Dean's Roundtable with Ivan Ross ‘86, Co-Head of the Hedge Fund Industry Group at the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., on Thursday, April 2, 2009
Regularly during the school year, the dean hosts roundtable discussions with prominent guests who have utilized their law degrees in a variety of nontraditional ways. Over lunch with a small group of students, guests speak autobiographically about their work experiences, sharing valuable insight about how they found their chosen path. Please note that the roundtables are informal and off-the-record.Ivan Ross ‘86, who will be the dean’s guest on Thursday, April 2, is the co-head of the Hedge Fund Industry Group at the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Ivan joined Goldman Sachs in 1992 in the Tax Department, and in 1995 moved to the New Products Group within Corporate Finance. He was named managing director in 1999 and partner in 2002. From 2000 to 2007, Ivan was head of the New Products Group within the Americas Financing Group. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Ivan was a tax associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, from 1986 to 1992.
Ivan is a member of the Board of Overseers at the Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Nina, are both active in fundraising for cancer research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
Ivan earned his J.D. from NYU School of Law in 1986 and his B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1983.
The dean’s roundtable will be open to 21 interested NYU School of Law J.D. and graduate students. The roundtable will begin at 12:30 p.m. in Snow Dining Room, on the fourth floor of Vanderbilt Hall. Lunch will be served. If you would like to attend, please sign up in advance by calling Penelope Fernandes at (212) 998-6003 or by emailing her at penelope.fernandes@nyu.edu. Please indicate whether you are a J.D. or graduate student, and whether you have any dietary restrictions.
March 23rd 2009