Sharmeika Davis-Boyd is an accomplished author, entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and community leader, best known as the Founder and Owner of Qiky Kidz LLC—an educational entertainment brand dedicated to inspiring young minds through literacy, creativity, and engaging experiences.

She has been recognized in several newspaper articles in her community and rewarded citations by both the New York City Council and the New York State Assembly for her outstanding community impact, Sharmeika has built a reputation for transforming learning into fun, memorable moments for children and families across New York.

Through Qiky Kidz, she has led impactful initiatives including McDonald’s Read Aloud programs, library book signing, YMCA youth events, and other organizations, also interactive storytime sessions at schools and daycare centers. Her work focuses on promoting early childhood literacy, confidence, and imagination, especially in underserved communities.

She has written over 13 manuscripts. She has two published books. Her books are available online everywhere books are sold. Her first book “Grandma Has A Mouse in Her House” is in several library through out Queens, New York.

Her third book will be published in,

May of 2026.

As an author, Sharmeika brings stories to life that empower children to dream big and embrace learning. As a business owner and visionary, she continues to expand Qiky Kidz into a dynamic platform that bridges education and entertainment. Sharmeika goals are to bring families together through engaging activities that encourages bonding time together with parents, grandparents and children. We want everyone to put down their electronics in participate. Qiky Kidz puts a smile on everyone’s face.

Her mission is simple yet powerful: to make learning exciting, accessible, and impactful—one child at a time.

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The T.S. Monk Sextet’s highly anticipated live album with seven songs is characterized by the steady pulse and groove that the world has come to know and love as the “T.S. Monk Sextet Sound”.

Two Continents One Groove is out now on Storyville Records.

Monk, also known as “Toot”, leads his sextet with an innovative and dynamic approach. Since 1992, the drummer has worked exclusively with his co-players, making the sound of the sextet incredibly tight. When they roll out their arsenal, they soar and swing, and are indeed exciting to hear. In that regard, it might be quite surprising to learn that this is Monk’s very first live album!

“This is my first live recording, ever! It’s daunting and an uncertain kind
of product. Most live albums aren’t that good. I’ve been lucky to always
have great people working with me.”

Cat. #: 1018530
Format: Digital & CD
Release: 17-June-2022
Storyville Records
www.storyvillerecords.com

The seven songs on the album are taken from two performances at two similar jazz rooms over a two-year period; three are from “Harlem’s Jazz Shrines Festival: Jazzmobile presents Minton’s Playhouse” at Ginny’s Supper Club on May 7, 2014, while others were recorded at Marians Jazzroom in Bern, Switzerland on April 24, 2016.

Drummer, percussionist, composer, producer and bandleader, T. S. Monk has taken his place in the pantheon of jazz royalty, to which he was born. The swing is DNA inherited and absorbed in this master drummer’s persona.

Monk’s sextet consists of some of the best jazz musicians in the business, each bringing something special to the table. Willie Williams on tenor saxophone is the original member of the sextet, who came up under the tutelage of Grover Washington, Jr. Additionally, we have the Chicago native, Kenny Davis on bass, who has worked with notables such as Cassandra Wilson and Kevin Eubanks, trumpeter Josh Evans, multi-reedist Patience Higgins, guitarist Dave Stryker and pianist and composer Helen Sung, a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow.

Two Continents One Groove is a masterpiece, so follow him to a new
promised land. As he states:

“If there’s one thing this album is, it’s swingin’! I hope you agree.”

#tsmonk #twocontinentsonegroove #drumspercussion #helensung #piano #williewilliams #tenorsax #patiencehiggins #altosax #joshevans #trumpet #kennydavis #bass #davestryker #guitar

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Enjoy Amazing Music from: Deni Bonet, on Violin;
Dermot Henry, on Guitar; Michael Brunnock, on Guitar
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Noon – 4:00 PM
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“Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show,” which has stacked up rave reviews over the years, is a theatrical, musical production which recreates what it would have been like to see legendary icons, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Joey Bishop live onstage together.

