Annual Defining Moments Gala & Auction
October 26, 2011 Capitale | 130 Bowery Street | New York, NY
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2011 Defining Moments Host
REBECCA JARVIS, News Anchor of The Early Show Saturday and CBS News Business and Economics Correspondent.
 Rebecca Jarvis is the news anchor for "The Early Show Saturday on Saturday," as well as business and economics correspondent for CBS News. She is based in New York.
Jarvis joined CBS News on April 1, 2010, from CNBC, where she reported breaking stock, currency, and commodities market news from the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ, and the New York Mercantile Exchange. While there, Jarvis contributed to MSNBC and NBC News programs, and regularly guest anchored the "Closing Bell," "Squawk on the Street," and "Power Lunch." Additionally, Jarvis covered prominent national events such as the Chrysler and General Motors bankruptcy, the Bernard Madoff scandal, the collapse of Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers and the sale of Merrill Lynch as well as the 2008 Presidential elections.
Previously, Jarvis wrote for numerous publications, including Crain's Chicago Business and Business 2.0. She also has worked in investment banking and foreign currency trading.
Jarvis graduated from the University of Chicago with a degree in Economics and Constitutional Law. A recipient of the University of Chicago Dean's Grant, she studied European banking and financial markets and the formation of the European Union at the Université Sciences Po in Paris, France. Jarvis has received national recognition for her work with Colin Powell to empower children and improve communities. She was named "One of Twenty Teens Who Will Change the World" by Teen People magazine, and named a "National Point of Light," receiving accolades from Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush, Sr.
2011 Defining Moments Honoree
Ida Liu, Managing Director and Senior Private Banker, Citi 
Ida Liu is a Managing Director and Senior Private Banker. Ida focuses on providing strategic advice and tailored strategies to ultra high net worth individuals and families. She has extensive investment experience and manages over $1.8bn in investment assets for her clients.
Ida joined Citi from Vivienne Tam, a women’s design from Vivienne Tam, where she was Global Head of Sales, Marketing, Public Relations and Business Development. Prior to this, Ida spent seven years in investment banking with Merrill Lynch’s mergers and acquisitions, and technology, media and telecommunications investment banking groups in New York and Hong Kong. She started her career in mergers and acquisitions at BT Wolfensohn (now Deutsche Bank). She has advised on many of the world’s largest transactions, including Pfizer’s acquisition of Warner Lambert , China Telecom’s IPO and Legend’s spinoff of Digital China.
Ida has been a featured speaker at many industry events, including the Forte Foundation Wealth Management Seminar, the Goldman Sachs Brokering Change Conference, the Asia Society Diversity Leadership Forum and the Ernst and Young Corporate Best Practice Conference.
Ida is the recipient of the 2011 Top 50 Outstanding Asian Americans in Business and the 2010 Emerging Leader Award from the National Association of Asian MBAs. An active member of the community, Ida is an Advisor to Asia Society’s President’s Circle, Asia Foundation’s Lotus Circle, City of Hope, Closet Couture, Women’s Venture Fund, andWellesley College Alumnae Association.
Ida holds a BA with honors from Wellesley College and a Merrill Lynch Executive MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She is fluent in Chinese and Spanish and conversant in Italian and Russian. Ida holds NASD licenses Series 7, 63, 65 and 79 licenses.
 Alitia Faccone, Partner in the Business and Financial Services practice group at McCarter & English, LLP
Alitia Faccone is a partner in the Business and Financial Services practice group at McCarter & English, LLP having joined the firm in 2004 after previously practicing in Los Angeles and New York at Foley & Lardner LLP and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, respectively. Ms. Faccone regularly practices in federal and state courts in New York and New Jersey, and is also licensed to practice in California and Washington, D.C. Ms. Faccone has handled a broad spectrum of complex commercial litigation matters in all areas of business law.
Ms. Faccone focuses her complex commercial litigation practice in the area of e-Discovery and all aspects of data preservation, privacy and records retention, both legal and technical. Ms. Faccone is co-chair of McCarter & English's e-Discovery committee, has extensive experience in all facets of electronic document discovery and production. As a necessary corollary to that role, Ms. Faccone has a significant knowledge base on both the legal and technology aspects of data preservation and loss prevention, along with what are reasonable and defensible practices organizations should follow. As such, Ms. Faccone has become one of the Firm's specialists in this burgeoning area of litigation practice and is a frequent speaker and author on issues related to digital information and e-Discovery both within the Firm, to educate its own lawyers, and as the Firm's spokesperson to a variety of industry and professional groups with differing levels of ESI experience.
Ms. Faccone is also a member of The Sedona Conference Working Group Series 1 on Electronic Document Retention and Production and currently a co-leader of the drafting team for the commentary on social media. She is knowledgeable on all aspects of social media governance in the current business environment including policy and regulatory issues affecting organizations' strategic planning as well as the unique considerations attendant to preservation, collection and production of social media in litigation.
Ms. Faccone is chair of the Firm's Women's Initiative Steering Committee and Co-editor-in-Chief of the quarterly newsletter, Women in the kNOW. She is an active member of the National Association of Women Lawyers and also serves as an Advisory Board Member to the Women in Law Empowerment Forum.. In addition, Ms. Faccone is a member of the Rumson, New Jersey Board of Education and serves as its Vice President.
2011 Defining Moments Live Auctioneer
 GUY ADAMI, Co-host, CNBC’s Fast Money
Guy Adami, a TV personality, author, financial analyst and a professional investor. has appeared daily on CNBC’s Fast Money since its inception in January 2007, and took part in the creation of the program. He’s “The Negotiator” in the reporting group called the “Fast Money Five.” Today, Fast Money has grown into one of the most popular shows on the network.
Guy’s career began at Drexel Burnham Lambert in 1986 on the firm’s commodities desk. He was quickly promoted to vice president where he cemented trading relationships with famed financiers Sir James Goldsmith and Kerry Packer. From there he joined J. Aron, the commodity and currency group at Goldman Sachs, as the head gold trader and one of the many proprietary traders in the division. In 2003 Guy became an executive director at CIBC World Markets, and it was there that CNBC reached out to him with a 'blackboard' idea for what is now “Fast Money.” He is currently the managing director at Drakon Capital.
Recently, Fox Sports Radio announced a new Saturday morning sports finance program called “Stox ‘N Jocks” hosted by Guy and NFL players turned professional investors Jon and Pete Najarian. The new Saturday morning program will feature investment advice and financial analysis, in addition to discussions on the leading sports topics of the day.
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