Advocates

A three sport athlete at Annapolis High School ’96, Stephy played soccer, basketball and lacrosse. Selected All County in both basketball and Lacrosse, Annapolis won the state championship in lacrosse in 1996 and was named the number 1 high school women’s lacrosse team in the country. She was recruited to play for UVA ’00, and was twice named a DI 1st team All-America, and was a 2-time National Championship Finalist. She was a member of USA National team from ’99-’01 and ’05. Her coaching career began right after graduation as the assistant at Yale (’01-’02) before becoming the first full-time Head Coach at...

Dana Castro is a Senior Director at HIMSS with over 25 years of information and technology experience.  She canvasses geographic adversities that, if digitally reformed, can transform lives for under-represented and marginalized populations. She is cross-trained in healthcare and education technology.  She is an advisor to the Oncology Division of the TBA Collective, where she is on a project team that supports the cancer registry system in Ghana.   She is an advisor to Pocket Patient MD, where she leads a project on computer literacy training for clinicians in low-resourced countries to strengthen the capacity of digital adoption in health clinics.   She is an...

Lori is a recognized leader, innovator, and connector with 25+ years of successfully executing authentic entertainment collaborations and marketing campaigns. In executive roles at both Sony Music and Universal Music, Lori was at the forefront of the Brand Partnership space, building successful campaigns between top brands, media, digital partners, major record labels and top tier artists, and introducing the idea of collaborative relationships across brands and entertainment properties resulting in powerful messaging to consumers.She began her career for Sony Music in New York, and held various management positions in New York and Los Angeles. In 2005 she joined Universal Music’s...

David is a Vice President at Prospect Capital Management where he originates, underwrites, structures, monitors, and syndicates secured credit facilities, subordinated debt investments, and equity participations ranging from $25M to $200M to predominately sponsor-owned U.S. middle market companies across multiple industries. He leads and participates in formulation of new investment strategies and mandates based on evolving market conditions and Prospect yield requirements. He underwrote and closed 12 deals, seven of which were realized for an average IRR of 13.5% and MOIC of 1.2x. he monitors a portfolio ofinvestments comprising $400M+ of Prospect exposure and conducts detailed valuations across portfolio on...

DAVID HOBERMAN is the founder and co-owner of Mandeville Films and Television. He is one of the leading producers in the entertainment industry today. His Disney-based company, Mandeville Films, is among the most profitable and respected production labels in the entertainment industry.Since its founding in 1995, Mandeville Films has produced feature films that have grossed more than $2.5 billion in domestic box-office receipts and their slate includes a wide variety of genres, anchored by character-driven stories with universal, often uplifting themes.Hoberman’s most recent movie is Disney’s live-action retelling of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, starring Emma Watson as Belle and Dan...