Scanlon, Jonathan

Class of '94
Winston Partners Group, LLC, Managing Director

Jon Scanlon is one of the two Co-Portfolio Managers for Winston Partners’ hedge fund-of-funds business. He also oversees the research process and fund operations. Prior to joining Winston, Jon worked for Duke Management Company where he led the team managing all of Duke University’s investments in hedge funds and traditional public equity strategies. Previously, he was with Merck & Co., Inc., for several years, including two years in Merck’s pension investments group. Prior to Fuqua, he began his career at Mellon Bank. Jon received a BA from the University of Pittsburgh, where he graduated magna cum laude. He is married to Rebecca Fish (Weekend Executive MBA 2000), and they have three young children.

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Shefferman, Jesse

Class of '07
Barclays Capital, Associate

Jesse Shefferman is an Associate in the Investment Banking division of Barclays Capital in New York City.  Jesse is a member of the Healthcare Investment Banking group where he provides advisory services for a number of companies in the healthcare services, medical device and specialty pharma sectors.  He has worked on a number of mergers and acquisition transactions as well as equity and debt financings for Barclays Capital's Healthcare clients.  Jesse joined Lehman Brothers, whose investment banking unit was later acquired by Barclays Capital, after receiving his MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business in 2007.

Prior to business school, Jesse worked in European Equities Sales for Cazenove & Co, Commerzbank and Citigroup in New York and Boston where his coverage efforts focused on value-oriented hedge funds.  Prior to this, Jesse was an equity research analyst with Citigroup in London covering the Oilfiend Services sector. Jesse's career began in 1997 as a Research Associate with Credit Suisse First Boston in Houston, TX, where Jesse worked in the Oilfield Services research group. Jesse graduated from Gordon College in Wenham, MA, in 1997 with a degree in Accounting.

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Shinde, Harish

Class of '06
Deloitte Consulting, Manager, Strategy & Operations

Harish Shinde is a 2006 graduate of the Daytime MBA program. After completing his MBA, he joined Deloitte Consulting's Strategy and Operations practice. While at Deloitte, Harish has focused on customer and product strategy, supply chain, and process improvement engagements with clients in the consumer and industrial products industries. He also has prior experience providing consulting services as a practicing engineer primarily in the manufacturing, energy & pharmaceuticals industries.

Harish holds a Master of Science (in Chemical Engineering) from the University of Kansas, and a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree from the University Institute of Chemical Technology, University of Mumbai. Born in Mumbai, India, he currently resides in Saint Louis, Missouri.

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Starks, Colin

Class of '79
Federated Investors, Inc., Senior Vice President

Colin Starks is Senior Vice President of Federated Securities Corp., a subsidiary of Federated Investors, Inc. He is also a Corporate Officer of Federated Securities Corp. Starks is responsible for leading the sales and distribution of all Federated Investors products and services within the broker/dealer industry. Federated Investors is one of the largest mutual fund companies in the country.

Prior to joining Federated Investors in 1998, Starks was a Vice President at Fidelity Investments Institutional Services Company, Inc. for five years where he managed sales and distribution opportunities for financial intermediaries. This was preceded by a 15-year career at the IBM Corporation where he held a number of key sales, marketing, and executive positions.

Mr. Starks received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Duke University in 1978 and an MBA in marketing from Duke University in 1979. He is a former member of the Board of Visitors of Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and is a graduate of the Securities Industry Institute at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Starks and his wife, Laurie, reside in Southlake, Texas, and have three children.

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