Mr. DeSilva is Chairman and Co-founding partner of DeSilva+Phillips,  
the leading media investment banker in the U.S.

Joseph Jacoby is the acclaimed writer-director whose works are a part of MoMA's permanent collection,
and whose next  picture, "Boy On A String," is based on his memoir, with an introduction by his long-time
NYU  friend, Martin Scorsese.

DeSilva and Jacoby have been friends since their High School days
at New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn.