Featured Speaker for August 13th Meeting: Damon Vetere Damon is originally from Long Island, NY and attended Stony Brook University, where he graduated with a B.A. in Political Science. Prior to entering the real estate industry, he was the Director of Business Development for an aviation company. Managing international clients from across the world (including Dubai, Brazil, Ireland, Germany and Canada), Damon's extensive sales and management background have given him the necessary skills to be a successful real estate professional, as well as earning him valuable connections abroad. In his first year in real estate, he was awarded the "Rookie of the Year" designation, which is given to the number one new sales agent in the nation. Since 2013, Damon has consistently earned top sales awards with Coldwell Banker. In 2023, he made Real Producers 40 Under 40. Since forming The Vetere Team in 2020, they have earned top accolades including Coldwell Banker [...]

Featured Speaker for August 20th Meeting: Kevin Wensley Kevin has spent most of his life in, on, and around sailboats—sailing, fixing, racing, breaking, selling, coaching on them, and, on rare and adventurous occasions, even sinking them. His journey took a decisive turn in 1998 when marriage and a technology start-up, led by his good friend Laurence Holt (creator of Stikky Books), brought him to Manhattan. While his wife Clare became the first U.S.-based partner for a UK software company, Kevin immersed himself in the sailing world—joining the leadership team of the BT Global Challenge, "the world's toughest yacht race," in San Francisco, and later moving to Florida to ultimately serve as operations director for the largest commercial sailing school in the United States. His connection to Stikky Books came naturally. As the editor of SAIL Magazine put it, the series can make you "never look at a night sky the same way again"—a [...]