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From: Matthew Swift <mas@concordia.net> Date: May 21, 2017 at 3:32:09 PM EDT To: Scott Pruitt i Ex. 6 - Personal Privacy j Cc: "Nicholas M. Logothetis" <nml@concordia.net>. "Smotkin, Rick" <rick smotkin@comcast.com>, Millan Hupp ; Ex. 6 - Personal Privacy ; Hupp.sydncy@epa.gov
Subject: 2017 Concordia Annual Summit Speaker Invitation for Scott Pruitt
Scott,
Great seeing you the other day on the plane!
It is mv distinct oleasure to extend the attached invitation for vou to be a maior speaker at the 2017 Concordia Annual Summit, being held on September 18th and 19th in New York City.
As you know, Concordia is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that enables public private partnerships to create a more prosperous and sustainable future. As our signature event, the Annual Summit serves as a global affairs forum promoting cross-sector collaboration on some of the world's most complex and pressing issues. The 2017 Concordia Annual Summit will convene a diversity of opinions to address issues such as national security, democratic governance, economic opportunity, and infrastructure development among many others.
Previous Concordia events have convened over 5,000 participants from across the globe, including current and former heads of state, C-suite executives, and prominent nonprofit leaders. After speaking with Rick, we both discussed that this would be an important opportunity for you to address a very powerful and global community. You could give a major speech or do a one-on-one interview.
Please see the attached speaker information packet and an initial memo on the 2017 Annual Summit outlining sessions in development for additional information.
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Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. We would be honored by your participation and I sincerely hope you will be able to join us in September. Warm Regards, Matt
Matthew Swift Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO 21 West 46th Street New York, NY 10036
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2017 CONCORDIA ANNUAL SUMMIT
SEPTEMBER 18TH & 19TH, 2017 | 9:00AM - 6:00PM | GRAND HYATT NEWYORK | NEWYORK, NY
Since 2011, the Concordia Annual Summit has convened the world's most prominent business, government, and nonprofit leaders to foster dialogue and enable effectivepartnerships for social impact. This annual global affairsforum takes place in New York City and examines the world's most pressing challenges. Since its founding, the Annual Summit has brought together over 5,000 participants, including 50 current and former heads of state, 500 international and Fortune 500 C-suite executives, prominent nonprofit leaders, and senior U.S. Congressional and Administration officials.
The 2017ConcordiaAnnual Summit will convene a diversity of opinions to discuss the power of partnership in tackling global challenges such as labor traffickingglobal health, migration, corruption, and national security, while furthering progress in democratic governance, food and energy sustainability, environmental security, economicopportunity, and gender parity. As evidenced in its mission, Concordia believes public-private partnerships are a key tool in addressing these issues, ensuring progress, and creating a more prosperous and sustainable future for all.
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ANNUAL SUMMIT SESSIONS IN DEVELOPMENT:
Sustainable Infrastructure: Financing and Supporting Service Delivery in Africa Refugee Integration: Local Practice Shaping National Policy Power to the People?: The Global Rise of Populism
Global Philanthropy: Measuring Outcomes and Maximizing Impact Shortages Scarcity: Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela
Lessons from theTroubles:StrategicPost-Conflict Investment from Colombia to Cyprus Response S Recovery: Sustaining Health Services in Complex Emergencies Unelected, but Official: The Office of the First Lady Disruptive Technology: The Future of the Workforce Wild Cards in the World Order: International Security in the 21st Century Risk & Reward: Innovative Financing Solutions to Achieve the SDGs Sustainability: It's What's for Dinner Labor Trafficking: What Tools Do Governments Really Have?
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ANNUAL SUMMIT SESSION FORMATS
PLENARY SESSIONS
Our plenary stage has featured the foremost thought-leaders on public-private partnerships in business, government, and the nonprofit sector. From topic-driven panel discussions and exclusive interviews with policy influencers to exclusive partnership announcements and inspirational addresses by world leaders, the Summit's featured plenary sessions offerattendees valuable insight into the world's most pressing issues.
`Members, Sponsors, and Programming Partnerswill receive preferred seating
STRATEGIC dialogues
Strategic Dialogues feature 3040 select individuals, including current and former heads of state, Chairs, and CKOs of leading corporations and multi-lateral organizations, who discuss particularly pressing global problems in-depth. These curated, interactive discussions, where everyone around the table is encouraged to participate, will serve as high-level working groups. The aim of these discussions is to produce deliverables such as policy recommendations, collections of challenge opportunities, and repositories of best practices.
`Open only to Members, Sponsors, Programming Partners, and Speakers
ROUNDTABLES
Roundtable presentations allow for extended discussion among a small group of 15-20 experts and practitioners on a specific topic in industry, public policy, or of regional concern. These roundtable conversations allow for more granular, deep-dive discussions that may result in a more analytical framework for assessing large-scale global problems. These sessionsare typicallycurated byProgramming Partners and attended by members of the Concordia community.
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ANNUAL SUMMIT SESSION FORMATS
OFFICE HOURS
Office Hours is a series of exclusive, closed-door meetings that allow Concordia Members to engage on a more intimate level with Members of the Leadership Council, former world leaders, and select Summit speakers. These private conversations offera unique opportunity for members to receive insight from top thought-leaders working to promote public-private partnerships today.
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WORKING LUNCHES
Concordia hosts various working groups of about 50-70 people during the Summit lunch period. These practitioner-level groups meet to discuss a focused topic and aim to leave the meeting with both practitioner and policy-level recommendations to catalyze progress on the issue.
`Open only to Members, Sponsors, Programming Partners, and Speakers
PRIVATE MEETINGS
As part of the event space, private meeting rooms are available to select members of the Concordia community to host high-level conversations with Summit attendees as well as non-Summit attendees who may be in the NVCarea for the U.N. General Assembly.
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OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE
SPONSORSHIP
Benefits include extensive branding exposureand increased visibility through the live webcast. Additionally, sponsors aregranted access to the Members Lounge, exclusive roundtable discussions, private meetings, and Office Hours.
MEMBERSHIP
Concordia Members are leading experts at the intersection of the public, private, and nonprofit arenas. Through Concordia, individual and organizational Members alike have a platform to pursue their areas of interest. Members join to stay informed on the latest P3 developments, connect with an immense network of global leaders, and find opportunities for creating partnerships that align with their expertise. Each year, Concordia brings together hundreds of public, private, and nonprofit leaders by organizing various regional events, private meetings, briefings, and its annual Summit. Concordia Members are affordedunique opportunities such as OfficeHours, an exclusive conversation with a Leadership Council member or select speaker to receive insight from today's top thought leaders.
TICKETING
Non-Members have the opportunity purchase a ticket for a limited Annual Summit experience for one day at $300 or both days at $500. Aone or two-day ticket provides access to plenary sessions and the P3 Lounge for the duration of the event.
PROGRAMMING PARTNERSHIP
Concordia partners with leading think tanks, innovative government bureaus, and international nonprofit institutions to develop its action- oriented year-round programming. Through a collaborative and iterative process, Concordia and its Programming Partners curate topical content and develop event objectives around timely global challenges.
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WHAT IS CONCORDIA
Concordia is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that enables public-private partnerships to create a more prosperous and sustainable future. As equal parts convener, campaigner, and idea incubator, Concordia is actively building cross-sector partnerships for social impact.
PROGRAMMING
Concordia fosters meaningful dialogue, sparks collaboration, and inspires collective action by way of diverse, innovative, and action-oriented programming. Concordia Members. Partners, and Advisors connect and collaborate year-round within ten Programming Pipelines, each representing a topical global challenge or social impact opportunity. Each Pipeline houses several points of engagement that bring our community together to share best practices, incubate ideas, identify research needs, and explore new opportunities for partnerships. Each Pipeline also contains one or more Col laboratives comprised of issue area experts that work on more specific, ongoing topics with the end goal of forming a public-private partnership (P3) as pari of a Concordia Campaign.
EVENTS
Si nee 2011, the Concordia has been convening the world's most prominent business, government, and nonprofit leaders to enable e- Elective partnerships for positive social impact. TheConcordia Annual Summit takes place in New York City in September around the United Nations General Assembly and serves as a global a- Hairs forum for thought leaders and innovators to examine the world's most pressing challenges. Concordia's Regional Summits, which thus far focus on Latin America and Europe, address the pressing political and economic priorities of specific regions and act as idea incubators leading up to the Concordia Annual Summit.
To complement these signature Summits, Concordia regularly hosts smaller events that feature experts and industry leaders from our Leadership council, Membership Program, and the Concordia community.
