Elizabeth Ventura has been a senior global marketing and communications executive for more than 25 years. Ms. Ventura’s previous positions include Senior Director, Communications for Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Senior Vice President, Communications for the National Basketball Association (NBA), Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications at Standard & Poor’s (S&P) as well as Senior Managing Director and Head of Investor Relations at Bear Stearns. Most recently, Elizabeth ran a tech start-up that specialized in contact management and personal branding as its President and CEO. She began her career at Zurich Financial Services and KPMG Peat Marwick.  Ms. Ventura holds a B.A. in Communications from Loyola University in Chicago, an MA in Management and M.B.A. from Webster University and is a Certified Public Accountant.  She is a Principal of Ventmann Consulting and serves on the Board of Directors of the Visual Art Center of New Jersey.