“God sends the Rat Pack back to do one last show. They arrive in their prime but they are sent back to modern day so we get to weave current events into show,” said Miller who plays “Frank’s One Love,” a character based on Sinatra’s relationship with Ava Gardner. “Sandy’s father, Buddy Hackett, plays God. Frank, Sammy, Joey and Dean were all his friends and Sandy grew up with them. There is a lot of room for improv in the show, as it was with the real Rat Pack. Sandy is brilliant as Joey Bishop and is the comedy genius that has made our show so successful.”

Lisa has her own connection to the Rat Pack. Her father was songwriting legend, Ron Miller. “Every singing member of the Rat Pack recorded and performed my father’s classic standard, ‘For Once in My Life,’” Miller said. Hackett continued, “My wife brings her musical genius to the show, both as a creator and performer, which really sets our show apart from anything else out there,” Hackett said.

Sandy, who is working on a book about his father, “My Buddy,” to be released late this year, tours nationwide as a comedian and with his one-man show of the same name (directed by Miller), a live theatrical production about his close relationship with his dad and the ten years they spent touring together. www.mybuddyhackett.com

Lisa, a producer and singer/songwriter, is developing a new musical, “For Once in My Life,” about the life of her father whose hits, in addition to “For Once in My Life,” include “Touch Me in the Morning,” “A Place in the Sun,” “Heaven Help Us All,” “Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday,” “If I Could,” “I’ve Never Been to Me,” “Someday at Christmas,” “Everyone’s a Kid at Christmas Time” and many more. She has released several recordings and directed numerous music videos. She also heads up her own music publishing company, LDM Publishing; manages her father’s vast legacy catalogue; tours throughout the country and manages the careers of her children, 18-year-old actor/singer, Oliver Richman, freshman at New York University Tisch School of the Arts and 13-year-old actor/singer/dancer, Ashleigh Hackett, a middle schooler, also a student of the performing arts.

For the latest news, please visit sandysratpack.com, hackettmiller.com, lisadawnmiller.com, sandyhackett.com, ldmpublishing.com, oliverrichman.com and ashleighhackett.com.

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November 5-6, 2019

Greenwich, CT USA

Ken Kencel

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Ambassador Craig Roberts Stapleton

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Charles Davis

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Robert Smith

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Leslie Picker, Reporter – Hedge Funds and Private Equity, CNBC. Christopher Hyzy, Managing Director and CIO Bank of America Corporation

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Marc Lasry, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder, Avenue Capital Group

Anton Chan, RMB Specialist, Standard Chartered Bank

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William Ma, CIO, Noah (Hong Kong), CIO, Gopher; CEO,Gopher Redwoods

Eva Shen, Head of WFOE Client Solutions, Guotai Janan Futures

John Tan, Rgional Head, Financial Markets, East, Standard Chartered Bank

Byron Allen, Chairman and CEO, Entertainment Studios

Robert Smith, Founder and Managing Partner, IECP Ventures

David Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman, The Carlyle Group

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Chuck Davis, CEO, Stone Point Capital

Julia La Roche, Correspondent, Yahoo Finance

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Steve Case, Founder, Revolution and AOL

Gerald Parsky, Founder and Chairman, Aurora Capital

Alan Patricof, Founder and Managing Director, Greycroft

Jim Aiello, Co- Founder, Greenwich Economic Forum

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Bruce McGuire, Co-Founder, Greenwich Economic Forum

Peter Tesel, First Selectman, Town of Greenwich

Ned Lamont, Governor, State of Connecticut

Ray Dalio, Founder, Co-CIO and Co-Chairman, Bridgewater Associates

Paul Tuder Jones, Co-Chairman and CIO, Tudor Investment Corp.