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WHAT IS CONCORDIA
SOCIAL IMPACT
Concordia's Social Impact initiatives serve as avenues for like-minded actors to build meaningful public-private partnerships (P3s) that move the needle on a targeted global challenge at the business, government, and consumer levels through an innovative campaign seriesand research opportunities.
The Concordia Campaigns for Social Impact Series narrows our programmatic, research, and networking focus to tackle a particularly pressing global problem over a multiyear period. A Campaign draws attention to a specific challenge and catalyzes action for maximum social impact around that issue. Concordia runs multiple Campaigns concurrently to fully leverage the Concordia platform and network.
Aligned closely with the Campaigns Series, Concordia's research uncovers best practices and trends in the partnering space with the aim of providing governments, businesses and nonprofits with the knowledge and tools necessary to engage e- flectively in innovative partneistrips for social impact. Concordia's reseaich is conducted in partnership with leading global think tanks, research institutions and socially conscious private corporations and address a broad range of issues
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2017 CONCORDIA ANNUAL SUMMIT
SEPTEMBER 18TH & 19TH | NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Since 2011, the Concordia Annual Summit has been convening the world's most prominent business, government, and nonprofit leaders to enable e- Elective partnerships for positive social impact. The Annual Summit takes place in New York City and serves as a global a~ ffairs forum for thought leaders and innovators to examine the world's most pressing challenges. Through our cross-sector panel discussions, Strategic Dialogues and interviews with prominent world leaders, participants are able to learn from industry experts and explore solutions with potential
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SESSION FORMATS
PLENARY SESSIONS
Our plenary stage has featured some of the foremost thought leaders on public-private partnerships and world a- flairs to date. From topic-driven panel discussions, intimate interviews with policy influencers, and passionate addresses by world leaders, the Concordia audience is consistently a- orded valuable insight to the world's most pressing issues through the Summit's featured plenary sessions.
STRATEGIC DIALOGUES
Strategic Dialogues will feature 30-50 select individuals, including current and former heads of state, Chairs and CEOs of leading corporations, and multi-lateral organizations, who will discuss particularly pressing global problems. These curated, interactive discussions will serve as high-level working groups that will produce deliverables such as policy recommendations, collections of challenge opportunities, or repositories of best practices.
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
Concordia's Roundtables allow for extended discussion among a small group (15-20 per session) of experts on a spe cific topic in industry, public policy, or of regional concern. Typically led by former or sitting heads of state, industry pioneers, and civil society leaders, roundtables provide a more analytical framework for assessing large-scale global problems. Expanding beyond plenary stage presentations, roundtables o- filer Members the rare opportunity to listen to in-depth analysis and expert viewpoints on the salient solutions made possible by public-private partnerships.
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SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT
Concordia utilizes its social media platform to publicize Summit speakers, feature participating organizations, and highlight partnership announcements in the weeks and months surrounding the Summit. Concordia looks forward to highlighting our amazing speakers and their social impact ventures by engaging with speakers directly via our social media platforms. The 2016Concordia Annual Summit resulted in 9 million impressions on Twitter and Farebook and rereived over 4,000 mentions on Twitter. We encourage our speakers to submit their social media handles with their registration to set the foundation for this public dialogue.
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PROGRAMMING PARTNERS
Concordia partners with innovative institutions, impactful government agencies, forward-thinking businesses, and leading nonprofits to create the most engaging and action-oriented programming possible.
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ANNUAL SUMMITS
2016 ANNUAL SUMMIT
2013 ANNUAL SUMMIT
The 2016 Concordia Annual Summit convened over The Concordia community convened to create
2,000 cross-sector leaders to discuss issues such as innovative solutions and bring existing initiatives to
Sustainable Global Food Supply, The Future of Europe, scale in order to serve and support our global youth
Corruption and Governance in Latin America, Labor populations. Concordia launched its Partnership Index Tra- flicking, among many others. The Summit featured in 2013, which ranks countries based on their readiness
the participation of H.E. Alexis Tsipras, Prime Minister
and need to engage in P3s. The 2013 Annual Summit
of Greece; H.E. Nicos Anastasiades, President of Cyprus and H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia.
featured a keynote conversation with Andrew Liveris, President, Chairman & CEO of The Dow Chemical
Company.
2015 ANNUAL SUMMIT
The2015Concordia Annual Summit convened cross
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sector leaders to discuss scalable solutions to timely
Participants engaged in P3-focused sessions ranging
issues such as labor tra- flicking, international disaster from economic growth in Haiti to advancing women's
response, and counter extremism. The Summit empowerment in Afghanistan. The 2012 Annual
gathered over 1,100 participants and featured closing Summit featured a keynote interview with former
remarks by Mee President Joe Biden.
