Winter Forum
1:00pm to 2:00pm: Winter Forum: Ronni Burns
Speaker Bio:
Ronni Burns is a seasoned communication expert with over 17 years of experience in senior
roles at Citigroup, including Senior Vice President and Global Spokesperson. She is a passionate
educator, teaching management communications at NYU's Stern School of Business since 2010
and having taught at Wharton, Smith School of Business, and internationally in India, China, and
Europe. A skilled consultant and coach, Ronni helps clients like GE, HP, and Marriott improve
their communication strategies, focusing on simplifying complex concepts. As a sought-after
speaker, she has delivered workshops across the globe on presentation skills and consultative
selling. Ronni is also a Certified Professional Coach, an advocate for the formerly incarcerated,
and an author of Communication Essentials: A Sell-abration. She holds advanced degrees from
the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Connecticut.
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm: Winter Forum: Sarah Holmes Berk
Speaker Bio: Join us with Sarah Holmes Berk, a research project director at Harvard and NBER, as she dives into the key concepts of behavioral economics. Sarah Berk will discuss the power of behavioral economics to affect personal finance outcomes, through both public policy and smaller-scale "nudges" designed to change behavior. Don’t miss this chance to deepen your understanding of behavioral economics!
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm: Winter Forum: Lawrence J. White
Speaker Bio: Lawrence White, an expert at financial regulation, antitrust, network industries, international banking, and applied microeconomics, has been with New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business for more than 45 years. In this forum, Professor White will dive deeper into the world of economics, both theory, and application, and will deliver a mind-blowing presentation! This may be the only opportunity you have to hear from a great professor like him, so don’t miss out on it and sign up today!
