Capstone Presentation Schedule - Final 7/24/26
Groups 1-5, 13
Georgiopoulos Classroom
Bill Martin D'87
Guest Investors
Blake Darcy
Daniel Officer, Bridge '08
Patrick Wheeler
8:30 – 9:35 am ET:
Group 13: Cubesmart
Group 1: Celsius Holdings
9:45 – 10:50 am ET:
Group 2: Salesforce
Group 3: YETI Holdings
11:00 am – 12:05 pm ET:
Group 4: Vail Resorts
Group 5: Ulta Beauty
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Groups 7-12
Borelli Classroom
Aram Donigian T'08
Guest Investors
David Corkins D'88, P'29
Kirsten Detrick T'92
Jed Sturman T'11
8:30 – 9:35 am ET:
Group 7: Vital Farms
Group 8: Levi Strauss & Co
9:45 – 10:50 am ET:
Group 9: Shake Shack
Group 10: The Hershey Company
11:00 am – 12:05 pm ET:
Group 11: Constellation Energy
Group 12: United Airlines
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Groups 6, 15-19
Stoneman Classroom
Patroklos Karantinos T'12
Guest Investors
Clifford Gilman T'99
Sarah Kitz T'15
8:30 – 9:35 am ET:
Group 6: Duolingo
Group 19: Wingstop
9:45 – 10:50 am ET:
Group 15: National Beverage Corp
Group 16: FIGS, Inc.
11:00 am – 12:05 pm ET:
Group 17: Costco Wholesale
Group 18: On Holding AG
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Groups 14, 20-24
Ankeny Classroom
Courtney Pierson T'01
Guest Investors
Andrew Atterbury D'96
Karen Reidy P'29
Maynard Southard T'85
8:30 – 9:35 am ET:
Group 14: New York Times
Group 20: TSMC
9:45 – 10:50 am ET:
Group 21: Garmin
Group 23: IMAX
11:00 am – 12:05 pm ET:
Group 22: Ferrari
Group 24: Williams-Sonoma
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Groups 25-30
Barclay Classroom
Amy Florentino T'10
Guest Investors
Alex Hocherman D'00
Lindsay Sturman T’11
8:30 – 9:35 am ET:
Group 25: Southwest Airlines
Group 28: Ralph Lauren
9:45 – 10:50 am ET:
Group 27: Steve Madden
Group 26: Uber
11:00 am – 12:05 pm ET:
Group 29: Vita Coco
Group 30: Crocs
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Participants are expected to attend the presentations in their allotted time block. There will be a 5 minute break between the presentations in each time slot. Guests watching via Zoom will be muted during the presentations.
Bridge participants will receive a recording of the capstones a few weeks after the program once they have been edited.
Capstone Presentation Guest Investors
Georgiopoulos Classroom
Blake Darcy is the founder and former CEO and Chairman of DLJDirect, an online brokerage firm. He took the company public in, what was then, one of the largest internet IPOs in history. He has been a Founder, CEO, Chairman, Board member, Advisor and investor with numerous fintech companies around the world and currently serves as the Executive Chairman and Board Member of Hamilton College.
Daniel Officer, Bridge ’08 is the Managing Partner of a boutique M&A advisory firm specializing in the sale of founder- and family-owned businesses. He has advised private companies across industries on transactions with leading strategic acquirers, private equity firms, and family offices. Earlier in his career, he was recognized as Investment Banker Dealmaker of the Year by the Association for Corporate Growth New York and as an Emerging Leader by The M&A Advisor.
Patrick Wheeler is the Executive Director of the Center for Digital Strategies at Tuck, where he has been a pioneer in artificial intelligence education, launching Dartmouth's first generative AI programming and co-created Tuck's inaugural AI-focused course in 2023. Prior to Tuck, he built a diverse career spanning consulting, technology, and innovation, leading technology strategy and digital transformation initiatives for organizations across four continents. As a consultant and technology innovator, he developed a low-code e-learning platform at CEB (now Gartner) that generated multimillion-dollar revenue within its first year.
Borelli Classroom
David Corkins D'88, P'29 is a Founding Partner and Co-Portfolio Manager for several of ArrowMark’s private credit and multi-asset investment strategies and is a member of the Equity, Credit and CRE Investment Committees. Prior to founding ArrowMark Partners, David served as an Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Janus Capital Group, managing over $20 billion across multiple investment strategies. Prior to joining Janus Capital, David served as Chief Financial Officer of Chase US Consumer Services, Inc., and he worked across a variety of businesses at Chase, including international banking, commercial lending, and asset-backed finance.