President Bill Clinton.
2014 ANNUAL SUMMIT
Cross-sector leaders discussed scalable solutions in counter-human tra- flickregflote future of American energy, and economic growth in Latin America. The 2014 Annual Summit featured a keynote conversation with former President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush.
2011 ANNUAL SUMMIT
At the inaugural Concordia Annual Summit, participants examined the fight against terrorism and the struggle to counter violent extremism. The Summit featured a live simulation depicting an emergency meeting of global leaders in the event of a terrorist attack. President GeorgeW. Bush delivered the keynote address.
President George W. Bush
43rd President, United States ofAmerica
Vice President Joe Biden
47th Vice President, United Stares ofAmerica
Laura Bush
Former First Lady, United States ofAmerica
H.E. Aiexis Tsipras
Prime Minister, Hellenic Republic
H.E. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Republic of Liberia
H.E. Laura Chinchilla
Former President, Rspublic ofCosta Rica
H.E. Ali Laarayedh
Former Prime Minister, Tunisian Republic
PAST CONCORDIA SPEAKERS
President Bill Clinton
42nd President, United States ofAmerica
Hon. Hillary R. Clinton
Former US Secretary of State, United States ofAmerica
H.E. Dr. Abdullah Abdullah
Chief Executive, Islamic Republic ofAfghanistan
H.E. Viktor Yushchenko
. Former President, Ukraine
H.E. Dr. Joyce Banda
Former President, Republic of Malawi
H.E. Joseph Muscat
Prime Minister, Republic of Malta
H.E. Monica Geingos
First Lady, Republic of Namibia
Secretary John Kerry
SecretaryofState Uni ted States ofAmer i ca
(via video)
Hon. Donald H. Rumsfeld
13th & 21st Secretary of Defence, (y w U S Department of Defense
Senator John McCain
Senator, U.S Senate
Senator Lindsey Graham liiSOlggigg
US Senate
Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Secretary. US Department of Healths Human Services
Luis Almagro Lemes
Secretary General, Organization ofAmerican States
Amb. Je- tirey DeLaurent
Charg d'A- cgai US Embassy in Havana, Cuba
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Valerie B. Jarrett
SeniorAdvisor and Assistant to the President, Wni te House
Hon. Madeleine K. Albright
Chair, Albright Stonebridge Group & Former US Secretary ofState
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Senator, U.S Senate (via video)
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
. Congresswoman & Former Chair, DNC
Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr.
Chairman, OanticCc^
H.E. Filippo Grandi
High Commissioner for Refugees, United Nations
Gen. (Ret.) David H. Petraeus
Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency
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Kendall Powell
Muhtar Kent
Chairman &CEO The Coca-Cola Comoany
George Soros
Founder & Chair, Soros Fund Management & The Open Society Foundations
John P. Bilbrey
Presidents CED, The Herstey Company
Emmanuel Faber
Danone
Muhammad Yunus
Notel Pesce Laureate, Founder, Grameen Bank
Donna Karan
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Paul Polman
Chief Executive O Micer,
David MacLennan
Chairman &OEO, Cargill
Dr. Judith Rodin
President, The Rockefeller Foundation
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Luis Alberto Moreno
President, InterAmerican Development Bank
Martina Hund-Mejean
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Salil Shetty
Secretary General, Amnesty' International
Kathy Calvin
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Tom Brokaw
Special Correspondent, NBC News
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President &OED, Internal ional Rescue Committee
Kristalina Georgieva
Vice-President for Budget and ' Human Resources,
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Hon. Jane Harman
Director Presidents CED, r The Wlson Center
John J. Hamre
Presidents CEO, Center for Strategic and
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Former Host, ABernamag
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Lilian Tintori
Venezuelan Human Rights Activist
Neera Tanden
President&CEO, Center forAmerican Progress & * OPAction Fund
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LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Concordia's Leadership Council isapowerful roster of former heads of state, leaders of industry, and policy experts with practical experience at every level of government and business. By o- fiering strategic guidance, expanding our community, and advising our programming, the Leadership Council contribute to all areas of our ever-growing
George M. LogothetiSj Chairman and Chief Executive O~ fiicer ofThe Li bra Group & Chairman of
