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Dr. Kamal Zafar is a well-respected community leader who for the past 10 years has been actively involved in civic and community issues in Long Island and New York City.

Dr. Kamal was born in Turkey and got his education in many different High Schools because he was traveling in so many different countries with his family, which included his father who retired as a senior diplomat.

Dr. Kamal finished his MD program from Punjab University in Pakistan. Developed General Medicine practice and worked with United Nations to provide population-planning awareness in underserved areas.

Dr. Kamal worked in the fields of Neurology and Orthopedics. He Created a Healthcare Management Group to head the team of managers in developing interdisciplinary approaches for the treatment of Post-traumatic Injuries and created state of the art Orthopedic & Rehabilitation Centers.

Dr. Kamal served as executive Vice President of Mother Rose Foundation, which provides housing and shelter needs to the homeless in New York. He is dedicated to helping the homeless.

Dr. Kamal also dedicates his time to helping victims of Natural Disasters. He has helped a great amount of people that have lost their homes and families in these disastrous situations. For example, he has fundraised for Hurricane Katrina, the Earthquake in Pakistan and Haiti, and the tsunami in several countries in South Asia.

Dr. Kamal is the former Chairman of Pakistan League of USA, which is the one of the largest organizations of the Pakistani American community in North America. Pakistan league represents the most vibrant group of Pakistani Americans who provide significant grass root support for the betterment of our community. The Pakistan League is also involved in Civic culture and is a non-profit organization that does a lot of charitable work.

Currently he is the chairperson of South Asian Political Action Committee and President of Pakistani-American Association of Long Island.

Dr. Kamal has received all types of awards and recognitions from a host of dignitaries and Civic organizations.  He looks forward to continuing to make a positive difference in the lives of hard-working people throughout Long Island and the greater metropolitan area. He truly is a hero and shows it with his great contributions and effort, to help the lives of others.

Al Falack is founder and director of Cookieskids.com, a children’s apparel and toys retailer. Prior to founding Cookieskids.com, Al was vice president of marketing for Cookie’s Kids retail stores, where he helped the company achieve the title of the World’s Largest Kids Department Store.

Al also works as a private marketing and operational consultant to e-commerce companies seeking rapid growth.

He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the CUNY Honors College at Baruch College in New York City.

Eduard Mikinberg graduated from the Macaulay Honors College at Baruch in 2003 as Marketing major.

After a brief internship with Midea Electronics in Guangzhou, China, Eduard began his career at Morgan Stanley in Foreign Exchange Prime Brokerage. He served as a representative and primary point-of-contact for hedge fund clients establishing a “prime broker” relationship with the firm. This role allowed Eduard to develop in-depth knowledge of the operational and settlement lifecycle of Foreign Exchange transactions, which later segued into a process improvement role within the Operations Control department at Morgan Stanley.

In his current role, Eduard is responsible for collaborating with stakeholders across a variety of product groups to implement new processes for monitoring risk activity.

In August 2011, Eduard will leave his role to pursue an MBA degree at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan.

Edward G. Rogoff is the Lawrence N. Field Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Department of Management of the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, The City University of New York. He is also Chair of the Department of Management. He received a B.A., M.B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University where he wrote his thesis under the supervision of Nobel Laureate William Vickrey. Dr. Rogoff has served as the Academic Director of the Lawrence N. Field Center for Entrepreneurship at Baruch College, teaches, and conducts research in entrepreneurship, particularly relative to minority and later-life issues. Dr. Rogoff has been named the 2010 Outstanding Entrepreneurship Educator of the Year by the United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship. He also teaches at Columbia University and New York University.

He is the author of Bankable Business Plans and co-author of The Entrepreneurial Conversation. His most recent book is The Second Chance Revolution: Working for Yourself after 50, co-authored with David Carroll. He has published in such journals as The Journal of Business and Entrepreneurship, The Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, Family Business Review, and Journal of Small Business Management. Dr. Rogoff was a 2003 Guest Co-Editor of the Journal of Business Venturing. In 2007, he is Guest Co-Editor of the Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship and is currently on the Editorial Board of the Entrepreneurship Research Journal. He initiated and supervised the largest study of minority entrepreneurs in the United States, the National Minority Business Owners Survey, which was carried out at Baruch. In 2007, he led an effort to create a research partnership with Babson College that manifested itself with Baruch and Babson becoming the U.S. partners of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, the largest, longest continuing, and most respected international study of entrepreneurship in the world.

After teaching the first entrepreneurship course at Baruch in 1995 and developing its curriculum, the program has grown to be recognized by Princeton Review as one of the top 25 programs in the country and is now one of the largest majors at Baruch. The Field Center for Entrepreneurship at Baruch has been recognized nationally for its excellence and now provides direct services to approximately 2,000 business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs annually. Professor Rogoff has written articles for the New York Times, Forbes, and Newsday, as well as having been a guest on CNN.  Prior to joining the faculty at Baruch College, he was an entrepreneur in the radio broadcasting industry where he headed two companies that operated 23 radio stations throughout the United States.