Kirsten Detrick T’92 is a senior biotech executive who now serves as a strategic adviser for life sciences start-ups in the US and abroad. Detrick has more than 30 years of experience as an established P&L leader, a strategic marketing and sales expert, and a general manager. She has successfully commercialized and launched multiple new therapeutics and built corporate drug pipelines for global biopharma organizations including Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Takeda. Detrick’s career included eight years working in Europe as a global commercial portfolio leader and, later, as a general manager for businesses located in Eastern Europe and Austria. Detrick has particular expertise in immunology, oncology, cardiovascular and rare diseases, having led multibillion-dollar therapeutics including Enbrel, Entyvio, Plavix, and Prolia during her career.
Jed Sturman T’11 consults and conducts executive work to small businesses, most recently as the Interim President of Farmhouse Pottery, a home goods manufacturer and e-commerce business. Jed started his post-MBA work with L.E.K. Consulting between the Sydney Australia and Boston offices and had a stint in private equity before focusing on marketing and small business advisory.
Stoneman Classroom
Clifford Gilman T'99 is the Managing Director at VIA Technologies, a global leader in connecting businesses to advanced AI, IoT, and computer vision technology through innovative smart solutions for transportation, industrial, smart city, and data center applications.
Sarah Kitz T’15 has a background in sustainable forestland investment and management. She is a Managing Director at The Lyme Timber Company, a forestland investment group in Hanover, NH, where she works on existing and prospective investments. Immediately prior, Sarah served as Manager of Business Development for Green Diamond Resource Company, a fifth-generation forestry company, where she evaluated and managed investment activities, new partnership opportunities, and conservation sales.
Ankeny Classroom
Andrew Atterbury D'96 is President and Co-Founder of Bowood Capital Advisors, an investment firm focused on the energy infrastructure sector. Prior to founding Bowood, Mr. Atterbury was a co-founder of Inergy Holdings, LP, a predecessor company to Energy Transfer LP, serving as Senior Vice President of Corporate Development. He previously worked in the Corporate Development Group at Kinder Morgan, Inc. and the Real Estate Finance Group at Lehman Brothers Inc. Mr. Atterbury previously served as an Independent Director of Western Refining Logistics, LP, a predecessor company to MPLX LP, serving on its Audit and Conflicts Committees.
Karen Reidy P'29 is a Founding Partner and co-Portfolio Manager ArrowMark’s CLO and specialty finance investments and research analyst team. Prior to founding ArrowMark, Karen served as Executive Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Janus Capital, managing $10 billion for two strategies: Janus Balanced Fund and Janus Core Equity Fund, as well as institutional separate accounts (2000-2005). Karen was also the Assistant Portfolio Manager of the Janus Fund (1998-2000). She joined Janus Capital as an equity analyst in 1995. Prior to Janus Capital Group, she worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC in the audit and mergers and acquisitions departments.
Maynard Southard T'85 took his engineering degree straight to production management at Procter & Gamble. Making sure machines ran properly and products shipped on schedule ignited an interest in the broader working operations of business. After Tuck, Maynard purchased a small 95-year-old manufacturing company that was struggling to continue operations in Western Massachusetts. The next 25 years included a jumble of business plans, bank relationships, factory relocation, strategic partnerships, cash management, organizational transformation, community involvement and eventual sale of the on-going business to another young entrepreneur. A fan of many sports, you will likely spot him operating the scoreboard at Dartmouth College Basketball, Field Hockey, Lacrosse, and Ice Hockey games.
Barclay Classroom
Alex Hocherman D’00 initially joined Bain Capital in 2002 and rejoined the firm in 2010. He is a Partner and co-head of the Partnership Strategies team. He previously worked on the Absolute Return Capital investment team and as an Associate on the Private Equity team. Prior to rejoining Bain Capital, Alex worked as a Vice President at Quadrangle Group, where he evaluated private equity and debt investments in the media and communications sectors. Earlier in his career, he worked as an Associate Consultant for Bain & Company.
Lindsay Sturman T’11 is Vice President of Direct-to-Consumer at King Arthur Baking Company, where she leads the Ecommerce and Retail businesses, including the development of new retail and baking school locations. She is passionate about advancing King Arthur’s triple bottom line—people, planet, and profit—through strategic leadership and a deep commitment to community and sustainability. Before joining King Arthur, Lindsay worked in consulting and corporate strategy, where she focused on bringing ideas to life through thoughtful planning and collaboration.
