Joshua S. Gottheimer (D-NY) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. He is an American lawyer, writer, and public policy adviser serving as the U.S. Representative for New Jersey’s 5th congressional district. Gottheimer was active in the Democratic Party as a speechwriter for Bill Clinton and as an adviser to the presidential campaigns of Wesley Clark, John Kerry, and Hillary Clinton. He has also worked for Burson-Marsteller, the Federal Communications Commission, Ford Motor Company, and Microsoft. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania (BA), Pembroke College, Oxford, Harvard University (JD).
Subject: Juan Vargas
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Juan Carlos Vargas (D-CA) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. He is an American businessman and politician who has been the U.S. Representative for California’s 51st congressional district since 2013. Vargas previously served as a Democratic member in the California State Senate representing the 40th District, the California State Assembly representing the 79th district, and the San Diego City Council. He graduated from the University of San Diego (B.A.), Fordham University (M.A.), and Harvard University (J.D.).
Subject: Denny Heck
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Dennis Lynn Heck (D-WA) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. He is an American politician who has been the United States Representative for Washington’s 10th congressional district since 2013. Heck served as Chief of Staff to Washington Governor Booth Gardner from 1990 to 1993. Previously, he was Majority Leader of the Washington State House of Representatives and Chief Clerk of the House. He founded and served as CEO of TVW, the state equivalent of C-SPAN. From 1999 to 2012, he served on the board of directors of Intrepid Learning Solutions, which he co-founded with Christopher Hedrick. Heck graduated from Evergreen State College (BA), Portland State University.
Subject: Vicente Gonzalez
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Vicente Gonzalez Jr. (D-TX) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. He is an American attorney and politician serving as the United States Representative for the 15th District of Texas. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Gonzalez won the 2016 general election and took office on January 3, 2017. Gonzalez was re-elected to serve a second term in the 116th Congress, taking his oath of office on January 3, 2019. He graduated from Del Mar College, Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University (B.A.), and Texas Wesleyan University (J.D.). Gonzalez founded his law firm, V. Gonzalez & Associates, in 1997. He is a member of the bar associations of Texas and New York.
Subject: Michael San Nicolas
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Michael Franklin Quitugua San Nicolas (D-Guam) is the vice-chair of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. He is a Guamanian Democratic Party politician, currently serving as the Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives for Guam’s at-large congressional district. San Nicolas was elected by his colleagues in the 116th United States Congress to serve as Vice Chair of the United States House Committee on Financial Services. From 2013 to 2019, San Nicolas served as senator in the 32nd, 33rd, and 34th Guam Legislatures. Prior to running for the legislature in 2012, San Nicolas had worked as Chief of Staff for Senator Carmen Fernandez in the 27th Guam Legislature and subsequently as Assistant Vice President and Financial Adviser at the Bank of Guam. He graduated from the University of Guam (BA).
Subject: Al Lawson
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Alfred James Lawson Jr. (D-FL) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. He is an American politician who is the U.S. Representative for Florida’s 5th congressional district, serving since 2017. A Democrat, Lawson served in the Florida Legislature for 28 years. From 1982 to 2000, he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives. From 2000 to 2010, Lawson was a member of the Florida Senate, where he was elected to serve as the Democratic Leader and eventually rose to the rank of “Dean of the Senate” prior to his election to the U.S. House of Representatives. He graduated from Florida A&M University (BA), and Florida State University (MPA).
Subject: Sean Casten
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Sean Thomas Casten (D-Ill) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. He is an American entrepreneur and Democratic politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Illinois’s 6th congressional district. Casten served as the president and CEO of Turbosteam Corporation, which focused on utilizing energy recycling technologies. In 2006, Casten founded Recycled Energy Development (RED) and served as CEO along with his father Tom Casten, who served as Chairman. He graduated from Middlebury College (BA), and Dartmouth College (MSEM, MS).
