Terry Connelly is an internationally-experienced attorney, senior financial services executive, strategy consultant, academic leader and media commentator. He practiced corporate law at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, served as a Managing Director and Chief of Staff of Global Investment Banking at Salomon Brothers, and was a Managing Director and Head of Global Investment Banking at Cowen & Company.

Terry also served as Director of Strategic Advisory Services for Ernst & Young Australia, and as an adjunct lecturer at the Graduate School of Business of Queensland University of Technology. He was dean for over seven years of the Ageno Graduate School of Business at San Francisco’s Golden Gate University, retiring with an “Encore” Fellowship to focus on executive consulting and board memberships in the non-profit sector. He is a partner in the Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2).

Terry’s public service and pro bono activities have included:
-- Chair, Corporate Finance Committee, The Securities Industry Association, NY, NY
-- Fellow of The Aspen Institute
-- President and Trustee, The Burden Center for the Aging, NY, NY
-- Chair, Program Council, The Toor-Cummings Center for International Studies and the Liberal Arts, Connecticut College
-- Vice Chair of the Board, The Trevor Day School, NY, NY
-- Dean’s Advisory Council of New York University Law School
-- Finance Board, The Catholic Community at Stanford University
-- Working Council, Silicon Valley Leadership Group
-- Board Chair, Cardiac Therapy Foundation, Palo Alto, CA
-- Board Vice Chair, The Public Religion Research Institute, a polling and research think tank, Washington, DC.,

A native of Lincoln, Nebraska, Terry earned a BA in Politics from The Catholic University of America and was elected member of Phi Beta Kappa and President of the Student Body. He holds a JD from New York University School of Law, where he was a Root-Tilden Scholar and Articles Editor of the NYU Law Review. He lives with his family in Palo Alto, CA.

“A blistering takedown of the admissions process at elite academic institutions....with practicable, actionable steps on how to create a fairer and more balanced college admissions process." Kirkus Reviews.”
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