A breathtaking ice sculpture featuring the Harvard crest, mouthwatering seafood towers, exquisite wine, and Millionaire’s chocolate cake with 24-karat gold helped set the stage for a vibrant evening with RJ Melman at RPM Steak on Thursday, July 16.

I hosted the evening with my Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Chicago chapter co-founders/co-chairs Benjamin Bornstein, president of Prospero Capital Management, and Anthony Chirchirillo, CEO of Chirch Global Manufacturing. “Making Lettuce Entertain You Hip” was our first HAE event, and we couldn’t be more pleased with its success.

On March 5, I had the very great honor of hosting the  Ambassador Series dinner honoring Career Ambassador Thomas Pickering, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Houston.

Ambassador Pickering is a former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (1989-1992) and to Russia (1993-1996). His illustrious career also included ambassadorships in India, Israel, El Salvador, Nigeria and Jordan.

More than 250 Russian nationals and Americans joined together to celebrate Russia Day with a business forum at the Park Hyatt and black-tie gala at the Drake Hotel on Thursday, June 13.

Chicago's Russia Day celebration was created in 2011 by the Moscow Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International, which I chair with Prince Piotr Galitzine, to honor Russia’s national holiday, which is celebrated on June 12 and commemorates the day in 1990 when the Russian parliament formally declared sovereignty over Russia.