President Jos Mara Aznar, Former President ofThe Government ofSpain President Felipe Caldern, Former President ofThe United Mexican State Prime Minister MikulsDzurinda, Former Prime Minister ofThe Slovak Republic President Aleksander Kwasniewski, Former President ofThe Republ ic of Poland President Luis Alberto Lacalle, Former President of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay President Andrs Pastrana Arango, Former President ofThe Republ ic of Colombia President Sebastin Piera, Former President ofThe Republic ofChile President Jorge Fernando Quiroga, Former President ofThe Plurinational State of Bolivia Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Former Prime Minister ofThe Commonwealth ofAustralia President Alvaro Uribe Vlez, Former President ofThe Republ ic ofColombia President VairaW^e-Freiberg^ Former President ofThe Republ ic of Latvia Suwat Liptapanlop, FormerDeputyPrimeMinisterofTheKingdomofThailand HRH Prince Abdul-Aziz bin Talal, Chairman ofOEPGroup Dr. William J. Antholis, Director and Chief Executive O~ HicerofTheMillerCenter Teri Ardleigh, Leadership Council Member, Concordia Cherie Blair, CBE, QC, Founder&ChairofOmniaStrategyLLP; Founder & Patron ofThe Cherie BlAirFoiOatidhforySmentetelOii^tefo^^
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Irina Botova, Director-General of UNESCO Dr. Ian Bremmer, Founder and President ofEurasiaGroup&ForeignA- iSairsColumnist and
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Constantine M. Logothetis, Executive ViceChairmanofTheLibraGroup Jabulane Mabuza, Chairman ofTelkom SASOC Limited Anita B. McBride, FormerAssistant to President GeorgeW. Bush &Chief ofSta- ffi to First Lady Laura Bush George J. Mitchell, Former Senate Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate Ambassador John D. Negroponte, Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
Michael J. Nyenhuis, President &CBD ofArencares Eduardo J. Padrn, Ph.D., President, Miami DadeCollege David A. Paterson, Former Governor of the State of New York Gen. (Ret.) David H. Petraeus Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Frances Fragos TownsencJ Former Homeland Security Advisor to the President of the United States&CBSNewsSenior National Security Analyst
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CONTACT DONN IELL SILVA DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING, CONCORDIA AT 646-568-1308 OR DSILVA@CONCORDIA.NET
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May 2017
The Honorable Scott Pruitt Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Dear Administrator Pruitt,
It is our pleasure to invite you as our honored guest and featured speaker at the 2017 Concordia Annual Summit, on September 18th and 19 th in New York City. It is our hope that you would provide remarks or an interview on our plenary stage focusing on American energy security and independence.
Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer of Unilever , stated at the 201 6 Annual Summit, "The issues that we face are well known. The solution s that we have are well thought -through. The thing that is missing, frankly, is human willpower, based on the values of dignity, respect, and equity .. .a partnership for the Common good. " The 2017 Concordia Annual Summit will convene a diversity of opinions to discuss the power of partnership in tackling global challenges such as labor trafficking, global health , migration, corruption, and national security, while furthering progress in democratic governance, food and energy sustainability, environmental security, economic opportunity, and gender parity. As evidenced in its mission, Concordia believes public -private partnerships are a key tool in addressing these issues, ensuring progress, and creating a more prosperous and sustainable future for all.
As the world turns its attention to New York City durin g the week of the General Debate of the U .N. General
Assembly, the Concordia Annual Summit offers an extraordinary opportunity to weigh in on the most relevant issues
of our time. Concordia Summits have become respected and compelling nonpartisan, nonprofit platform s that
transform and enhance the way global leaders approach the world's greatest challenges. As our signature gathering,
the Annual Summit catalyzes action through shared value approaches and social
impact objectives. Previous
Concordia Summits hav e brought together over 5 ,000 participants, including current and former heads of state,
international and U .S.-based Fortune 500 C -suite executives, prominent nonprofit leaders, and senior
U.S.
Congressional and Administration officials.
We would be honored by your participation. For more information or to confirm your participation, please have the
appropriate member of your staff contact Concordia'S Director Of Programming,
Ms. Donniell Silva at
dsilva@concordia.net or +1.646.568.1308.
Sincerely,
Matthew A. Swift Co-Founder, Chairman, & CEO
Concordia
Nicholas M. Logothetis Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board
Concordia
+ 1 646.568.1388 (o) | +1 646.861.6570 (f) | www.concordia.net 21 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036
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