Subject: Ben McAdams
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Benjamin Michael McAdams (D-UT) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. He is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative from Utah’s 4th congressional district since 2019. He is the only Democratic member of Utah’s congressional delegation, and a member of the Blue Dog Coalition. From 2013 to 2019 he served as mayor of Salt Lake County, and from 2009 to 2012, he was the Utah state senator from the 2nd district, which includes Salt Lake City, South Salt Lake, and a portion of West Valley. McAdams graduated from the University of Utah (BA), and Columbia University (JD). After graduating from law school, McAdams briefly worked in New York City as an associate at the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell. McAdams and his family then returned to Utah, where he joined the law firm Dorsey & Whitney in Salt Lake City, working in securities law. McAdams then became Senior Advisor to Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker.
Subject: Stephen F. Lynch
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Stephen Francis Lynch (D-MA) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. He is an American politician who has served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts since 2001. He is a Democrat representing Massachusetts’s 8th congressional district, which includes the southern fourth of Boston and many of its southern suburbs. Lynch was previously an ironworker and lawyer, and served in both chambers of the Massachusetts General Court. He received his J.D. from Boston College Law School in 1991. For several years he worked as a lawyer, primarily representing housing project residents and labor unions. Lynch was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives, unseating an incumbent Democratic lawmaker, in 1994.
Subject: Jesús “Chuy” García,
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Jesús G. “Chuy” García (D-Ill) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. He is a Mexican-born American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Illinois’s 4th district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he served on the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Illinois Senate, as well as Chicago City Council before his election to Congress. In 1983, García was the campaign manager for labor organizer Rudy Lozano. Garcia graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago (BA, MUP).
Subject: Dean Phillips
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Dean Phillips, (D-MN) is a committee member of the 116th Congress U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. Phillips is an American businessman and politician from the state of Minnesota. A Democrat, he is the member of the US House of Representatives from Minnesota’s 3rd congressional district since the 2018 election. Phillips graduated from Brown University (BA), and the University of Minnesota (MBA).
Subject: Ashok Kumar
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Ashok Kumar is the Head of Equity Research at Think Equity. Kumar joined ThinkEquity in 2018. He held senior research positions at Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC, Aegis Capital Corp., Rodman & Renshaw, LLC and Maxim Group, LLC. Mr. Kumar also held senior analyst positions at Raymond James, Piper Jaffray, and Prudential Securities. Prior to his career in research, he worked in engineering and marketing at Intel Corporation. Mr. Kumar received a Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University, and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Subject: Ramnarain “Joseph” Jaigobind
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Ramnarain “Joseph” Jaigobind is the Chief Executive Officer at Think Equity. Jaigobind started his career at Shearson Lehman Brothers in the Private Client Group and was most recently Head of Global Equity Capital Markets at Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC., Aegis Capital Corp. and Rodman & Renshaw. He served as Senior Vice President with Investec Ernst and was an Executive Managing Director at Maxim Group. Jaigobind was a Chairman’s Circle Member of the US-India Business Council and was a Director of the Board of the US-Pakistan Business Council.
Subject: Eric Lord
Subject of InterestEric Lord is the Head of Investment Banking at Think Equity. He began his career as an investment analyst for a registered investment advisory firm in Boston. Lord was also Vice President of Equity Capital Markets at Maxim Group LLC. Following Maxim, he joined Rodman & Renshaw, LLC as Senior Vice President of Global Equity Capital Markets. Lord was Senior Vice President at Aegis Capital Corp. and a founding member of the firm’s Global Equity Capital Markets department. Most recently, Mr. Lord was Head of Investment Banking at Joseph Gunnar & Co., LLC Mr. Lord is a Series 7 licensed Registered Representative, Series 24 licensed General Securities Principal and passed the CFA Level 1 exam. Mr. Lord holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from the University of Richmond.
Subject: Nelson Baquet
Subject of InterestNelson Baquet is the Managing Director, Institutional Sales of Think Equity. Prior to joining ThinkEquity, Baquet served as Sr. Vice President and was a founding member of the Global Equity Capital Markets sales team at Aegis Capital Corp and Joseph Gunnar & Co. Mr. Baquet began his career as a financial advisor at Fordham Financial Management, Inc. working with high net-worth clients. Mr. Baquet is a Series 7 and Series 63 licensed Registered Representative and a Series 24 licensed General Securities Principal. Mr. Baquet received a B.S. in Finance from the University of Central Florida.