The Greenwich Economic Forum (GEF) is a global alternative investment industry conference that convenes some of the brightest minds in global finance for discussions on global trade, capital markets and investing. GEF is C-suite level event of 400 leaders and executives at a waterfront setting in Greenwich, CT. 

2019 SAMPLE SPEAKERS

Ray Dalio
Founder, Co-CIO & Co-Chairman
Bridgewater Associates

David M. Rubenstein
Co-Founder and Co-Executive Chairman
The Carlyle Group

Paul Tudor Jones
Co-Chairman and Chief Investment Officer
Tudor Investment Corporation

Mohamed A. El-Erian
Senior Adviser
Gramercy Funds Management

Afsaneh Beschloss
Founder, Chief Executive Officer
Rockcreek

Marc Lasry
Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder
Avenue Capital Group

Gillian Tett
Editor-at-Large and Chairman of the Editorial Board
Financial Times

Steve Case
Chairman and CEO
Revolution

Byron Allen
Founder
Entertainment Studios

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2019 ATTENDING FIRMS

Abbey Capital
Abilis
ABL Consulting Group
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
Affiliated Managers Group
AICA
AIMA
Albourne
Alekstra
Alera Partners
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
AllBright Law Offices
Allianz
AMB Consolidated
APG Asset Management
Archdiocese of New York
Ares Credit Group
Aspetuck Capital Management
Asymmetric Capital Management
Aurora Capital
Avenue Capital Group
Awbury
AXIS Capital
Axonic Capital
Bank of America
Banque Commerciale du Congo
Bessley Capital
Bipartisan Policy Center
BJC
Blackstone
Block Tower
Bloomberg
BLT
Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich
Bridgewater Associates
Brook Lands
Bruce Museum
Bullish
Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ)
CalALTs
Cambridge Associates
Carlyle Group
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
China Industrial Securities Co.
China Investment Corporation (CIC)
Churchill Asset Managament
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation
CNBC
CNH Finance
Connecticut China Council
ConNEXT Consulting
Cornell University
CPPIB
CT-HFA
Dalio Family Office and Philanthropies
David Lynch Foundation
DH Fund Management Co.
Doris Doo Charitable Foundation
Doubletree investment Partners
Dyal Capital Partners
Eagle Point Credit Management
Easton Capital Management
Edgewood Capital Advisors
Entertainment Studios
Episteme Capital
EQT
eRiver Consulting
Eurex
EXOR / PartnerRe
Falls Bridge
Financial Times
Flextone Capital Partners
Forbes
FS Investments
FTI Consulting
Fund Black Founders
Further Global
General Atlantic
Geneve Corp
GirlsWhoInvest.org
Gjensidige Forsikring
Global Alpha Research
Golub Capital
Gramercy Funds Management
Great Wall Fund Mgmt
Greenwich Business Institute
Greenwich Hospital Foundation
Greycroft
Guardian Life
Guotai Junan Futures
Hartford Investment Management Company
HESTA
Howard Family Office
IBM Pension Fund
IECP Ventures
Indus Capital Partners
Institute for Advanced Study
Institutional Investor
Jayaram Law

