Dara Albright is the founder of NowStreet Media, voice for the rapidly emerging private company marketplace and co-founder of The SoHo Loft Capital Creation Event Platform. Through its media, event production and consulting divisions, NowStreet Media is pioneering a number of innovative products and services designed to augment the growth of this young vibrant marketplace as well as enhance overall capital formation. NowStreet Journal provides valuable information, including news, analysis, and insight into the private company marketplace and the companies driving it. Based on an original hypothesis that directly correlates innovation in mass media with stock market growth, NowStreet Journal highlights the dynamic economic impact of a purely growth marketplace emerging during the most remarkable period of innovation in mass media. Prior to founding the NowStreet properties, Dara has held a distinguished 19 year career in investment banking, investor relations and institutional equity sales. She has organized and managed hundreds of road shows and conferences for Wall Street’s elite. She has worked closely with a number of institutional and accredited investors providing investment and trading strategies as well as restricted transaction services. Dara has helped raise financing for companies across the globe in a variety of industries at various phases and rollouts. Her work has included extensive IPO road show execution and counseling newly public companies in the after-market. Prior firms she worked for include: Unterberg Towbin, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Divine Capital and Citigate Dewe Rogerson. Dara is a graduate of the George Washington University. Dara holds securities industry Series 7, 24, and 63 licenses.

David Drake, co-founder of the TSL Capital Creation Event Series and founder and Chairman of LDJ Capital in New York City, has been involved in technology media and telecom (TMT), traditional and renewable energy, project finance, real estate, infrastructure and equity and debt financing for over 20 years. Mr. Drake’s proclivity into Energy, Efficiency and Real Estate intercorrolate directly with the technology segments of TMT investment strategies and clients of LDJ Capital. His network of accessing financing extends all continents from hedge funds, high net-worth investors, Sovereign Wealth Funds, private equity firms, family offices to institutional pension funds, fund of funds and fund of hedge funds. The geographical capital market access is in, but not limited to, US markets and London with exceptional relationships and focus through regular road shows to Amsterdam, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Bahrain, Doha, Zurich, Geneva, Frankfurt, Hamburg & Hong Kong. Partner offices are located in Zurich, New York, and Singapore. For charity, Mr. Drake hosted the Harvard Club and Boston Symphony performances at his house and sat on the advisory board of Best Buddies Charity for autistic kids. Mr. Drake has been behind raising $250,000 in charity donations through his produced Carnegie Hall concert series. Mr. Drake speaks 6 languages and holds Bachelor’s Degrees in both Chemistry and Marketing from the American University in Washington, D.C. Mr. Drake holds an MBA in Finance and an MA in International Law and Economics from George Washington University where he was awarded the Wallenberg Scholarship for academic merit.