Note: The next Insurance Valuation is scheduled for May 2010. The material below is from the most recent (October 2009) session.

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Primary Instructor:

Dr. Susan Fleming Cabrera

Dr. Susan Fleming Cabrera lectures frequently to executives and university students in the area of corporate finance, insurance investing, and valuation, bridging the gap between theory and practice. Currently, Susan is a lecturer at Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management.

In her teaching, she draws upon knowledge developed as a private equity investor, extensive know-how at executing structured and complex transactions, the broad perspective of past and present board of director memberships, and as a manager, mentor and educator of investment professionals and college students alike.

In addition to teaching, Susan is a member of the Board of Directors of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc., a publicly traded asset management company, and Hanover Partners, L.P., an activist equityt hedge fund.  Susan earned a PhD in Management from Cornell University's Johnson School of Management. Until 2004, Ms. Cabrera was a Partner with Capital Z Partners, L.P., a $1.85 billion private equity fund. Prior to joining Capital Z's predecessor fund in 1994, she was a professional in the M&A Financial Services Group at Morgan Stanley.

Guest Instructor:

Matthew T. Popoli

Matthew Popoli is a Principal at Reservoir Capital Group.  Prior to joining Reservoir in 2005, he was a Principal at Capital Z Partners, a global private equity firm.  Previously, Mr. Popoli was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley & Co.

Mr. Popoli currently serves on the board of directors of a number of Reservoir Capital portfolio companies, including MLF Financial Holdings.  Mr. Popoli has also been instrumental in the formation and development of a variety of investment firms including Black Diamond Capital Partners, L.P. and Castle Bay Management Group, Ltd.

Mr. Popoli received a B.A. in Economics from Amherst College.