Jefferies
Jennison Associates
Jersey Finance
JUST Capital
K2 Advisors
Kactus Capital
Kokino
Labaton Sucharow
Lattice Capital Management
Liberty Mutual
Lockheed Investment Management Corp
Louisiana State Employees Retirement
Lucern Capital
Marcum
MassMutual Investment Management
MassPRIM
MediaTECH Capital Partners
Merrill Lynch
Molecular Electricity
Mutual of Omaha
Nasdaq Private Market
Nationwide
Nazarov Collection
NBK Capital
Neuberger Berman
New Holland Capital
Nuveen
NYS Common Retirement Fund
Oak HC/FT
Olympus Hedge Fund Investments
Owl Rock Capital Partners
P/E Investments
PartnerRe
PAXIS Key Holdings
Peak Ten Capital
Penghua Fund Management
Pennington Partners
Perestroika AS
Pfizer
Podomus Capital Partners
Q-Search & Advisory
QP Global Family Offices
R-Squared Consulting
Rayliant Global Advisors
Revolution
RFA
RockCreek
Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation
Ropes & Gray
RYZZ Capital Management
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Sarissa Capital Management
Sen Family Office
Shanghai Dongjia Culture
Shenkman Capital Management
Shenzhen Angle Wing Capital
Shenzhen Asset Mgmt Assn
Shenzhen Pusu Mgmt
Shenzhen Shangyuan Capital
Sina China News
Soho Properties
Sompo International
Soros Fund Management
Sotheby’s International Realty
State of Connecticut
Sterling Valuation
Stone Point Capital
Stony Brook Foundation
Strategas
Sunrise Capital Partners
Swiss Re
T5 Equity Partners
Texas Alternative Investments Association
Texas Tech University System
Textron
tFOSE Group Holdings
Titan Advisors
The Economist
The Wall Street Journal/Pensions & Investments
ThyssenKrupp
TIAA
Tudor Investment Corporation
United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
Universa Investments
University of Miami
University of Pennsylvania
Vanguard
Warburg Pincus
Welton Investment Partners
Wharton Property Advisors
Wilton Re
Winton
Wolfson Group
Yahoo Finance
Yale Investment Office
Yarra Capital
Yinhua Fund Management
ZRG Partners

Venue:

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Greenwich, CT 06830
203-661-9800

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Chuck is the Chief Executive Officer of Stone Point Capital and Chairman of the Investment Committees of the Trident Funds. Chuck joined Stone Point in 1998, and he is actively involved in all of Stone Point’s portfolio investments. He is the chief architect behind Stone Point’s “Elephant Process” investment philosophy and partnership model with founders and owner-operators.

Prior to Stone Point, Chuck was a partner at Goldman, Sachs & Co. where he spent 23 years.

Career Highlights
Goldman, Sachs & Co.

· Head of Investment Banking Services Worldwide

· Co-Head of Americas Group

· Head of Financial Services Industry Group

· Member of the International Executive Committee

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

· Vice Chairman

· Board Director

Education
· Columbia University – MBA

· University of Vermont – B.A.

Other Board Representation
· Board Director of AXIS Capital

· Board Director of Progressive

· Board Director of Hershey’s

· Member of the Advisory Board of Deutsche Bank

· Board Director of Stone Point Capital Foundation

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Abigail Disney, documentary filmmaker and co-founder, Level Forward
Lauren Embrey, president, Embrey Family Foundation
Suzanne Lerner, co-founder and president, Michael Stars.
Gala Keynote Speaker – Wendy Davis, former Texas State Senator, 2014 Texas Democratic Gubernatorial nominee, and Founding Director of Deeds not Words.
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Fats Waller’s Rhythm, by ballerina turned choreographer Morgan McEwen, takes on the music of legendary Harlem stride pianist and composer, Fats Waller. MorDance, with dancers from some of the world’s most prestigious companies, is joined by bassist/composer Benjamin Gallina and six of New York’s top jazz musicians for an evening of explosive live music and dance.

MORDANCE’s residency at City College Center for the Arts is part of the CUNY Dance Initiative, which receives major support from the Mertz Gilmore Foundation, the Howard Gilman Foundation, and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. Additional support is provided by the Jerome Robbins Foundation, the Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, and the Harkness Foundation for Dance. CDI is spearheaded and administered by the Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College. www.cuny.edu/danceinitiative
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MorDance in
Jeu De Temps
Choreography by Morgan C. McEwen

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Aaron Davis Hall is located on the historic campus of The City College of New York at West 135th Street & Convent Avenue (129 Convent Avenue). For more information please call the Aaron Davis Hall Box Office at 212-650-5362 or visit us online at www.cuny.edu/danceinitiative

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