Mandee Heller Adler is a renowned college counseling expert and the Founder of International College Counselors. She is known through her work with high school students and her fast-selling books: “From Public School to the Ivy League: How to get into a top school without top dollar resources” and “International Admissions: How to get accepted to U.S. Colleges.” She has been featured in dozens of newspapers, magazines, radio and television programs including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, US News and World Report, Yahoo!Parenting, Money, NBC News, and FOX Business News.

Since high school, Mandee has shown a true commitment to education. Attending the University of Pennsylvania, she was a Benjamin Franklin Scholar and graduated with Honors and two degrees — one from the Wharton School and one from the College of Arts and Sciences. She also received an MBA from Harvard Business School, where she was selected as a Class Day Speaker. Additionally, she studied at ICADE, a premier business school located in Madrid, Spain after receiving a fellowship from Rotary International.

Her many community-related activities include serving on the Executive Board of the Penn Fund, and for 13 years working as an alumni interviewer for the school. She was also President of the Penn Gold Coast Alumni Association, representing Broward and Palm Beach Counties. Mandee has served or currently serves on the boards of the following organizations: the Memorial Healthcare System Foundation, the Florida Youth Orchestra, the Lynn University Admissions Advisory Council, the Jewish Federation of Broward Women’s Philanthropy Committee, the Pine Crest School Family Association, and is her Harvard Business School Section Fundraising Chair. Mandee is a proud parent and supporter of Pine Crest School, and does not work with students from that school.

Prior to starting International College Counselors, Mandee worked as an Investment Banker for Goldman, Sachs & Co in New York. She later was the Co-Founder of HerDollar, Inc, which she sold to Siebert Financial Corp (NASDAQ: SIEB) in October of 2000, and served as EVP and COO of Women’s Financial Network at Siebert, a fully operational national discount brokerage focused on women.

David Teten is Founder of Versatile Venture Capital (versatilevc.com) in New York. He was formerly a Managing Partner with HOF Capital and a Partner with ff Venture Capital. David has also advised institutional investor clients such as Goldman Sachs Special Situations Group, Icahn Enterprises, LLR Partners, Birch Hill Equity Partners, OTMT Investments, Real Ventures, and Right Side Capital.

David is Founder of Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of NY, the largest angel group on the East Coast. He was previously a serial tech founder, an M&A investment banker, and a strategy consultant. David holds a Harvard MBA and a Yale BA. While in college, he founded an IT consulting group specializing in serving nonprofits.

David is the author of The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and Closing Deals Online. He is co-founder of PEVCTech.com, a community focused on helping private equity and venture capital funds make better investments through technology.

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