, one of the world’s largest providers of Technology Infrastructure, hardware, software, servers, printers, and storage solutions, that does $48.5 Billion in Annual Revenue

Intel, the world’s largest designers and builder of processors, motherboards, electronic disk, storage, and mobile chips, that does $56.5 Billion in Annual Revenue

eBay, one of the world’s largest online auction and eCommerce platforms that enables people and businesses to buy and sell a variety of goods and services, that does $8.8 Billion in Annual Revenue

Sony, one of the world’s largest designers, developers, manufacturers, and sellers of electronic equipment, Instruments, and devices, that does $68.7 Billion in Annual Revenue