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Alan Leventhal
United States Ambassador to Denmark
Alan Leventhal was credentialed as the United States Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark by Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II on July 1, 2022. Prior to appointment as Ambassador, Leventhal was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Beacon Capital Partners. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Beacon Properties Corporation, a publicly traded real estate investment company that was merged with Equity Office Properties in 1997. Leventhal is the former Chair of the Board of the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation where he also served on the Executive Committee. He was an Executive Committee and life member of MIT and Trustee Emeritus of Boston University where he had served as Chair from 2004 to 2008. Leventhal was a life trustee of Northwestern University and also served on the boards of the Friends of Post Office Square and the Norman B. Leventhal Map and Education Center at the Boston Public Library. Leventhal received his Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Northwestern University and a Master of Business Administration from Dartmouth College. He is married to Mrs. Sherry Leventhal of New Orleans, Louisiana, and together they have six children and 12 grandchildren.
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Jeremy Leventhal
Managing Partner
Faros Properties
In his role as Managing Partner of Faros Properties, Jeremy’s main focus lies in handling property acquisitions, corporate operations, and investor relations. Prior to joining Faros Properties, Jeremy worked in the Real Estate Investment Banking Division at Morgan Stanley in New York. His background in corporate finance entails work in M&A, debt and equity structuring, and asset management. Jeremy received a B.A. in Economics from Northwestern University while also attending the London School of Economics. He currently sits on the Advisory Board of the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and Schools That Can in New York.
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Alex Leventhal
Managing Partner
Faros Properties
As Managing Partner of Faros Properties, Alexander is responsible for repositioning, asset management, and leasing. A Boston native, he earned his B.S. degree in Management from Bentley University in Waltham, MA. Prior to joining Faros, Alexander was a Managing Partner of the investment arm of Boston Realty Advisors and worked at Jones Lang LaSalle and RM Bradley Real Estate. Alexander is President of the Friends of the Boston Park Rangers Mounted Unit, on the Board of Directors of the Norman B. Leventhal Map and Education Center at the Boston Public Library, Trustee at the New England Aquarium, on the Board of Directors of the Friends of Post Office Square Park and on the Advisors Council at WGBH Boston. In 2013, Alexander was presented with the Forty under Forty Rising Star award from the Business Council of Westchester and Fairfield County, NY.
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Mark P. Gorenberg
Chair, MIT Corporation
Mark P. Gorenberg became Chair of the MIT Corporation in 2023. He has 33 years of venture capital experience and is the founder and managing director of Zetta Venture Partners, a seed and early stage venture capital firm focused on artificial intelligence for business. He serves as a director of several Zetta Venture Partners’ portfolio companies and is a past Director of the National Venture Capital Association. Prior to his career in venture capital, he served as a software executive, entrepreneur, and member of the first SparcStation team at Sun Microsystems. He has served on the boards of numerous successful startups, including Omniture, AdForce, Domo, NetDynamics, Scopus Technologies, and Crowdfactory. In 2011, he was appointed by President Barack Obama to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.
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