Don is a founding partner of CornerStone Partners, an independent investment advisory firm based in Charlottesville that serves as the outsourced CIO and investment office for $4 billion in assets for a select number of endowments and foundations.

Prior to founding CornerStone Partners in 1997, he spent 26 years in the investment management and brokerage business with Goldman Sachs, Salomon Brothers and Barings, living and working in the US, London and Hong Kong.

Don was a founding Board Member of the University of Virginia Investment Management Company, and a founding Trustee, Treasurer and Chairman of the Finance Committee of the University of Virginia College Foundation. He is currently Chair of the Foundation's Career Advisory Committee and has organized Foundation sponsored programs and forums over the years that provide career advice and counseling for College undergraduates. These programs have provided many opportunities for alumni involvement and support.

Don graduated from the College in 1969.

Susan Holland is an Application Specialist at Martha Jefferson Medical Enterprises who, in her spare time, creates characters, edits and researches for Freestyle Komics. She graduated from Warren Wilson College with a degree in Humanities in 1991. She also received a Master's in Community Mental Health Counseling from the University of Virginia in 2000.

Susan provided case management and mental health services for 7 years at the Rappahannock Rapidan Community Services Board. In 2007, she decided to make a significant career change from direct mental health care to working with electronic medical records and practice management systems. Susan will discuss how informational interviews helped her make this career shift and find her current job.

Anne earned her BS in Chemical Engineering from U.Va., and then went directly to MIT for graduate study (following a backpacking trip around Europe with a Chem E classmate). After earning a PhD in Chemical Engineering, she joined Merck Research Laboratories, spending the next 4 years developing processes for new drugs. Next, Anne took an opportunity to move to the vaccine part of Merck's business and spent the next 11 years in a variety of roles supporting the development of new vaccines and therapeutic proteins and improving the manufacturing processes for existing ones: process development, manufacture of supplies for clinical trials, manufacturing facility design, technology transfer, preparation of regulatory submissions (including Gardasil(r), a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer), managing external partnerships, and team leadership ( for PedvaxHIB(r), a vaccine to prevent meningitis in infants, and for a new therapeutic protein to treat cancer).

In 2006, Anne joined Merck's manufacturing division, where she was responsible for starting up and leading a new group of team leaders responsible for new product commercialization, including process, and analytical development; technology transfer and supply of materials for clinical studies and market launch for new medicines. Anne returned to the research division last year as Senior Director of Project Management. What she enjoys most in her job is using her experience and her network to connect people to the information they need and helping people analyze complex issues and find the best solution.

Anne lives in Doylestown, PA, with her husband John and three children, Tom (16), Ben (14), and Emily (11). She enjoys running, which she began back in Charlottesville, and is proud of completing her first marathon in 2008. She loves vacations that involve hiking up mountains, rafting down rivers, and exploring new locations (and eating new foods!).

Jennifer Schonberger is financial journalist. She currently writes for The Motley Fool where she regularly interviews top financial experts domestically and internationally, screens for stocks and offers her own analysis. Schonberger has also produced, written and anchored segments for the international television show VJIAM. TV. Prior to The Fool, she was a senior reporter and equity research analyst for SmallCapInvestor.com. Schonberger previously worked as a financial energy analyst for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) working on mergers and acquisitions and security issuances for public utilities around the nation. Schonberger started her career working for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (now PBS Newshour). She is a 2005 graduate of the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Science degree in commerce and concentrations in finance and international business.