HOWARD HORN:

Howard Horn is a Co-Chair for this year’s conference and a second year MBA student at the Wharton School of Business. Howard graduated in 1999 cum laude from Princeton University where he received an AB Degree in Economics. Following graduation, he joined UBS Warburg’s Health Care Equity research department as a research associate and was a co-founder of the bank’s life science (biotech) research group. In 2001, Howard was promoted to publishing analyst and initiated formal research coverage on a group of small/mid-cap biotechnology stocks. Howard spent this past summer with Easton Associates, a boutique health care consulting firm in New York, evaluating the US market opportunity for a leading diagnostic imaging company’s developmental-stage MRI scanner. While at Wharton, Howard has been involved with the health care, entrepreneurship, biotechnology, consulting, and wine clubs. He is also a graduate member of the Wharton MBA Admissions Committee.

ERIKA GREENFEST:

Erika Greenfest is Co-Chair of this year’s Conference.  She is a second year MBA student at The Wharton School, majoring in Finance and Healthcare Management.  Erika graduated from Yale University in 2000 with a BA in Economics.  Following graduation, she joined Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. as an analyst in the Healthcare Investment Banking group where she worked on equity and M&A transactions primarily in the medical device sector.  After spending the past summer on the equities trading floor at Deutsche Bank, Erika will return to Bear Stearns as an Investment Banking Associate upon graduation.  Erika is also president of the Wharton Finance Club.

TIFFANY BRAY

Tiffany Bray is a co-chair for this year’s conference and a second year at the Wharton School of Business.  She spent the summer as a marketing intern at Medtronic, evaluating the market potential for a new product platform. She is currently majoring in Health Care Management and Marketing at Wharton.  Tiffany also works as a Career Fellow in the Career Services department. Her other activities include the Marketing club and the Health Care club. Prior to Wharton, Tiffany worked for 3M for five years: first as an internal consultant to improving business processes and manufacturing operations, and next as a supply chain engineer. She is a 1997 Tau Beta Pi graduate of Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University.