Wealth, Philanthropy and the Global Financial Crisis.

Speaker: Gregory D. Curtis Founder of Greycourt & Co. Gregory Curtis is the founder and Chairman of Greycourt, a managing director and a member of the management committee. Greg has over twenty-five years of experience in the family office and endowment marketplace. Prior to founding Greycourt, Greg served for many years as president of a family office for the Mellon family and president of the Laurel Foundation. Greg is the author of Creative Capital: Managing Private Wealth in a Complex World, a step-by-step guide to the management of significant taxable assets. A review of his book can be found at: http://www.fa-mag.com/news/capital-in-motion-11387.html. He is also the author of a series of white papers on a variety of investment topics of interest to substantial private investors and endowed institutions. Greg holds a BA degree from Dartmouth College, a JD degree from Harvard Law School and is a graduate of The Endowment Institute at Harvard Business School. He holds an honorary BA degree from St. John’s College. Greg is currently Chair of the Board of Directors of The Pittsburgh Foundation, America’s third oldest community foundation. He is a past chair of the Board of Visitors and Governors of St. John’s College (Annapolis and Santa Fe) and is a past chair and a founding director of The Investment Fund for Foundations, a non-profit firm that provides investment management services to nonprofit organizations. He currently serves on several boards and investment committees, including Carnegie Mellon University, The Pittsburgh Foundation, St. John’s College, and the Winchester Thurston School.