Melissa Curry, Vice President -Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Melissa Curry is a Business Development Officer for Wells Fargo Commercial Banking in Broward and Palm Beach counties.   Melissa has over 15 years of experience in on Wall Street in corporate and investment banking,primarily assisting large corporate clients with both their corporate borrowing and capital markets needs.

Prior to joining Wells Fargo Commercial Banking, Melissa was a Director in Financial Institutions Investment Banking for Deutsche Bank in New York City.   She was responsible for a managing a $1 billion portfolio of corporate loan commitments to domestic specialty finance and insurance clients and had overall responsibility for the delivery of business and capital markets solutions for her clients.

Prior to Deutsche Bank, Melissa worked for the Financial Institutions Corporate and Investment Banking groups at Lloyds TSB Bank and Barclays Capital in New York, and also spent two years with Barclays Capital’s Leveraged Finance Loan Syndications Group in London. She started her career as an Analyst with Nomura Securities in Commercial Real Estate Securitization.

Melissa received her bachelor’s degree from Penn State and was a member of the Women’s Golf team.   Melissa currently resides in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

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In this presentation, we'll discuss some of the key issues that affect our current economic situation and our future.  We'll focus on many long-term issues such as our growing debt problem, the entitlement programs, tax expenditures, health care and politics.  We'll also cover shorter-term issues such as GDP growth and unemployment.   We'll move fast, think about a lot of numbers and issues -- so that you can use these to add to your own opinions.

"Sandy Leeds is a must-see analyst, economist and financial professional who offers his objective views on the U.S. economy to wide ranging audiences throughout America."

 Sandy Leeds is a member of the Finance Department faculty at The University of Texas and President of The MBA Investment Fund, L.L.C. He teaches both graduate and undergraduate level courses, including Corporate Finance, Advanced Corporate Finance, Investments, and Portfolio Management / Security Analysis. He has a J.D. from The University of Virginia School of Law and an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin. He is a member of the Texas State Bar and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He serves on the Investment Committee of The Austin Community Foundation.

Prior to joining the faculty, Sandy managed money for a private money management firm. He was one of four portfolio managers responsible for approximately $1.6 billion of assets. He spent the majority of his time analyzing publicly traded companies. He also has extensive experience implementing option strategies.

In addition to money management experience, Sandy also has significant legal experience. He has conducted approximately 100 jury trials and 100 bench trials. He has participated in the regulation of the securities industry, conducting the hearing against most of the principals involved in the Sterling Foster case (a $75 million fraud). He has also advised attorneys on financial related litigation involving options, hedge funds, and other matters.

Sandy Leeds is an experienced executive education teacher. At the McCombs School of Business, he teaches in the Executive MBA program in Dallas, as well as in international general management programs. He has received numerous teaching awards, including the Joe D. Beasley Teaching Award (a school-wide award for teaching in the graduate program) and the "Outstanding MBA Professor Award" (selected by the students in multiple years). He normally gives 20 – 25 presentations and speeches each year to various groups. He also shares his thoughts each week at www.leedsonfinance.com

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ACG and GCVCA Annual Angel Investing 101 Panel Discussion

Date: May 30, 2012
Time: 5:15 pm - 8:30 pm

Location:
Embassy Suites Boca Raton
661 N. W. 53rd Street
Boca Raton, FL 33487

Pre-Registration:

GCVCA Member Price: $45.00
Guest Price: $65.00
Guest of Member Price: $55.00
ACG Member/ Member of Alliance Price: $55.00
Student Registration FAU Price: $35.00

Note: Pre-Registration Rate for Guest, Guest of Member and Member of Alliance is by Credit Card Payment Only. If you do not wish to pre-pay by Credit Card you may register at the Meeting with Check or Cash at our Registration Rate. Our at the door Registration Rate is an additional $10 charge for members & guests if Pre-Registrations are not made. Each Pre-Registration must be made separately. Only one Pre-Registration per meeting can be made for each email address.

Pre-Registration Information: Pre-Registration will close at 6:00 PM on Tuesday May 29th. The association policy requires that a Pre-Registration must be cancelled prior to 4:00 PM on Monday May 28, 2012. All Pre-Registration are considered as Guaranteed Pre-Registrations and all No-Shows will be billed. We can only accept Credit Cards on our Website.

AGENDA: 5:15 PM Networking; 6:00 PM Self-Introductions & Dinner; 6:45 PM Presentation of the Gold Coast Venture Forum; 7:15 PM Panel Discussion

Annual Angel Investing 101 Panel Discussion

Angel investors are wealthy individuals who invest in high risk early stage ventures by using a portion of their total investment portfolios to provide emerging companies with seed and start-up capital through direct, private investments. Their goal is to achieve higher returns than typical public markets provide. Most angels are active investors who contribute their time and experience, as well as offer introductions to valuable contacts essential to the company's success.

"Is Crowdfunding and Angel Investors the Start-up Business Entrepreneur's Two Best Friends? "